Monthly Archives: January, 1997

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...

SUBSCRIBER COMPUTING ADDS TO FRAUD COMPONENT WITH PURCHASE

Subscriber Computing Inc. is acquiring a small Dallas company that has developed a fraud detection system using U.S. military defense signal analysis technology.Intelligent Object...

NEXTEL TRIES TO LURE CUSTOMERS TO DIGITAL SIDE WITH FREE ROAMING

Nextel Communications Inc. continues to try to move analog customers onto its new digital network, now with the lure of no roaming fees while...

TRACFONE UNVEILED FOR PAY-AS-YOU-GO

LAS VEGAS-Topp Telecom Inc. introduced TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone designed for quick retail sale. The phone has built-in debit technology to allow for...

VIEWPOINT

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language.The launch of competing networks throughout 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...

CELLULAR PHONE HELPS LOCATE, SAVE LIFE OF SOUTH DAKOTAN

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.-While one cellular call was causing major political turmoil in the nation's capital, another helped saved a life thousands of miles away...

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...

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...

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...

AIRTOUCH PROVIDES DIGITAL WIRELESS TO BUSINESS USERS

SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service."In the past, we have...

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...

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...

CABLE & WIRELESS ADDS MARKETING

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said it formed a new business unit, Carrier Services, to handle the marketing its worldwide network to other carriers and...

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...

AT DEADLINE: MCI ADDS CELLULAR IN THREE MORE CITIES

MCI Communications Corp. launched cellular service in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.To promote the launch, the company said it is offering customers a...

AT&T DENVER UPS TO IS-136 CELLULAR

DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 cellular service in its Denver market.The service area includes the Front Range...

UNIVERSAL TELEPHONE SERVICE IS DISSERVICE FOR WIRELESS CARRIERS

rederick M. Joyce, Esq. It is a time-worn political axiom that no candidate ever lost a vote by speaking in favor of Mom, apple...

RUSSIA CLARIFIES VIMPELCOM STATUS

MOSCOW-Vimpel Communications received clarification from the Ministry of Communications of the Russian Federation concerning licensing policies and frequency allocations for cellular communications in the...

WINSTAR ACQUIRES 38 GHZ LICENSEE

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. acquired Milliwave L.P., a 38 GHz license holder for 80 markets covering 160 million people, for $40 million in cash...

WORLD BRIEFS

California Microwave Inc.'s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California...

PALTEL SEEKS GSM SYSTEM BIDS

The Palestine Telecommunications Co. is looking for a turnkey provider to design and supply a Global System for Mobile communications network in the areas...

AMERICAN ALPHA PREMIERES CALLER ID

HICKSVILLE, New York-American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc., which provides alphanumeric transcription services to the paging industry, introduced a new caller ID feature to its...

VIEWPOINT

An ugly trend of rewarding those who break the rules is taking place in Washington. One need look no further than Congress, which appointed...
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