1996

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to expedite the entry of public utility holding companies into the telecommunications industry. The NPRM seeks to implement part …

NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-A proposal made earlier this year by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles to tax the state’s cellular customers for distance learning and 911 services is defunct. Gail Sittig, a spokeswoman …

GENEVA-The United States blocked a telecom agreement among 53 nations of the World Trade Organization by refusing to open its international and satellite markets unless better offers were made by …

MIAMI-Geotek Communications Inc. said its digital wireless communications network based on Frequency Hopping Multiple Access technology has begun to offer services to the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach metropolitan …

NORMAN, Okla.-The first phase of University of Oklahoma research has concluded that different digital phone technologies can interfere with hearing aids, but researchers have yet to settle on how to …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced that BellSouth Mobility Inc. has successfully moved over commercial cellular traffic in Nashville, Tenn., to HNS’ GMH 2000 system. In …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

Alcatel Network Systems and Sprint Corp. have completed a network upgrade with a five-node synchronous optical network in Fayetteville, N.C. The ring, with a circumference of more than 100 miles …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado Springs and downtown Denver. The new …

Comsat International Communications is creating a business unit to focus solely on mobile satellite communications. Comsat Personal Communications initially will concentrate on Comsat’s Planet 1 global phone service scheduled to …

WICHITA, Kan. – Brite Voice Systems has introduced a cellular phone enhanced service designed to improve the safety of mobile phone use in automobiles. The company has developed a voicemail …

LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school romance. This week they’re broken up. …

WASHINGTON-“This is the most exciting day of my life,” exclaimed Allen Salmasi, chairman and chief executive officer of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., which by all unofficial accounts was the winner …

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to …

After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming a giant in the specialized mobile …

One mission of the CTIA Foundation for Wireless Communications is to undertake innovative wireless projects, like the one beginning today in Minnesota. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation is giving …

Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged the plea as part of an …

WASHINGTON-Differences over liability continue to slow digital copyright legislation in Congress, keeping wireless and wireline carriers in limbo about whether they will be held accountable for unintentionally transmitting unauthorized copyrighted …

Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed last February, you can’t pick up a publication without reading about a panel, white paper, TV roundtable or congressional hearing geared toward …

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Denmark’s national telecom agency plans to issue invitations to bid for personal communications licenses at 1.8 GHz, reported the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen. The official tender is scheduled for …

Three-sixty Communications Co., in its first earnings announcement as an independent company since its spinoff from Sprint Corp., reported a first quarter net income of $7 million, or 6 cents …

WASHINGTON-Incumbent microwave operators who have been less than forthcoming in their relocation negotiations with A- and B-block personal communications services licensees will be subject to third-party inspections of their facilities …

The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where …