Monthly Archives: January, 1997

TDS DIRECTORS OK STOCK REPURCHASE

CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said its board of directors authorized repurchase of up to 3 million TDS common shares."It is our intention to...

TELLABS TO SUPPLY SERVICE PLATFORM

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. said it will supply its Martis DXX managed access and transport network solution to P Plus Communications Ltd., a personal communications...

TMI WILL PROVIDE CARIBBEAN SERVICE

OTTAWA-TMI Communications agreed to provide mobile satellite communications services to Cable & Wireless Caribbean Cellular, a marine cellular network operator in the Caribbean.The service,...

SIMS, AAA TEAM FOR CELLULAR RENTALS

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-Sims Communications Inc. and the American Automobile Association have teamed to offer rented cellular phones to AAA's 890,000 members in the Carolinas.The...

COPP GIVES PHONES TO NEIGHBORHOODS

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-The Communities on Phone Patrol (COPP) program donated 40 phones to 10 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., neighborhoods as part of its goal to...

COMCAST LAUNCHES PREPAID IN PHILLY

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. launched its Prepaid Advanced Cellular service in Philadelphia, central and southern New Jersey, Delaware and parts of Maryland.The PAC...

LONDONDERRY, N.H. ZONING ORDINANCE

Section AR-I, CI-, C-II, C-III, IND-I, IND-II? R-III, CO?D.1 Cellular Antenna to be affixed to a new Not allowed ...

ROGERS CANTEL MOBILE OFFERS A NEW MONTREAL PRICING PLAN

MONTREAL-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. announced a new pricing program for its Digital PCS cellular customers in the greater Montreal area."Montreal and More" costs...

ARGENTINA SETS PLAN TO AWARD TWO PCS LICENSES EARLY THIS YEAR

The Secretary of Communications in Argentina announced concrete plans to award two personal communications services licenses in early to mid-1997.Initially, the two PCS licenses...

AIRNET PICKS TGI AS AUTHORIZED REP

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. appointed Tele Greenland International of Copenhagen, Denmark, as an authorized representative of AirNet for Greenland and certain Far Eastern countries.AirNet...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Ericsson Private Radio Systems ordered 150 PCMobile units from XL Computing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cycomm International Inc. XL Computing values the...

EPA LIKELY TO FORMALLY SUPPORT NEW HYBRID RF RADIATION STANDARD

WASHINGTON-The Environmental Protection Agency is expected shortly to issue a policy statement supporting a new hybrid radio frequency radiation standard, but sources say the...

ERICSSON USES EFR TO ENHANCE PHONES

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is enhancing its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular phones with Enhanced Full Rate technology. The technology will be installed...

PUBLIC PAGING AND PRONET STRUGGLING OVER SALES INCENTIVE PACT

New York paging reseller Public Paging and operator ProNet Inc. are suing each other over a reseller agreement designed to give Public stock shares...

PRODUCTS

Audiovox Communications Corp. will introduce three new phones at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. Its 800/900 MHz combination phone, the...

PORTACOM GETS OK TO REINCORPORATE

PLAYA DEL REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. received shareholder approval to reincorporate from British Columbia to Delaware. More than 6.4 million shares were voted in...

POLAND TO ISSUE TENDER FOR 1.8 GHZ PCN LICENSE

Poland's Minister of Telecommunications announced plans to issue a tender for a personal communications network license at 1.8 GHz. In separate news, international arbitration...

NEXTWAVE IS AWARDED PCS PERMITS: DESPITE FIRM’S FOREIGN OWNERS

WASHINGTON-In a decision almost surely headed for the appeals court, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday conditionally awarded NextWave Personal Communications Inc. its C-block...

PHILIPS DIVISION TO INTRODUCE WIRELESS HANDSET FOR U.S. THIS WEEK

A few more pieces have fallen into place for the Philips Consumer Communications division as it pulls together its wireless handset sales machine to...

PEOPLE

Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company's growth and profitability. He has been...

MOTOROLA DONATES TO PCIA’S LIFEPAGE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Motorola Inc. will donate pagers to the Personal Communications Industry Association's LifePage program. Individuals who are registered for organ transplants will receive the...

TELECOM ALLIANCES TO SUFFER POST-MERGER TRAUMAS, ANALYST SAYS

NEW YORK-Seven key developments promise significant changes in the telecommunications industry in 1997, according to a newly released global outlook by A.T. Kearney, Arlington,...

NORTHERN TELECOM TO SUPPLY BELL MOBILITY WITH EQUIPMENT

TORONTO-Northern Telecom Ltd. has signed an agreement with Bell Mobility to supply equipment for Bell Mobility's cellular and personal communications services networks. Nortel said...

TWO TRADE ASSOCIATIONS RESPOND TO FBI NOTICE ON CALEA TERMS

Two trade associations have responded to an FBI notice seeking clear definitions of the terms "significant upgrade" and "major modification" that are used in...

WORLD BRIEFS

The Guangdong Machinery and Export Corp. of China awarded Allen Telecom Group's Decibel Products division a contract to expand its Global System for Mobile...
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