Yearly Archives: 1996

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...

SPRINT NOTE ISSUE DOWNSIZED, DELAYED

NEW YORK-Sprint Spectrum L.P. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Sprint Spectrum Finance Corp., sold a $523 million note issue Tuesday, the same day the...

DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM STRESSES TECHNOLOGY

WASHINGTON - The Democratic platform of the party's national convention this week in Chicago will stress technology and applaud the historic enactment of the...

NOKIA COMPETES FOR AND WINS LONDON UNDERGROUND CONTRACT

Nokia Telecommunications said it fought against strong competition to win the private radio contract for the London Underground Northern Line, which is valued at...

MORE DEBATE EXPECTED ON DIGITAL WIRETAP FUNDING, ANTITERRORISM

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and Congress are expected to clash on anti-terrorism legislation when lawmakers return to Washington next week, with renewed debate anticipated on...

THE SKINNY ON PHS

Operates between 1895 MHz and 1918.1 MHz frequenciesUses Time Division Multiple Access-Time Division Duplex technologyChannel bandwidth supports high-quality voice and data traffic32 kbps adaptive...

FIRM PROVIDES SALES INCENTIVES FOR CARRIERS TO LURE CUSTOMERS

Sales strategy in the cellular business is beginning to hint of mass marketing auto-dealer style. "Free phone with activation!" is about as persuasive as,...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY WRESTLES WITH HYBRID RF EXPOSURE STANDARD

WASHINGTON-Uncertainty about compliance with the new, hybrid radio frequency radiation exposure standard and growing concern with the struggling industry-funded bioeffects research program could invite...

RADIO MOVIL DIGITAL AMERICAS DEBT OFFER FUNDS SMR NETWORK

NEW YORK-Radio Movil Digital Americas Inc., a Deerfield Beach, Fla., specialized mobile radio carrier focused on South America, expected to place privately $130 million...

POLAND EXAMINES BUSINESS PRACTICE IN WIRELESS SECTOR

Laws and fairness in Poland's wireless sector are a hot topic this month, as three separate authorities investigate current business practices.A Polish news publication...

PHS ASTOUNDS TELECOM INDUSTRY WITH RAPID ACCEPTANCE IN JAPAN

From day one, the demand for Personal Handyphone System service in Japan has astounded the world of telecommunications. After only a year in the...

D.C. NOTES

Were there not enough sports metaphors in politics already, the addition of former Buffalo Bills quarterback, congressman and Housing secretary Jack Kemp to the...

ERICSSON GE WILL PAY BUILDOUT FINES ON FLORIDA COUNTY SYSTEM

WASHINGTON-Sometime this week, the Hillsborough County, Fla., Sheriff's Department should be able to use most capabilities of an $18 million Enhanced Digital Access Communications...

FRANCE TELECOM COULD CHANGE ITS STRATEGY AS A PRIVATE ENTITY

Competition strategies used by France Telecom may change a little now that the national company has become a private entity, researchers say."As a private...

FTC SETTLES WITH PAGING MILL

WASHINGTON-Richard Basile, president of On Line Communications, a Las Vegas-based paging applications mill, reached a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to return nearly...

OMNIPOINT CHOOSES ORGA FOR SIM CARDS

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Personal communications services operator Omnipoint Communications Inc. has chosen Paoli, Penn.-based Orga Card Systems to supply subscriber identity modules, or smart cards.Under...

JAPAN TAKES ITS OWN ROAD

If you look at a list of nations supporting commercial Global System for Mobile communications networks, Japan is conspicuously absent from the list.Its neighbor,...

NASDAQ CHANGES PRODUCE STRONGER STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK-Recent Securities and Exchange Commission censure of Nasdaq, a stock market that lists many wireless-related companies, is just one of several drivers of...

MOTOROLA CHOOSES CONTEST WINNERS

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced the winners of its second annual pager design competition for college student designers. The enormous growth in pager use...

MOTOROLA LICENSES INFLEXION PROTOCOL

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group has licensed Wireless Access Inc. for the InFLEXion voice protocol.Wireless Access now is licensed for all...

AIRTOUCH ACQUIRES CCI CELLULAR ONE

NEW YORK-AirTouch Communications Inc., San Francisco, announced last week it completed its acquisition of Cellular Communications Inc.At a special meeting, 99 percent of shareholders...

MCI SPREADS COVERAGE FOOTPRINT

ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. began offering cellular service in Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston on Wednesday, bringing its coverage footprint up to one-third of the U.S....

MOTOROLA ENTERS CHINESE VENTURE

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia-Motorola Inc. has bought a 38 percent stake in a joint venture company that will build a digital radio network in China....

FIRMS JOIN TO FIGHT ACTIVATION FRAUD

WALTHAM, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. and Trans Union announced a strategic alliance that will equip the wireless industry with a fraud detection tool designed to reduce...

LICENSEES MIGHT EXPAND BY AC QUIRING `DOUGHNUTS’

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission apparently has come up with a winning plan to expand its current rules regarding partitioning and spectrum disaggregation by commercial...
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