Monthly Archives: February, 1997

PACIFIC BELL MOBILE PREPARES TO OFFER DATA OVER GSM PCS SYSTEM

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. is in the final stages of testing its ability to transmit data over the Global System for Mobile...

IN-FLIGHT PHONE QUIETLY FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY IN DELAWARE COURT

Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based In-Flight Phone Corp., the competitor to GTE Airfone Inc. for consumer air-to-ground communications, entertainment and information, quietly filed for Chapter 11...

IPO MARKET MAY BE COOLING DOWN FOR HIGH-TECH FIRMS

NEW YORK-If the conventional wisdom holds true that a rising tide lifts all boats, then wireless companies seeking to go public this year can...

TELECOM INDUSTRY IS HEALTHY, BUT WARNINGS ISSUED

NEW YORK- The media and telecommunications industry was pronounced "generally healthy" by a panel of Wall Street officials discussing new equity and debt issues...

ADC WIRELESS MICROCELL USES FIBER TO FILL CELLULAR “BLACK HOLES”

ADC Wireless Systems has introduced its T1 CityCell microcell, a fiber-fed radio frequency extension device designed to increase coverage and capacity in cellular phone...

360 UPS HOLDINGS IN TWO IOWA RSAS

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360 TO RECOGNIZE CHARGES IN 4TH Q.

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AMERICAN PHOENIX FORMS DATA VENTURE

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-American Phoenix Group Inc. announced the creation of Tetherless Access New Zealand Ltd. to supply data communications services to New Zealand companies.The company...

COMMNET CELLULAR CHOOSES SMARTPAY

DALLAS-CommNet Cellular Inc. has agreed to market National Telemanagement Corp.'s SmartPay prepaid wireless service for customers in CommNet's nine-state service area.Customers establish an account...

CLINTON FUND-RAISING SCANDAL MAY HURT TELECOM TRADE

WASHINGTON-The escalating Democratic fund-raising scandal has moved from the Commerce Department to the White House, with President Clinton last week saying "mistakes were made"...

CDPD FOCUS SHOULD BE ON CUSTOMERS

SAN DIEGO-At the CDPD Forum's membership meeting here last week, proponents of Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, industry analysts, customers and potential customers agreed...

ITALY TO MERGE TELECOM CARRIERS INTO ONE ENTITY

The Italian government announced it will merge Telecom Italia into Stet to form a single company called Telecom Italia, which will continue to control...

ROHDE & SCHWARZ ADDS FLEX TO LINE

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group said Rhode & Schwarz Bick Mobilfunk GmbH will expand its product offerings to include FLEX paging...

CS-CDPD MAY SOLVE WIRELESS DATA USER PROBLEM WITH COVERAGE

SAN DIEGO-An innovation in wireless data was announced last week that could answer CDPD's main problem: coverage.GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific...

WORLD BRIEFS

Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed...

FCC MAY STEP IN TO ENFORCE TELECOM ACT DISABILITY REQUIREMENTS

WASHINGTON-With the wireless industry and hearing impaired community unable to agree on long-term solutions for hearing-aid compatibility and interference problems after more than a...

OMNIPOINT MARKS YEAR WITH LOSSES, VENDOR FINANCE AGREEMENTS

NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous...

NYNEX CEO PREDICTS MERGED COMPANY WILL SEE INCREASED PROFITS

NEW YORK-"We are involved in a merger at 2,000 feet of two behemoths," said Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive officer of Nynex Corp., in a...

AT DEADLINE: METROCALL REVISES PAGE AMERICA BUY

Page America Group Inc. and Metrocall Inc. revised an April 1996 agreement that called for Metrocall to acquire the assets of Page America for...

NATTEL QUESTIONS POCKET FOREIGN-OWNERSHIP LEVELS

WASHINGTON-In light of the Federal Communications Commission's recent finding that NextWave Telecom Inc.'s foreign ownership exceeded the FCC's 25-percent threshold, forcing a company reorganization...

MOBILEMEDIA FILES CHAPTER 11: RESELLERS SAY BILLS ARE WRONG

MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected...

MILLICOM DIVIDES INTO REGIONAL OPS

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it will re-organize its business into four wholly owned operating companies.Three of Millicoms four companies will focus on...

MARCONI ROLLS OUT NEW PRODUCTS FOR U.S., MAKES MOVES TO TEXAS

Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers...

OPINION

RCR missed boat on NextWave storyDear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards...

LUCENT ORDERS SLICE FOR VOICE SECURITY

MCLEAN, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. placed an order for Cycomm International Inc.'s Slice digital voice encryption attachments for Motorola Inc.'s MicroTac handheld phones. Cycomm said...
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