1996

WASHINGTON-The specter of private radio spectrum auctions, frequency coordination consolidation and the kickoff of refarming in frequency bands below 512 MHz are giving users and dealers alike much to consider …

A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world. Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving from serving specialized markets to …

ORLANDO-Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Data Group business unit, AirMobile Software Products, announced it has extended AirMobile wireless software for Lotus cc: Mail and AirMobile wireless software for Lotus Notes to the …

WASHINGTON-Where mobile satellite service policymaking is concerned, federal regulators are not promoting the friendly skies. Far from it. Competition is the name of the game at the Federal Communications Commission. …

After Bill Clinton ended one of his rare news conferences before leaving to visit the U.S. troops in Bosnia a couple weeks ago, CBS White House correspondent Bill Platte observed …

NEW YORK-Wall Street gave Omnipoint Corp. a resounding welcome Friday, buying seven million shares of an initial public offering of common stock that opened the trading day on Nasdaq at …

BRUSSELS-L.M. Ericsson filed a complaint with the European Union, charging that Austria’s award of a GSM license to international consortium Oe-Call is unfair. Oe-Call is lead by Deutsche Telecom AG …

A U.S. battery manufacturer has announced it will produce lithium ion batteries for wireless telecommunications devices, delving into a market previously dominated by Japanese companies such as Sony Battery and …

MILAN, Italy-Richard Lockwood has been named vice president and regional manager of the European and Asia/Pacific wireless operations for Bell Atlantic International Wireless. Lockwood assumes operational responsibilities for the company’s …

Bell Atlantic International, through its 42 percent investment in Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., is in the heart of negotiations with the Mexican government regarding Iusacell’s license to operate a …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, one of the government agencies GOP lawmakers beat up on much of 1995, could be brought to its knees this year if stalled budget talks collapse …

Memphis, Tenn.-based Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent for a secondary underwriting with Barron Chase Securities of Boca Raton, Fla. Chadmoore said the offering, …

JANUARY 22-23 Liberalization and Privatization of International Telecommunications: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Competitive Market, by The Adam Smith Institute. Inter-Continental Hotel, Geneva. 44-171-490-3774. 22-24 Technology Forecasting for the …

NEW YORK – With fixed costs dropping in tandem with an expanding customer base, cellular phone service for the average individual consumer is on an upward trajectory in competitive urban …

IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. announced it has acquired a site for its personal communications services network operations control center. Located in the Irvine Business Center in Irvine, Calif., the …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it has received a contract from L’Office National des Postes et Telecommunications, the government-led telecommunications company in Morocco, to provide paging infrastructure equipment and installation services. …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. announced it has purchased infrastructure equipment from Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to construct a prototype advanced messaging system in Atlanta and Boston. “The purchase …

AT&T Corp. formally named Alex Mandl president and chief operating officer of the new AT&T and a member of the company’s board of directors. Mandl has headed the company’s long-distance …

Pittencrieff Communications Inc. is seeking federal action regarding a 1995 Texas state law requiring the company and other commercial mobile radio service providers to pay an assessment of $75 million. …

PLAYA DEL REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. said it is in negotiations with equipment manufacturers for the cellular phone network it intends to build in Vietnam. PortaCom was formerly Extreme Technologies …

NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced it has exercised an option to acquire 83 percent of the Dutchess County major service area from United States Cellular Corp. The MSA includes the city …

GOLDEN, Colo.-Superconducting Core Technologies announced it concluded an exclusive purchase and supply agreement for superconducting thin films with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. SCT said it is guaranteed …

Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary. “We made every effort to reach an …

WASHINGTON-To strike a fragile bipartisan deal on a sweeping telecommunications bill that includes federal antenna siting policy and other provisions sought by the wireless telecommunications industry, conferees had to cede …

WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.’s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating …