Yearly Archives: 1996

SINGAPORE TELECOM SIGNS INTERCONNECT AGREEMENTS

SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecom has signed interconnect agreements with each of the three operators awarded licenses to operate mobile communications services in Singapore beginning April 1,...

VIEWPOINT

Congress was expected last Friday to pass a measure that would allow 280,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work this week and start...

BELGACOM CHOOSES AMERITECH AS PARTNER

BRUSSELS-With a bid of $2.5 billion, Ameritech Corp. and partners Tele Danmark and Singapore Telecom last month captured the winning vote for a 50...

FOUR CITIES COULD LAND CDMA SERVICE IN 1996

This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in...

PAGING COMPANY SET TO EMERGE FROM BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

NEW YORK-With nearly $4 million in creditor claims against it deleted by a federal court in late December, Cellular Telephone Enterprises Inc. last week...

THREE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL CLONING FRAUD EQUIPMENT

A cellular phone containing a scanner, into which new numbers can be programmed using the phone keypad, was just one of the sophisticated cloning...

COMTEC IN DEFAULT ON ACQUISITION DEALS

DENVER-Specialized mobile radio company ComTec International Inc. announced it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Key Communications Group Inc., are in default on several acquisition...

TEMPORARY END IN SIGHT TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

The Federal Communications Commission and the rest of the federal government could re-open this week but close again later this month if the GOP-led...

DENMARK READIES GSM, PLEDGES TO MAKE IT CHEAP

The Danish government is expected to issue a tender for DCS 1800 licenses this spring, and low service prices are expected to be one...

INJUNCTION ISSUED AGAINST FIRMS CLAIMING TO SELL MOBILE LICENSES

WASHINGTON-Following the Nov. 29 filing of a Federal Trade Commission civil lawsuit at the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of New York,...

HUGHES OFFERS CREDIT LINE TO GEOTEK FOR SPECTRUM

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced they have reached an agreement allowing Hughes to extend Geotek a two-year, $25 million...

HUNDT WARNS GOVERNMENT MAY STEP IN ON HEARING AID PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, appearing to retreat from recent comments in which he suggested support for a marketplace solution to hearing aid...

THE WORLD

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced that its cellular venture in Kyushu, Japan, has launched commercial service. Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co. Ltd. initially will serve the...

AT&T TRIMS FAT, BUT WIRELESS AR EAS RECRUIT

Just months after AT&T Corp. stated it would split into three separate companies, Chairman Robert Allen announced 40,000 people will be displaced or laid...

WIRELESS ISSUES WILL BE IMPACTED BY POLITICAL RACES

WASHINGTON-As the telecommunications reform marathon of 1995 nears the finish line, the great political race of 1996 is taking shape before a restless American...

CASH IS CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR PCS PLAYERS

NEW YORK-For successful bidders in the government's C-block auction for personal communications services, "the good news is you've got a license; the bad news...

AMERITECH FIGHTS FOR RIGHT TO NEW POLISH GSM CELLULAR NETWORK

As the Polish Communications Ministry advances with plans to license two Global System for Mobile communications cellular networks, Ameritech International is pursuing legal action...

FCC TIGHTENS GRASP IN 800 MHZ AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's recently adopted orders and a further notice of proposed rulemaking lay out new and prospective strictures regarding auctioning the "upper...

VIEW POINT

Happy New Year!The mark of a new year tradition ally brings resolutions for the fu ture and reflections on the past. That holds true...

ARCH TO ACQUIRE WESTLINK AS PART OF NPCS STRATEGY

A landmark merger deal announced last month, in which Arch Communications Group Inc. agreed to pay $340 million for Westlink Holdings Inc., will establish...

AUCTION PLAYERS PREPARE TO JUMP BACK INTO BIDDING WAR THIS WEEK

WASHINGTON-Participants in the Federal Communications Commission's spectrum auctions are taking the next few days to gear up for Jan. 5, when the bidding for...

CARRIER WILL SELL STAKE IN CLEARNET FOR $66M

MONTREAL-BCE Mobile Communications Inc. announced it has agreed to sell its holdings in Clearnet Communications Inc., a specialized mobile radio operator in Canada.BCE reported...

D.C. LEADERS WORK TOWARD AGREEABLE BUDGET

WASHINGTON-Congressional GOP and White House budget negotiators reached an agreement on auctioning radio spectrum through the year 2002 as part of renewed talks aimed...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Globalstar L.P. of San Jose, Calif., said it has completed a five-year, $250 million bank financing. The company said that with the bank facility,...
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