Monthly Archives: April, 1997

SK TELECOM SELLS NOTES TO FINANCE CDMA NETWORK

NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its...

ATX PICKS AT&T FOR ONGUARD SERVICE

SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. selected AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Wireless Data Division to provide the wireless communications for its OnGuard product.OnGuard uses wireless communications...

ALPHATRAK 9000 IN FINAL BETA TEST

SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. said final beta testing has begun on the first production run of its AlphaTrak 9000 vehicle tracking and recovery system.The...

ERICSSON TO EXPAND NETWORKS IN CHINA

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two contracts to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in the Hebei province...

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE APPROVES BELL ATLANTIC, NYNEX MERGER

NEW YORK-The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division gave its approval April 24 for Bell Atlantic Corp.'s $23 billion takeover of Nynex Corp. The...

WALL STREET INVESTOR PUTS NAIL IN C-BLOCK COFFIN

NEW YORK-"The C-block is obviously dead, and we are waiting for the final nail to be put in the coffin-not because they overpaid or...

SPACECOM, EMS TEAM FOR HYPERNET SYSTEM

TULSA, Okla.-Enhanced Messaging Systems and SpaceCom Systems teamed up to provide an integrated satellite link and transmission control system for the paging industry. The...

CARRIERS USE COWS TO COPE WITH N.D. FLOOD

Cellular carriers in the city of Grand Forks, N.D., said their systems are faring well despite massive flooding that has forced most of the...

CORRECTION

A photo on the front page of RCR's April 21 issue incorrectly identified the president of Intraplex Corp. He is Bill Rollins.Due to incorrect...

RCR TOP 20 CELLULAR CARRIERS

Editor's Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of...

GEOWORKS EXPANDS NOKIA RELATIONSHIP

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks will expand its cooperation with Nokia to provide packaged content and services for Smart Messaging, the Nokia-developed Global System for Mobile communications...

AIRTOUCH SERVICE MOVING TO TEMPE

TEMPE, Ariz.-AirTouch Cellular announced plans to move its customer service operation for the Southwest region from Bellevue, Wash., to Tempe, Ariz.The site for the...

CYLINK DATAMETRO OFFERS INEXPENSIVE INTERCONNECT

NEW YORK-Wireless Internet and intranet access over long distances, even in remote areas without a wireline infrastructure, is about to get easier and less...

WTR: FOCUSING ON SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH

During the past several months, a series of articles has appeared in RCR addressing the important question of potential health effects from the use...

ORBCOMM APPROVES STELLAR’S UNITS

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. granted type approval to Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd., a subsidiary of Elisra Electronics Systems Ltd. of Bene Beraq, for the...

EARNINGS DIGEST

Core performance helps Bell Atlantic with PrimeCo costsPHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Smith, said during the first quarter the company...

GILBERT ACQUIRES TWO NEW VENTURES

READING, Pa.-Gilbert Associates said it acquired the stock of TEC Cellular Inc., a Melbourne, Fla.-based software and engineering services provider.Gilbert also announced it signed...

U S WEST MERGER TO HAVE NO IMPACT ON DEBT RATINGS

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. said the proposed merger of U S West Media Group's domestic wireless businesses and its interest in PrimeCo Personal...

GLENAYRE MAKES RADIOS AVAILABLE

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Glenayre Western Multiplex announced its Lynx spread spectrum digital microwave radios are available for off-the-shelf sales. Ken Ruppel, Lynx product manager, said in...

CALENDAR

APRIL27-30 Rural Cellular Association's Fifth Annual Convention and Exhibition, by the Rural Cellular Association. The Luxor, Las Vegas. (800) 722-1872.28-29 New Wireless Spectrum Opportunities,...

SMALL SMRS SHARE DISMAL CMRS BOND

Small- and medium-sized dispatch radio operators gathering at the 21st annual International Wireless Communications Expo this week in Las Vegas will recognize each other...

ADVANCED SICAP DEVELOPED BY SWISS

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Swiss Telecom has developed an application platform for Subscriber Identity Module cards that activate portable devices, including recharging prepaid phone cards, over the...

SANTA CRUZ RENEWS ITDS BILLING CONTRACT

STAMFORD, Conn.-Santa Cruz Cellular Telephone Inc. renewed its contract with International Data Systems Inc. through 2000 for service bureau billing services using the ITDS...

MULTIMARKET DEALER SIGNS UP WITH 360

CHICAGO-Skynet, a Chicago-based cellular dealership, announced it has signed on with 360

METRICOM’S DATA TO INCREASE SPEED

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. said it is developing a technology designed to increase data speeds on its wireless network. The technology, named Autobahn, will...
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