Yearly Archives: 1996

BUSINESS BRIEFS

MidAmerican Energy Co. announced a $10 million investment in Racom Corp., an enhanced specialized mobile radio network operator. Racom has developed and owns a...

WORLD BRIEFS

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. announced it will resell long-distance service to its more than 225,000 wireless customers during the first phase of the...

IRIDIUM RAISES $750 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY

WASHINGTON-Sixty-two banks participated in the syndication of a $750 million interim credit facility for Iridium L.L.C. To date, committed funds raised by Iridium total...

CELLULAR ONE ADDS LONG-DISTANCE PLAN TO SF CUSTOMERS

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco, a partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc., announced it is adding its own cellular...

CENTENNIAL PLANS MIDWEST OFFICES

FORT WAYNE, Ind.-Centennial Cellular announced plans to establish a Midwest operations headquarters in Fort Wayne, Ind., that would employ 150 workers. Centennial said it...

RCR FOCUS ON: CHURN: PCS LAUNCH, NUMBER PORTABILITY MAY INCREASE WIRELESS CHURN

NEW YORK-A recent concerted industrywide effort among cellular carriers has reduced churn to an estimated 2 percent to 2.5 percent per month on average....

AT DEADLINE: CLINTON CRAFTS PLAN FOR 18 GHZ AUCTION

The Clinton administration is crafting a plan to raise $500 million by auctioning spectrum in the 18 GHz band. The frequencies are lightly occupied...

CLINTON TICKET PICKS UP HIGH-TECH ENDORSEMENTS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton-Gore ticket is picking up endorsements from the high-tech community, despite policy differences earlier this year that threatened that support.A total of 75...

FIRMS START BIDS AT A BUCK IN PCS AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The first week of the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auctions moved along without much fanfare, either at the beginning of...

AT&T WIRELESS INC. PREPARES FRESNO POLICE FOR FIELD REPORTS

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Inc. has partnered with the Fresno County Sheriff's Department to provide automated field reporting to officers.By using AT&T's packet data...

JOINT VENTURE TO PROVIDE INDIA GLOBALSTAR SERVICE

NEW DELHI, India-Crompton Greaves Ltd. and Pertech Computers Ltd. of India, and the Korean consortium of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd., Dacom Corp. and...

GTE COMBINES BILLS IN TAMPA BAY AREA

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Corp. announced it has begun combining all of its services on one bill in the Tampa Bay area.Local, long distance, paging, Internet...

BOSTON TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE PLATFORM TO SBMS IN TULSA

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. announced it will provide its Access NP Network Services Platform to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems.Southwestern Bell plans to use Boston...

COMPANIES PARTNER TO PROVIDE TURNKEY WIRELESS SERVICES

SAN DIEGO-Berryman & Henigar and Com 2000+ L.L.P. have established a partnership providing wireless communications industry clients with a range of turnkey engineering and...

BELLSOUTH REPORTS INTERNATIONAL USERS TOP 1 MILLION MARK

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced its proportionate share of international cellular telephone customers served by its wireless systems in 11 countries outside the United States has...

LONG DISTANCE LOOKS FOR WIRELESS ALLIES: MCI, NEXTWAVE JOIN FORCES FOR PCS

MCI Communications Corp. said its recent deal with NextWave Telecom Inc. isn't just another resale agreement."This will involve interconnection, and there is no reseller...

AT&T CHOOSES IBS SOFTWARE FOR CUSTOMERS’ STATEMENTS

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services, a subsidiary of USCS International, has reached technology agreement with AT&T Corp. under which IBS will provide software...

INDEPENDENT CELLCOS SAY THEY CAN COMPETE WITH `MEGA’ FIRMS

Independent cellular operators say they are poised for strong growth in coming years, despite the rising aspirations of mammoth telecommunications operators bent on controlling...

UPI PLATFORM GETS DIRECTORY SERVICES

REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. announced it will make its directory services available via Unwired Planet Inc.'s wireless Internet access software platform.InfoSpace said it developed a...

INSIDE RCR

Louisiana licenses tossed out - 5APT enters Rural Cellular venture - 14U.S., Asia to end tariffs by 2000 - 19

BELLSOUTH TO USE COMVERSE SOFT WARE TO PROMOTE EXTRAS

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. received an order for its Trilogue INfinity system from BellSouth Mobility DCS.Comverse said the system will allow BellSouth to provide...

AT&T WIRELESS INC. PREPARES FRESNO POLICE FOR FIELD REPORTS

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif.-AT&T Wireless Inc. has partnered with the Fresno County Sheriff's Department to provide automated field reporting to officers.By using AT&T's packet data...

PCS AUCTIONS PRODUCE ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE: 900 NUMBERS

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Treasury will be receiving another auction-related windfall payment sometime in the near future when the Federal Communications Commission, AT&T Corp. and the...

HARRIS SWITCHING FOR GO WIRELESS

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Go Wireless International and Harris Corp. announced a commercial relationship in which Harris will provide telephone switching equipment for Go Wireless' prepaid cellular...

BELLSOUTH CELLULAR RECYCLES BATTERIES

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. and Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. have launched a nickel-cadmium battery collection and recycling effort called Charge Up To Recycle.BSCC said all...
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