Yearly Archives: 1996

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...

CALIF. MICROWAVE SELLS UNIT TO HARRIS

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. sold its Digital Radio Technology Inc. unit to Harris Corp. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.Digital Radio Technology...

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...

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...

METRO ONE DISCONTINUES GTE’S DIRECTORY SERVICE

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. is discontinuing its enhanced directory assistance service to GTE Mobilnet Inc. subscribers in San Diego.The phase-out will be completed...

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Editor's Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A-, B- and C-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States....

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...

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...

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...

THIRD QUARTER INVESTMENTS IN TELECOM COMPANIES

Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of BusinessSignalSoft Corp. ...

MAPPING PRODUCTS ILLUSTRATE RF DATA IN `COMFORTABLE’ FORMAT

Mapping software, such as that offered by MapInfo Corp., has become a core component in many radio frequency monitoring and propagation modeling programs."Since our...

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...

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...

LUCENT TO DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE TO NEXTWAVE IN $200M CONTRACT

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the...

AT DEADLINE: FCC EXEC REPORTS ILLEGAL LOBBYING

The FCC said NextWave Telecom Inc. executive Janice Obuchowski illegally lobbied Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Michele Farquhar in connection with 63 personal communications services licenses...

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,"...

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...

B.C.-BASED MDSI ISSUES 1.7M SHARES IN OFFERING

NEW YORK-MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, went public in the United States Nov. 26 with an offering of 1.725...

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,...

DSPC AND PROXIM TERMINATE MERGER CITING STOCK DECLINES

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Proxim Inc. announced they mutually have agreed to terminate their planned merger. The companies reported declines in the share...

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,...

CARRIERS DISPUTE PROPOSAL TO KILL FINDER’S PREFERENCE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-Commenters on both sides of the issue regarding the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to kill its finder's preference programs have one thing in common-their...

SOME FCC STAFF FOUND TO BE ABUSING CELLULAR PHONE PRIVILEGES

WASHINGTON-Despite recent findings that some Federal Communications Commission employees have been using commission-owned cellular phones for their personal use at taxpayer expense, apparently none...

PRODUCTS

A new Phantom low profile antenna was introduced by Antenex. The antenna has a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern. It also has...

TEKLOGIX AWARDED RAILWAY CONTRACT

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada-Teklogix International Inc. was awarded a contract by Montreal-based Canadian National Railways to provide it with narrowband wireless data communication networks.The networks...
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