Monthly Archives: January, 1997

MILLICOM REPORTS RECORD SUB GROWTH

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its fourth quarter 1996 worldwide operations had record subscriber growth, adding more than 85,000 net new cellular subscribers....

NDC WILL PROVIDE CREDIT-CARD SERVICE

ATLANTA-National Data Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile to provide transaction processing services for Bell Atlantic Nynex customers...

WIRELESS BUREAU TERMINATES 402 MOBILEMEDIA PAGING LICENSES

The Federal Communications Commission terminated 402 paging applications and licenses held by MobileMedia Corp. because the company failed to build sites under the license...

GTE AIDS BELLSOUTH WITH ROAMING INFO

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and...

FARQUHAR SAYS WTB AGREES WITH CTIA ON SOME SITING PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON-Tempering her replies with the caveat that she was speaking only for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and not for the full Federal Communications Commission,...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY APPLAUDS FBI’S NEW DIGITAL WIRETAP INITIATIVE

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is giving high marks to the FBI's new, less ambitious plan for digital wiretap capacity requirements, but legal, financial and technical...

PCS FIRM GETS HELP FOR ROAMING SERVICE

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communication Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its roamer administration service to personal communications services provider Western Wireless Corp. GTE TSI...

TDMA GROUP LOOKS PAST STANDARDS WAR TO STRESS BUSINESS USE

Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry's attention was focused on high-profile scraps between...

INNOVA GETS ORDER FOR MICROWAVE GEAR

SEATTLE-Innova Corp. received an initial purchase order from Simtel for 23 GHz XP4 digital microwave radio systems to be deployed in Caracas, Venezuela. The...

BELLSOUTH AGREES TO PAY BANM TO CONNECT INTERCONNECT CALLS

NEW YORK-Under an agreement with BellSouth Corp. that became effective Jan. 1, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has become the first cellular carrier doing business...

METRICOM SHAREHOLDERS, EXECS DE BATE SALE OF FIRM

NEW YORK-Depending on who wins the battle of wills at the May 1 annual shareholders meeting of Metricom Inc., the public company might be...

PAGESTAR DEVICE STOPS AUTOMOBILE THIEVES COLD

NEW YORK-PageStar Inc. is ramping up for full-scale production this Spring of a new generation of wireless vehicle location devices designed to put car...

PCS AUCTION OVER, NETS $2.5 BILLION

WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the...

WORLD BRIEFS

Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is...

BELGACOM APPEALS PROMO SUSPENSION

BRUSSELS-Belgacom Mobile said it will appeal a court ruling that requires the operator to suspend a sales promotion for its Proximus cellular service.The Global...

CMRS ARGUES LAW IN ST. LOUIS COURT

ST. LOUIS-A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard nearly four hours of argument from opponents and proponents...

M/A-COM RELEASES MIXER PRODUCTS

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc., a wireless components and sub-system solutions provider, released its GaAs MMIC passive mixer products.The company said the mixers are ideal for...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to...

BRITE VOICE DIALING PROVIDED TO TELIA

WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems will provide voice-activated dialing for customers of Sweden's Telia Mobitel AB. Brite values the contract at $2.3 million.Voice dialing allows...

BART GUIDES DRIVERS TO STEER CLEAR OF ACCIDENTS AND WRONG TURNS

A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not...

AUDIOVOX UPCOMING RESULTS WILL SHOW IF STRATEGY SHIFT WORKED

The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn't intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp."Look how many have exited in...

RED BRICK CHOSEN TO SUPPORT AERIAL’S NETWORK

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Aerial Communications Inc. selected Red Brick Systems Inc.'s Red Brick Warehouse to analyze and support its customer and demographic data to identify...

PRODUCTS

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA...

DEMS EAVESDROPPING FOCUSES ON CELLULAR

WASHINGTON-Republicans have suggested the illegally taped cellular phone conversation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and top GOP leaders late last month may be...

POPULOUS TAKES REGULAR BATTERIES

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has introduced "Populous," a new cellular phone that runs interchangeably on disposable alkaline batteries, rechargeable nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride...
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