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L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications Ltd. Birla Communications is a joint …

The 220 MHz specialized mobile radio industry seems to be gaining strength in numbers. About 40 220 MHz investors and managing partners who represent anywhere from two to four sites …

The number of cellular subscribers in Africa and the Middle East increased 76 percent between 1990 and 1995, reported Pyramid Research Inc. in a recent study. Cellular subscribers totaled 1.8 …

CHICAGO-Paging Network Inc. and software developer Ex Machina Inc. announced the rollout of a wireless, Internet-based news, entertainment and messaging network called AirMedia Live! PageNet said it will carry AirMedia …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AKM Semiconductor Inc. said it has introduced a third-generation chipset for wireless telephones and other communications devices that is less than half the size of current chipsets. The …

ArrayComm Inc. announced it received a U.S. patent for its Spatial Division Multiple Access intelligent antenna technology-the brains behind the company’s IntelliCell products. The company also announced its IntelliCell Wireless …

The Federal Communications Commission was expected late last week or by today to give local and regional paging companies further relief from the paging freeze in response to lobbying by …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said it has introduced new AirBridge Cellular Digital Packet Data price plans, reducing usage charges by more than 70 percent from previously published rates. Bell …

Tessco Technologies Inc. said it has acquired Cincinnati-based Cartwright Communications for cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The transaction is valued at $3.8 million plus the net value of …

Dear Editor: Once again it is necessary to correct the misinformation which you are giving your readers regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s efforts relative to Wireless Telecommunications Research L.L.C. …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. selected Koll Telecommunication Services to aid Metricom in receiving the governmental approvals it needs to install the Ricochet data communications network in communities throughout the United …

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. is planning a private offering of convertible preferred stock. The company said it is expecting the offering will raise between $100 million and $150 million. Proceeds …

Everybody’s reacting to high-tech. Take Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who in a recent speech hit on something profound yet obvious yet little understood (understandably so) in an America where jobs …

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. announced its second-generation personal handyphone system and personal Air Communications Technology chipsets. The five-chip PHS set includes a highly integrated baseband controller, a synthesizer with …

A Polish court has rejected complaints filed by Ameritech International and France Telecom concerning a digital cellular license the two companies say the Polish government promised them five years ago …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s board of directors authorized $6.7 million for the current fiscal year 1997 for a five-year study of possible health risks associated with the use of …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Stromberg-Carlson announced it will offer D1900 products-based on the PCS 1900 standard-for the personal communications services market in North America. The Boca Raton-based company said its offering …

Smaller C-block licensees with only a handful of permits say they’re confident of making a profitable business from the properties they have, disregarding naysayers who claim a wireless business must …

Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by the total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. Most carriers are unwilling to …

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The July 15 issue of Radio Communications Report will feature the Top 20 Wireless Equipment Dealers. Inclusion will be based on gross product sales in the United States for the …

MONTREAL-Transys Networks Inc. said it has developed a fax solution that lets mobile and remote workers send faxes through satellite networks. The product, Mobilis, consists of a store-and-forward fax switch …

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are distributing a report advising hospital administrators and clinical engineers how to manage electromagnetic interaction between wireless devices and medical equipment. It is published …

WASHINGTON-Wireless services still haven’t figured into the unserved, underserved, high-cost and rural area matrix in a significant manner when it comes to universal service. Meeting at the Federal Communications Commission …

WASHINGTON-The House GOP strategy to reach out to voters this election year by repealing a 4.3 cents gasoline tax hike and underwriting forgone federal revenue by auctioning 35 megahertz of …