April 1997

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. The companies value the contract at …

Julius Caesar had his ides of March. I had my ides of April, and I think it would have been cheaper for me this year to have just fallen on …

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 up with equipment providers Motorola …

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 agreed to provide Nextel with …

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 have imposed. “It is extremely disconcerting …

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 general and the wireless industry …

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 joining the International Telecommunication Union Memorandum …

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 markets and concerns about higher interest …

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 uses Code Division Multiple Access …

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 where wireless and wireline service is …

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 satellites to offer high-speed access to …

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. of China and Zhejiang Technical Import …

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

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 three components, Sharon Armbrust, senior …

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 South customers now have the …

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 networks in Cincinnati, Seattle and Spokane, …

Advanced network performance is a key factor for wireless carriers trying to pull ahead of the competition, says a Westford, Mass., producer of transmission equipment. Intraplex Corp. said it has …

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 Street are addressing PCS auction …

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 NextWave. MCI then will have access …

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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 1,600 meters have been equipped for …

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

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 for the Chinese and global markets. …

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 technology to Kyushu Matsushita Electric Co. …

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 company’s integrated billing and customer …