1996

If only Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber suspect accused of blowing up those he believes responsible for polluting America with high technology, had gotten out of his wooden shack in Montana, …

NEW YORK-The success of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile played a key role in prompting the recent merger agreement between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp., said Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court’s consideration of whether manufacturers of medical devices that malfunction can be sued in state court potentially adds a new twist to the wireless interference issue. Up to …

WASHINGTON-Local and regional paging operators lambasted the Federal Communications Commission for declining to completely lift the three-month-old paging application freeze last week, and vowed to redouble lobbying efforts in hopes …

WASHINGTON-The recently signed Contract with America Advancement Act (H.R. 3136) has made some waves at the Federal Communications Commission because it could push the D-, E- and F-block personal communications …

May day, May day! Air-to-ground communications has just flattened out. That is, GTE Airfone Inc. is introducing flat rate pricing of $15 per call on any domestic call including voice, …

NEW YORK-AVIC Group International Inc. and the Government of Hebei Province jointly announced an agreement to develop and construct a 1.6 million subscriber fixed wire telephone network in Hebei Province, …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has pledged to continue fighting for expanded wireless resale, saying his position on the issue has been reinforced over the past year despite lack of support …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton signed appropriations legislation Friday to fund the Federal Communications Commission and scores of other government agencies for the rest of fiscal 1996, ending a bloody budget battle between …

VoiceTech Communications Inc. announced it has been granted patent approval for its VoiceCue Directory Assistance Call Completion, an application that offers cellular customers fast, easy-to-use call completion from a single, …

WASHINGTON-There are amazing parallels between last week’s auction of the late Jacqueline Onassis’ possessions and bidding decisions being made by certain small players in the C-block broadband personal communications services …

Opportunity looms for the Canadian kin of PageMart Inc. and Paging Network Inc. Both companies recently activated service in Canada where market penetration is only 3 percent, or about 1 …

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc.’s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 750,000 shares of CCPR’s common stock through open market purchases as …

NEW YORK-Clearnet Communications Inc., a personal communications services licensee based in Pickering, Ontario, announced April 22 it had registered to sell a cross-border public offering of 7 million class A …

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 …

BOSTON-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the introduction of its digital mobile business communications system in the Boston area. The network, similar to those recently introduced in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and …

DALLAS-ProNet Inc. and Teletouch Communications Inc. announced a definitive agreement to merge the two paging carriers in a transaction they value at about $181 million. Under the terms of the …

Expenses were significant for Qualcomm Inc. in the second quarter, deeply affecting its earnings and sending its stock down 10 points. The San Diego company said it expects to build …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) said Congress is unlikely to consider spectrum reform legislation this year, and conceded the bill he wants to craft probably will fall short …

WASHINGTON-Before disadvantaged and rural customers can take advantage of existing and emerging telecommunications services, the Federal Communications Commission and its adjunct Federal/State joint board have to decide how to revamp …

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. named Kenneth Millard president and chief executive officer. Millard also will serve as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining Telular, Millard served …

LISLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Tellabs Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding share capital of Steinbrecher Corp., a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of wideband wireless communications systems, for about …