Monthly Archives: March, 1997

ALLEN GROUP PICKS PURPOSEFUL NAME

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-The Allen Group Inc. changed its name to Allen Telecom Inc., to more strongly reflect the company's purpose."All of the company's continuing operations...

STANDARD TO SHOW WIRELESS MODEM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Standard Communications Corp.'s Wireless Datacom Division announced it will show its new cellular modem module and cellular radiofrequency module at the Cellular...

SPECTRALINK WILL REPURCHASE STOCK

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp.'s board of directors authorized a repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the company's common stock. The shares will be repurchased...

COMPANY TO BUY BACK ITS STOCK

CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced it intends to redeem all outstanding common stock warrants March 26. Holders of the warrants may exercise the...

OMNIPOINT SIGNS UP FOR GSM ROAMING

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. signed international roaming agreements with 26 Global System for Mobile communications carriers, mainly in Europe and the Pacific Rim.The...

SEATTLE FIRM PROMOTES CREATIVE ADD-ON REVENUE SCHEMES FOR CARRIERS

Operators with new 1900 MHz personal communications services networks need add-on services that are meaningful revenue generators and offer something customers repeatedly need, says...

READYCOM PLANS TO LAUNCH TWO-WAY VOICE PAGING OVER CELLULAR

ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is...

QUALCOMM LANDS U S WEST CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA Sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will provide Code Division Multiple Access handsets to U S West Communications Inc. Sony/Qualcomm...

SIMOCO TO SUPPLY GEAR TO GRAND PRIX

CAMBRIDGE, England-Simoco International Ltd. will supply radio communications equipment to the 1997 Qantas Australian Grand Prix.The company will provide a radio communications trunking system,...

JAPAN STRIKES BLOW TO GSM BACKERS BY PICKING CDMA STANDARD

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes...

ITRON SELLS METERS TO SWISS DISTRIBUTOR

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules...

INTERNET SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FROM IBM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-IBM Corp. announced the availability of software that allows access to World Wide Web and Internet applications using wireless radio frequency networks...

WORLD BRIEFS

Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes,...

ROAMEX HELPS CARRIERS SAFELY FACILITATE NORTH AMERICAN ROAMING

Four years ago Systems/Link Corp. introduced RoamEx, which "allowed carriers with fraud problems in big cities access to what was going on," said Diane...

ROBOTIC MODULE IS AVAILABLE NOW

TUSTIN, Calif.-Activator Systems Inc. said its robotics-controlled automated phone programming module now is available.The A-Key uses ASI's patented programming process, using only encrypted data.Accuracy...

ROGERS BOARD DECLARES DIVIDEND

ROGERS, Conn.-Rogers Corp. said its board of directors declared a dividend distribution of one right to purchase common stock of the company for each...

NEXTEL STARTS $35M AD CAMPAIGN

WASHINGTON-In a four-pronged simultaneous marketing announcement McLean, Va.-based Nextel Communications Inc. will unveil today a $35 million nationwide advertising campaign, the introduction of enhanced...

NATION BRIEFS

Qualcomm Personal Electronics reported it has shipped more than 1 million Code Division Multiple Access portable phones. Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a joint venture of...

NATIONAL WIRELESS SAFETY GROUP INTRODUCES CAR PHONE PROGRAM

ELGIN, Ill.-The National Cellular Safetalk Center, a nonprofit wireless industry advocate, has introduced a car phone safety public education program.The new program is based...

MTEL READIES TO `INTRODUCE’ SKY WORD PLUS, DEFENDS STOCK SALE

NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. "is right on target for the (late) April introduction of its SkyWord Plus caller acknowledgement paging," John T. Stupka,...

MOTOROLA TENOR DEBUTS IN DALLAS

DALLAS-Motorola Inc. and Paging Network Inc. introduced Motorola's Tenor voice pager to the Dallas/Fort Worth market through PageNet's VoiceNow service.The tenor pager has the...

MOTOROLA MEMO RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WTR RESEARCH

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. planned two years ago to collaborate with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. to downplay potentially damaging scientific...

CENTURY ACQUIRES MISSISSIPPI RSA 7

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of the Mississippi rural service area 7 cellular operation located in central Mississippi.The RSA...

SMR DIRECT GAINS CELLULAR SWITCHERS

DENVER-More than half of SMR Direct's new subscribers are switching to two-way radio from cellular and paging, the company said."We expected our customer base...

ORANGE PCS PICKS STRATUS PLATFORM

MARLBORO, Mass.-Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. implemented a platform that it says enables it to use network resources more efficiently.The carrier says the Service...
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