Yearly Archives: 1996

C-BLOCK PCS BIDDERS PUT PRESSURE ON NEXTWAVE

WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services bidders Antigone Communications L.P. and PCS Devco Inc. continued to put NextWave Personal Communications Inc.'s feet into the fire regarding...

MOTOROLA DROPS MARCO AND ENVOY

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Data Group is phasing out its Marco and Envoy personal digital assistants by the end of the year, said Cheryl...

AT DEADLINE

Sprint PCS to announce launchSprint Spectrum L.P. is expected to announce today its personal communications services launch. The company did not note the markets...

SMART PHONES DEFY DESCRIPTION BUT STILL ATTRACT MANUFACTURERS

NEW YORK-Like the fabled elephant described by a group of blind men positioned near various points of its anatomy, equipment vendors at the recent...

RCR FOCUS ON: THE YEAR AHEAD: OLD ISSUES WITH NEW TWISTS WILL CONFRONT WIRELESS WORLD IN ’97

WASHINGTON-If the wireless telecom industry has learned one thing in recent years, it is that rules for paging, cellular, specialized mobile radio, personal communications...

DR. USES DEFENSE KNOWLEDGE FOR MORE DEVELOPED BASE STATIONS

The end of the Cold War six years ago signaled the end of defense as a driver of technology creation. Engineers have since sought...

ROAMING DATA IS EXCHANGED ONLINE

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will use the Cibernet On-line Roaming Database to administer and exchange carrier market data used in roaming. The database allows...

TRADE TARIFFS TO BE PHASED OUT

WASHINGTON-Trade ministers in Singapore reached agreement late last week to phase out tariffs on telecommunications and information technology products by 2000, a major victory...

NORTEL TO SYNDICATE FINANCING OF SPRINT

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it is syndicating about $1.1 billion of its $1.3 billion vendor credit facility with Sprint Spectrum L.P. through a group...

NOKIA TO DELIVER NETWORK TO FRENCH

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications said it will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure equipment to Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone.According to the agreement, Nokia will...

ENTEL WINS CHILE’S PCS CONTEST

SANTIAGO, Chile-Entel, Chile's monopoly long-distance provider, is the informal winner of two personal communications services licenses, but the company will forgo one of those...

TOLL FREE CELLULAR EXPANDS SERVICE NATIONWIDE

SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular has announced plans for national expansion of its #800 free cellular calling services.The national expansion is propelled by an infusion of...

3.5M SIGN MONTHLY FOR DIGITAL SERVICE

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-More than 3.5 million people sign up for digital wireless services each month, according to a study conducted by L.M. Ericsson. The company...

VIEWPOINT

Some letters sent to Santa somehow found their way to RCR's Denver office. I took a peak before sending them on to the big...

E.F. JOHNSON VENTURE ASKS TO REVERSE RULING ON REJECTED APPS

WASHINGTON-Viking Dispatch Services Inc., whose 42 applications to build cooperative, non-profit private radio networks were rejected by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...

HARRIS ACQUIRES DRT TO PURSUE AIR-TO-GROUND COMMUNICATIONS

The latest radio acquisition by Harris Corp. puts the company in the position to compete for a multimillion dollar government contract upgrading airport radio...

AT DEADLINE: QUALCOMM GRANTS RIGHTS TO HITACHI

Qualcomm Inc. has granted Hitachi Ltd. rights to manufacture and sell Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure based on Qualcomm's CDMA Interim Standard 95 technology."We...

GWI PCS SAYS HYUNDAI PLAYED NO PART IN PCS BIDDING STRATEGY

WASHINGTON-In an effort to move closer to gaining the C-block personal communications services licenses it won last summer and to circumvent any talk of...

UNIDEN SUBSIDIARY WILL FOCUS ON PRIVATE MOBILE RADIO SALES

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden Corp. has formed a subsidiary, The Private Radio Communications Group, to specialize in research and development, manufacturing and sales of private...

HIGH GROWTH RATES EXPECTED FOR EUROPEAN PAGING MARKET

LONDON-Frost & Sullivan has predicted the network operators sector of the European radio paging market will grow at a higher rate than the hardware...

MOTOROLA CONTRACTS TO EXPAND KUWAIT NET

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract to expand a Global System for Mobile communications network in Kuwait. Motorola values...

PRIMECO RELEASES MESSAGING SERVICE

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. introduced its text messaging service and PrimeCo Lite Messaging software. The service allows subscribers to receive on their PrimeCo phone...

STUDY REPORTS TRANSITION FROM DIGITAL TO ANALOG IS ON UPSWING

The transition from analog to digital handsets in the United States is finally taking off, says a new study published by Herschel Shosteck Associates...

D.C. NOTES

Clinton II and greener pastures are generating more exits, some through the infamous revolving door.Bob McNamara, chief of the FCC's Private Wireless Division, is...

SPRINT PCS BLAMES HOLD-UP ON SOFTWARE

Sprint PCS said software problems by one of its two equipment vendors will delay the launch of personal communications service in some markets by...
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