Yearly Archives: 1996

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...

FCC COULD POSTPONE NEW RF HYBRID GUIDELINES SET TO TAKE EFFECT

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may delay implementation of the new hybrid radio frequency safety guideline that's scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, according to...

CBIS STARTS BILLING FOR PRIMECO PCS

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. rolled out its Precedent 2000 customer care and billing solution for PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.'s personal communications services launch...

TEKTRONIX INC.

Tektronix Inc. added an Advanced Mobile Phone Service option for its CMD80 digital radio communications test set. The AMPS Option 17 makes the CMD80...

HEWLETT PACKARD CO.

Hewlett Packard Co. announced it has made enhancements to its parallel cell/traffic generator and analyzer system, designed to speed up the verification process of...

PERSONAL AIR COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY PROTOCOL: A TKO?

I've noted before that vendors of the personal Air Communications Technology protocol-one of the newest contenders for two-way paging and messaging systems, and being...

WORLD BRIEFS

Bouygues Telecom chose the partnership of Nokia Telecommunications and Dassault A.T. of France to provide a DCS 1800 cellular system in northern France. Nokia...

VIEWPOINT

FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise.Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when...

PCS OPERATOR LEANS TO GSM NETWORK

JACKSON, Miss.-A C-block licensee bidding in the D-, E- and F-block auction will consider using Global System for Mobile communications in the markets it...

SPRINT SELECTS FIRM TO SUPPLY ANTENNAS

ATLANTA-Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.'s wireless division will provide its DualPol antennas throughout Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s personal communications services network.The DualPol antenna uses polarization diversity to...

HORIZON SUNSETS CELLULAR TO TAKE PART IN PCS PLAY

NEW YORK-Horizon Cellular Group, a Malvern, Pa., wireless carrier, is getting out of the cellular business, but its top management is seeking a new...

COMCAST OPENS NEW RETAIL STORES

CRANBURY, N.J.-Comcast Cellular One, a division of Comcast Cellular Communications Inc., opened retail stores in North Brunswick and Edison, N.J. The company said it...

HOUSE’S TAUZIN IS EAGER TO SCRUTINIZE FCC’S ROLE IN GOVERNMENT

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he's irked by the Federal Communications Commission's 2.3 GHz auction plan."It's a real serious problem,"...

SAN DIEGO ROAMS FREE FOR HALF YEAR

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City,...

PREFERENCE WINNERS HAVE YEARS TO DEPLOY

NEW YORK-Cox Enterprises Inc. and Omnipoint Corp. seem likely to meet their December 1999 deadlines to deploy new technologies, a condition of their Federal...

SURVEY SAYS VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN WIRELESS INCREASING

NEW YORK-The flow of venture capital into domestic companies in wireless-related industries reached $192 million during the third quarter, a $30 million increase compared...

METROCALL PICKS IBS FOR BILLING SOLUTION

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Systems Inc. will provide statement presentment services to Metrocall, according to a five-year agreement.Metrocall will use IBS' statement design,...

D.C. NOTES

Bill Clinton is fond of telling us he feels our pain. His compassion is seemingly endless, a surface virtue that sells well with core...

TRIDENT AND RITRON IN MARKETING EFFORT

CARMEL, Ind.-Ritron Inc. and Trident Micro Systems announced plans to codevelop and jointly market trunking products and systems.The alliance will integrate Trident's PassPort npNTS...

SONY’S HANDSETS PICKED FOR HOUSTON

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will supply Sony CM-D500 handsets for GTE Inc.'s launch of Code Division Multiple Access...

IS ENCRYPTION INVOLVED IN ILLICIT SOLICITS?

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration has balked at a congressional request to make available classified National Security Council documents possibly tied to telecommunications trade and U.S....

900 MHZ LICENSES PUT ON HOLD BY FCC

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Communications has halted 900 MHz private wireless licensing in a move that the industry suspects could lead to auctions, according to...

PEOPLE

Powertel Inc. added three new executives to its management team. Michael C. Lothspeich is the new vice president of sales in the company's corporate...

MOBILEMEDIA INVESTORS FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT

ARDMORE, Pa.-A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against MobileMedia Corp. and certain of its former and...

CLINTON GAINS SUPPORT TO END TELECOM TARIFFS BY TURN OF CENTURY

WASHINGTON-President Clinton, with help from Japan, Canada, Australia and the European Union, snatched victory from defeat in winning support from Asia-Pacific leaders to end...
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