Monthly Archives: January, 1997

MOTOROLA LAUNCHES MESSAGING DEVICE

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. launched PageFinder, a device that receives word messages and confirms delivery to the sender. Using Motorola's ReFLEX two-way wireless messaging system,...

GINGRICH WIRELESS WIRETAP VICTIM?

WASHINGTON-In a startling development that could have serious political consequences for embattled House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and serious legal consequences for others, an...

U.S. DISTRICT COURT ISSUES ORDER AGAINST PAGING TELEMARKETERS

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California early last month issued orders for final injunctions against two companies and two individuals...

TELXON WILL SELL UNIT TO DYNATECH CORP.

AKRON, Ohio-Telxon Corp. will sell Itronix Corp., its ruggedized notebook computer subsidiary, to Dynatech Corp., according to a definitive agreement. The company expects the...

TELUS SET TO PROVIDE CDPD IN ALBERTA

CALGARY, Alberta-Telus Mobility will offer Northern Telecom Ltd.'s Cellular Digital Packet Data services to its customers in Alberta."Telus Mobility's extensive deployment of Nortel's platform...

TAIWAN STALLS AWARDS FOR PCS TO DEBATE FOREIGN OWNER LIMITS

The government of Taiwan delayed the award of new mobile phone licenses because of misgivings about the foreign ownership of several consortia.Taiwan is offering...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

THREE BUSINESSES LINK TO OFFER TETRA IN GERMANY

Simoco International Ltd. of the United Kingdom and German-based De Te We and Rhode & Schwarz Bick have formed a consortium to market Trans...

TOWER CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS IS CLIMBING

Demand for quick installation of radio monopoles and towers has pressed tower manufacturers to provide new types of products that can help carriers meet...

FCC SETS ASIDE 300 MEGAHERTZ TO ALLOW WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules Jan. 9 that will allow users of unlicensed Part 15 equipment, including laptop computers, to access the...

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...

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...

PCS 2000 PARTNERS IMPATIENT

DALLAS-Limited partners who financed PCS 2000 Inc.'s winning bids on 15 C-block personal communications services licenses-still under scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission following...

PAGENET GETS TIME FROM ALLTEL SATELLITE

DALLAS-Alltel Enterprise Network Services signed a five-year agreement to provide satellite time for Paging Network Inc. Alltel will provide continuous access to its leased...

PACIFIC BELL GSM TO LAUNCH IN VEGAS

LAS VEGAS-Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it will launch its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network next month in Las Vegas.Pacific...

ORA SHIPS TELECAR FOR HANDS-FREE USE

CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Ora Electronics Inc. said this month it will begin shipping Telecar, the entry-level model of its intelligent transportation system.Telecar is designed to integrate...

D.C. NOTES

While Old Man Winter dumps mercilessly on everyone else, the sun shines brighter than ever these days on Irwin Jacobs. A big target for...

NOKIA REORGANIZES INTO REGIONAL GROUPS

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Group implemented two regional organizations, one in the Asia-Pacific area and another for North America and South America. The company said the...

UNIDEN FORMS SUBS OEM SALES UNIT

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. formed a new company to handle its original equipment manufacturer sales in North and South America. The new company...
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