1996

WASHINGTON-If allowed to merge, British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. promised to jump start local competition, keep interconnection prices low and promote the use of wireless technology for both …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Services Inc. upgraded the rating on Cellular Communications Inc.’s convertible subordinated notes due 1999 to Baa2 from Baa3 when AirTouch Communications Inc., CCI’s parent company, guaranteed the …

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 estimated 126 million people were wireless …

Picture this. Down at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the space shuttle Columbia sits on the launch pad. The astronauts have run tests for months in preparation …

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 June 7, continues to fight for …

GARDENA, Calif.-Teletrac’s location information solution was chosen to be used in the City of Gardena, Calif., Police Department’s public safety vehicles. “Because of a national increase in officers being targets …

WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike down discriminatory levies on a case-by-case …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said a “soft-handoff” feature deployed in its Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure enables mobile phones to simultaneously maintain a wireless connection to service areas served …

Less than a year since licenses were awarded, PCS is live in Canada. Microcell Telecommunications Inc. turned on its personal communications services network in Montreal and is offering service at …

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 short text messages sent by a …

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 capital, provided primarily by limited …

WASHINGTON-Despite it being the Number One wish on bidders’ holiday lists, there probably is little chance that the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction will conclude before the …

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-NextWave Telecom Inc. agreed to purchase $50 million in wireless personal communications services products and services from The Allen Group Inc. The products will be used in NextWave’s national …

Omnipoint Communications Inc. has been granted access to the New York Power Authority’s structures and rights-of-way. Under the agreement, approved by the board of trustees of the New York Power …

GREENVILLE, S.C.- Conxus Communications announced it opened its PCS demonstration system for review and technical trials. In the last several weeks, the transmission quality of Conxus InFLEXion-based system has exceeded …

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 bearded guy up north … Dear …

LOS ANGELES-AirTouch Cellular has turned on its complete Code Division Multiple Access network in Los Angeles, having overcome software problems in the Motorola Inc.-supplied system. The company launched a small …

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-To conserve cash for operations, MobileMedia Corp. did not make its interest payment last month by the 30-day grace period on 9.38 percent senior subordinated notes due November …

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

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-ClearSystems Inc. will provide its customer care and billing platform, Innoverse, to Airadigm Communications, a personal communications services license winner. Innoverse was designed using client/server object-oriented technology, the …

WASHINGTON-National Telecom PCS Inc. is continuing its battle against DCR PCS Inc., the winner of 43 C-block personal communications services licenses, by filing an application for full review by the …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Aviation officials and electronics experts are debating whether portable electronic devices, including cellular phones and pagers, should be banned during airline flights, according to an investigation conducted by Computerworld …

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

220 MHz operator US MobilComm Inc. said the conversion to digital technology by Nextel Communications Inc. is offering MobilComm a tremendous opportunity to capture customers. US MobilComm recently rolled out …

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 leaving the agency after 21 …