February 1997

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. introduced its SuperFilter family of receiver filter subsystems. The SuperFilter offers advantages over conventional filter technologies in the areas of interference protection, range extension and …

Teklogix International Inc. received a contract from Samson Transport A/S, a third-party warehouse and transport company with worldwide locations. Under the agreement, Teklogix will provide Samson with a narrowband wireless …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association is sponsoring the first China-America Telecommunications Conference April 20-24 in Dalian, China. The U.S. Department of Commerce is co-sponsoring the event. The Commerce department and …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. signed agreements to acquire 47 additional 38 GHz licenses and associated business operations. The licenses open new markets for the company as well as expanding its …

CORK, Ireland-Motorola Inc.’s GSM Products Division will hire 300 software engineers at its Global System for Mobile communications facility in Cork, Ireland. The expansion project is billed at more than …

SAN FRANCISCO-Canadian Satellite Communications Inc., AirTouch Satellite Services and Loral Space & Communications formed a joint venture to provide fixed and mobile wireless services throughout Canada using the Globalstar L.P. …

Several low-earth-orbit satellite systems will have initial launches this year, marking the beginning of services that a Washington, D.C., consulting firm says “will fill the gaps other wireless systems don’t …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group won a contract to deploy Advanced Mobile Phone Service and narrowband AMPS cellular systems in Novosibirsk, Russia. Motorola values the contract at …

The laws of physics cannot be persuaded by politics, pricing or PR. And some economic principles are equally unyielding. Hence, economics and engineering considerations are both important to a sound …

NEW YORK-Global telecommunications deregulation may be auspicious, but on behalf of bondholders, Moody’s Investors Service Inc. remains suspicious. A day before negotiators at the World Trade Organization approved Feb. 15 …

If demand for dual-band handsets can be measured by vendor contracts, carriers must only now be finalizing plans for multi-frequency roaming. The industry’s most prolific terminal manufacturers have yet to …

This is the fourth installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in …

PT Mobile Selular Indonesia signed a credit note facility for $31 million with 12 national banks for a term loan. Lead arrangers are PT Makindo Securities and Bank Umum Servitia; …

Dear Editor: As the world becomes more mobile, and our tools become more portable, our collective frustration with the performance of our portable phones and computers is increasingly blamed on …

NEW YORK-Stephen Katz, chief executive officer of Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc., has assumed day-to-day direction of operations for the Seattle-based provider of cellular fraud prevention systems. CTS saw its …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet signed an agreement to allow members of its Procurement Consortium to obtain antenna infrastructure from Celwave at volume prices. Cellular, personal communications services and other wireless providers are …

KELOWNA, British Columbia-Globus Cellular & User Protection Ltd. said it will investigate the specific absorption rate levels of cellular phone and antenna products available in North America. SAR measures the …

NEW YORK-Four wireless industry heavyweights and three universities announced Feb. 17 they had formed the Global Wireless Education Consortium to “attract and educate new technicians and engineers to the booming …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest Hollings (R-S.C.), in what amounts to a showdown with the Clinton administration, is mounting a campaign to condition Senate confirmation of U.S. Trade Representative-designate Charlene Barshefsky on passage …

Inc.’s VoiceNow voice paging service is priced not only to compete, but to undercut industry rates for most numeric, alphanumeric and other advanced paging and messaging services. The company turned …

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CINCINNATI-GTE Wireless launched its personal communications services network in the Cincinnati major trading area, which covers greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The network uses Code Division Multiple Access technology. GTE …

JARKARTA, Indonesia-Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed a supply contract with PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia. The agreement is valued at $105 million and is Lucent’s first Code Division Multiple Access contract …

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A small Westbrook, Maine, company plans to carve its niche out of the giant telecommunications industry by focusing on the billing and customer care needs of small- and medium-sized carriers. …