Monthly Archives: April, 1997

MOTOROLA INKS DEAL WITH VIRGINIA PCS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division signed a contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access equipment to Virginia PCS Alliance L.C....

D.C. NOTES

Julius Caesar had his ides of March. I had my ides of April, and I think it would have been cheaper for me this...

TETRA STANDARD MAY BE REALITY SOON IN EUROPE

Various projects popping up in Europe indicate the TETRA two-way radio standard is becoming an operational reality.In Germany, dominant cellular carrier T-Mobil has teamed...

MCCAWS INCREASE NEXTEL STAKE

MCLEAN, Va.-The McCaw family announced Monday an early commitment to exercise its option to acquire $232.5 million in Nextel common stock.The family also has...

LOCAL MAYORS ARE UPSET WITH HUNDT OVER ANTENNA SITING LETTER

WASHINGTON-Local government officials have lashed out at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt over letters he sent to them questioning antenna siting moratoria they...

WIRELESS OUGHT TO BEFRIEND THE CITIES

Dear Editor: I am the first one to criticize Mr. Silva when I think that he champions a topic that is detrimental to business in...

ITU FORMS MOU FOR SATELLITES

NEW YORK-Some 32 nations, companies and professional organizations have become initial signatories of an agreement to facilitate deployment of new global satellite systems by...

TELECOM MERGERS RELATIVELY QUIET IN FIRST QUARTER, TRACKERS NOTE

NEW YORK-Mergers and acquisitions by U.S. companies appeared to be unaffected in the first quarter of this year by recent volatility in the equity...

GTE INTROS CDMA IN TAMPA BAY AREA

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Mobilnet Inc. commercially launched digital cellular service in the Tampa Bay, Fla., area, marking the company's fifth digital wireless deployment nationwide.The network...

AMSC DEVELOPING REMOTE PAY PHONES

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. and International Connectors and Cable Corp. have teamed up to develop a system of pay phones for remote locations...

TELEDESIC GETS OK FOR LEO PROJECT

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Teledesic Corp. said it received approval for its low-earth-orbit satellite project from the Federal Communications Commission. The company plans to launch 840 LEO...

MOTOROLA SIGNS DEAL FOR CHINESE TACS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group agreed to supply Total Access Communications System equipment and services to Eastern Communications Company Ltd....

MULTIMARKET DEALER SIGNS UP WITH 360

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

PAGING NEEDS TO CLOSE TECHNOLOGY AND FINANCIAL CREDIBILITY GAPS

NEW YORK-Paging, a veteran wireless player, has to go back to the trenches and prove itself anew to the investment community.The "credibility gap" has...

CELLULAR SOUTH PREMIERES BUNDLED WIRELESS SERVICE

While many large cellular carriers are slowly progressing toward offering bundled telecommunications services, a small Mississippi cellular company began its bundled offering last week.Cellular...

GTE PICKS GLENAYRE PRODUCT FOR SYSTEM

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-GTE Wireless selected Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s modular voice processing system for voice mail and enhanced services in GTE's recently launched personal communications services...

INTRAPLEX DIGITAL MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY FILLS IN IMPERFECT LINKS

Advanced network performance is a key factor for wireless carriers trying to pull ahead of the competition, says a Westford, Mass., producer of transmission...

THE PCS SHAKEOUT BEGINS: CONGRESS TRIES TO MANAGE AUCTION PROGRAMS

Editor's Note: As C-block winner Pocket Communications Inc. goes through its bankruptcy restructuring, RCR takes an in-depth look at how Congress, the FCC and Wall...

MCI AND NEXTWAVE EXPAND AGREEMENT

NEW YORK-MCI Communications Corp. and NextWave Telecom Inc. signed a master services agreement under which MCI will provide carrier services and back-office support to...

EARNINGS DIGEST

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AMERITECH DEPLOYS TELEMETRY SOLUTION

CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services said it recently deployed its Wireless Monitoring Solution to support real-time, on-line automated meter reading for Commonwealth Edison of Illinois. Approximately...

AIRTOUCH TO ACQUIRE OWNERSHIP OF U S WEST CELLULAR PROPERTIES

U S West Media Group and AirTouch Communications Inc. have signed a letter of intent that allows AirTouch to gain total ownership of U...

ERICSSON OPENING CHINA R&D CENTER

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to establish a research and development center in Shanghai, China. The center will develop telecommunications and data communications products...

DRC COMPLETES KYUSHU CONTRACT

SALT LAKE CITY-Digital Radio Communications Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of World Wireless Communications Inc., said it completed a contract to provide wireless digital...

USERS GET ACCESS TO DATA OVER WEB

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-DMW Worldwide L.L.C. introduced a product that will allow customers to access and download billing information from the World Wide Web.Timarou, the...
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