Yearly Archives: 1996

AMERITECH GIVES CTIA COLD SHOULDER

WASHINGTON-In a stunning move with perhaps more symbolism than substance, Ameritech Cellular Services left the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week because the trade...

WIRELESS TELECOM TO BE FEATURED ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL

BOCA RATON, Fla.-"PCS and The New Wireless Marketplace," the first show in the wireless communications series airing as part of The Cutting Edge Technology...

GEOTEK COMMUNICATIONS INC. INCREASES ITS INTEREST IN M.I.S.

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc., an international wireless communications company, announced it has increased its ownership interest in M.I.S. Information Systems Holdings Ltd. to 100...

GO WIRELESS STRIKES DEAL FOR SERVICES

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Go Wireless International Ltd. announced it will offer prepaid cellular service to customers who do not qualify for conventional cellular service. The service...

SCANA REPORTS VIOLATIONS TO THE FCC

COLUMBIA, S.C.-Scana Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scana Corp. has informed the Federal Communications Commission that it violated certain licensing requirements in...

SMITH MICRO ADDS VOICE MESSAGING TO HOTFAX SOFTWARE

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. announced it has added HotFax Message Center, which features integrated voice messaging capabilities, to its HotFax communications software.HotFax...

PAGENET ACQUIRES INTEREST IN SRM

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has purchased a 25 percent interest in Sociedad de Radiotelefonia Movil S.A., which owns Compania Europea de Radiobusqueda S.A.,...

FIRMS FIND SPREAD SPECTRUM BEST TECHNOLOGY FOR 2.4 GHZ BAND

The government may have auction fever, but companies are betting the 2.4 GHz band won't be disturbed, and it will continue to be a...

STANDARD & POOR’S AFFIRMS NEXTEL RATING, REMOVES CREDITWATCH

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. announced yesterday it had affirmed its speculative-grade CCC- ratings on $2.4 billion of outstanding debt issued by Nextel Communications...

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION RENEWS EFFORTS TO EXPAND DIGITAL WIRETAP

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and Congress, though under pressure to fund government operations in fiscal 1997 before adjourning for re-election campaigns in a few weeks,...

EUGENE COUNCIL PROPOSES 120-DAY MORATORIUM FOR TOWER SITING

The Eugene, Ore., City Council has proposed a four-month moratorium on tower building for wireless phone services that has some operators sympathetic and others...

MOTOROLA DEFENDS STARTAC’S LIMITED DISTRIBUTION SALES TACTIC

Motorola Inc. said the limited distribution program for its StarTac phone may be a new tactic for the cellular phone industry, but it's not...

UNIDEN AMERICAN INTERNET PRODUCTS DIVISION CREATED

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden American Corp., the North American subsidiary of Uniden Corp., announced the formation of its Internet Products Division designed to facilitate the...

SYSTEM COSTS, NOT CAPACITY, SHOULD DRIVE PCS BUILDOUT CHOICES

Digital wireless technologies were designed to answer issues of quality, capacity and cost. But by releasing huge swaths of new spectrum, the Federal Communications...

REVENUE, RATHER THAN RF, NEEDS TO LEAD SITE ACQUISITION PROCESS

More than a year has passed since the Federal Communications Commission completed its first ever auction for both narrowband and broadband personal communications services...

TWYVER LEAVES POST AT NORTEL WIRELESS FOR TOP SPOT AT TELEDESIC

Yet another top executive has decided to sow his wireless oats.David Twyver has left his post as president of Northern Telecom Ltd.'s Wireless Networks...

TELIA WILL EXPAND ITS INET GEOPROBE

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc., an international supplier of wireline and wireless telecommunications equipment, announced Telia International Network Services in Sweden will expand its GeoProbe System.The...

SPRINT AND RADIOSHACK PARTNER FOR STORE-WITHIN-A-STORE SALES

Sprint Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and RadioShack announced they are teaming up to provide one-stop shopping for all Sprint-branded products.The companies have developed a...

LETTERS: GOVERNMENT SHOULD GET OUT OF THE WAY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE

Mr. Silva,I've often wondered what's wrong with our country and then I hear the diatribe like spending on human capital, which falls so easily...

OPPONENTS COULD CHALLENGE NEW HYBRID RF STANDARD IN COURT

WASHINGTON-Hardcore opponents of the new hybrid radiofrequency radiation standard, believing federal regulators will reject calls to repeal it, are already considering putting a consortium...

CELLULAR ONE OFFERS DISCOUNTED WIRELESS SERVICE TO THE DISABLED

A cellular company in San Francisco is working to provide equal access to all people by providing special discounted prices on wireless phones and...

NATURAL PHENOMENA AID WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS IN THE DESERT

Few ever venture into the southern Negev and virtually no one does in the inferno of August.Barren rubble extends for ridge after ridge of...

FREEDOMPLUS INTRO’D BY CELLULAR ONE IN D.C.

GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One has started "FreedomPlus" service in the Washington D.C./Baltimore, Md., area. FreedomPlus is designed to operate between cellular and landline networks to...

GEMINI WILL SUPPLY ACCESSORY PRODUCTS TO AT&T WIRELESS

CLIFTON, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has selected Gemini Industries Inc. to manage and supply the company's Universal Accessory Program. Gemini will supply all of...

PCS AUCTION PARTICIPANTS HAIL FROM MANY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS

Bidders currently participating in the auction of D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications licenses are as diverse as the markets they are pursuing.Many...
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