Yearly Archives: 1996

D.C. NOTES

The company had a new phone system installed in the Washington office a week ago, and for days I wondered if it worked. My...

FCC AIMS TO CHANGE HOW LECS GOVERN THEIR WIRELESS BUSINESSES

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...

OMNIPOINT REPORTS $21.5M 2Q LOSS

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced a loss of $21.5 million, or 47 cents per share, for the second quarter ended June 30. This compares with...

SWIFT WIRELESS BUILDOUT LEADS TO EMPLOYEE DROUGHT

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...

GLENAYRE TO ACQUIRE CNET STOCK

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...

PRIMARK ACQUIRES THE YANKEE GROUP

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...

WORLD BRIEFS

Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola's FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai....

VIEWPOINT

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...

MOODY’S DROPS MTEL’S RATING OUT LOOK TO `NEGATIVE’

NEW YORK-Moody's Investor's Service Inc. downgraded certain outstanding debt of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss.The New York-based rating agency downgraded its speculative grade...

NEXTWAVE DEMOS ITS CDMA NET WORK AT GOP CONVENTION

SAN DIEGO-NextWave Telecom Inc. unveiled its personal communications services demonstration system based on Code Division Multiple Access technology during the Republican National Convention in...

NORWEGIAN CARRIER TO TRIAL DCS 1800

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS-NetCom GSM, a Norwegian cellular network operator, announced its trial DCS 1800 digital cellular system. The system, supplied and commissioned by Motorola Inc.'s...

STATES MUST STOP SINGLING OUT WIRELESS IN AREA CODE OVERLAYS

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...

PAC BELL GETS AA RATING ON $250 MILLION IN NOTES

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...

PAGING INDUSTRY PLEASED WITH INTERCONNECT RULING

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...

WESTERN WIRELESS GETS SCI’S ROUTER

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...

TELECEL USES AFRILINK TO OFFER COMPETITIVE CALLING

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...

USAIR DISABLES MEMO THAT SAYS TO SEVER AIRFONES IN EMERGENCY

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

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black...

CALENDAR

AUGUST13-14 Wireless Interconnection '96, by Bellcore. Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Calif. Call Pam Dunn at (800) 521-CORE.13 & 20 Semiconductor Conference, by...

ANALYSTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT CELEBRATING INTERCONNECT

The likelihood of lower interconnection charges is good news for cellular operators, but a telecommunications economist warns the industry not to "pop the cork"...

CELCORE COLLECTS PATENT FOR CELLULAR TECHNOLOGY

Celcore Inc. won a second patent for its Hybrid MicroSystem technology, which enables cellular operators to implement "underlay" microcellular systems in the same coverage...

ADC SIGNS FINANCE AGREEMENT

American Digital Communications Inc. said it has signed an $18 million vendor financing agreement that will cover the purchase of 220 MHz equipment by...

203 BIDDERS SIGN UP FOR NEXT PCS AUCTION

WASHINGTON-At the close of business today, 203 wireless communications veterans and hopefuls could be accepted to participate in the D-, E- and F-block broadband...

PCS PROVIDERS HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO GAIN USERS

During the next five years, personal communications services are poised to make a significant advance over cellular telephone services, offering more versatile handsets, higher...
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