1996

WASHINGTON-A recently released Federal Communications Commission order now prohibits states from singling out wireless carriers for service- or technology-specific area code overlays. States will be able to institute all-services overlays …

NEW YORK-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Chicago, assigned an investment grade rating of AA- to Pacific Bell’s $250 million issue of 10-year notes sold Aug. 15. The notes were …

NEW YORK-In Latin American countries, “where completion of a phone call is cause for celebration in some cases,” rising gross domestic product signals increasing financing demands for wireless communications infrastructure …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it is facing the same problem in Oregon experienced by its personal communications services competitor, Western Wireless Corp.-an attempt by the state to tax its personal …

Sprint Spectrum delays offering -5 AT&T, SBC swap properties – 13 Telecel expands service in Africa – 18

NEW YORK-Never mind the summer sun. When it comes to microwave incumbent relocation, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas to personal communications services providers. By late July, about …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet and Northern Telecom Inc. announced they expanded their personal communications services equipment agreement to include Global System for Mobile communications technology in addition to Code Division Multiple Access …

DENVER-Sprint Spectrum demonstrated its 1900 MHz phones last week during the Sprint International golf tournament at Castle Pines. The company provided free personal communications services calls to tournament spectators with …

U.S. partners in a Slovakian phone venture are confident they can restructure their company to meet new license qualifications unexpectedly created by the Slovakian government. Slovakia is scheduled to issue …

WASHINGTON-Comments were due late last week on the draft proposal forwarded by the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee, which contained recommendations by five subcommittees regarding ways to fill the country’s …

The paging industry is celebrating the Federal Communication Commission’s recent ruling on interconnection rates-for the most part. The new regulations are expected to save paging carriers money, but new state …

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc., a provider of management solutions for the wireless industry, has completed the installation of the first Unix version of SCI’s Intelligent Message Router for Western Wireless …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Cnet Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of engineering software tools for wireless communications systems. Glenayre said the purchase will …

The colossal growth of the wireless industry, in particular the buildout of personal communications services and digital cellular networks, has created a supply-and-demand problem-too many jobs and not enough people. …

WASHINGTON-A lengthy notice of proposed rulemaking adopted July 25 by the Federal Communications Commission but not released until Aug. 13, “initiates a comprehensive review of our existing regulatory framework of …

L.M. Ericsson’s radio communications sector is responsible for almost two-thirds of the company’s sales in the second quarter, ending the three-month period with $2.7 billion net revenue, a 33 percent …

NEW YORK-After many delays, Brazil’s B-band cellular license auctions, which will be open to foreign bidders, are likely to begin early next year. The Brazil Senate last month ratified telecommunications …

RALEIGH, N.C.-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched the second phase of its three-year, $500 million network deployment plan to bring personal communications services to the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee. The company …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has acquired the Little Rock, Ark., and Memphis, Tenn., 1900 MHz personal communications services licenses from SBC Communications Inc. In addition to acquiring the two major …

NEW YORK-Shareholders of Cellular Communications Inc., New York, were scheduled to vote Aug. 16 whether to approve the company’s acquisition by AirTouch Communications Inc., San Francisco. Once the merger is …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. has acquired Yankee Group Research Inc., a market research and consulting firm in the communications and computing field. The transaction includes cash payments of $34 million and …

The company had a new phone system installed in the Washington office a week ago, and for days I wondered if it worked. My phone didn’t ring, there were no …

Paging stocks have been taking a beating lately as ratings agencies and some analysts worry that plain old paging won’t be able to compete in the sophisticated two-way messaging and …

ust a day after the New York Times published a precarious part of a USAir company memo regarding use of airline phones during an emergency, the airline confirmed the memo …

Using cellular and intelligent satellite technologies, Telecel International Ltd. of New Canaan, Conn., is on track to rehaul communications in Africa. The company was first to introduce cellular service in …