Monthly Archives: April, 1997

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...

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...

AERIAL CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN COLUMBUS

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. unveiled its new marketing campaign of TV, print, radio and outdoor ads in Columbus, Ohio, the company's first commercial personal communications...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Comsat Corp. said its offer to repurchase 8.13 percent debentures due April 1, 2004, was concluded April 9. The company repurchased $89.5 million of...

CENTURY TELEPHONE TO BUY PACIFIC TELECOM CELLULAR PROPERTIES

NEW YORK-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc., a Monroe, La., telecommunications firm, signed a letter of intent to purchase several cellular and personal communications services markets,...

MOBILEMEDIA FILES NEW BUSINESS PLAN

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. said it submitted to its lenders a business plan as required under its debtor-in-possession financing agreement with Chase Manhattan Bank.In...

SKYTEL SET TO DEBUT SKYWORD PLUS SOON

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Corp. said it will introduce SkyWord Plus in the next few weeks, beginning at $25 per month for service and $10 per...

NEWBRIDGE WINS CONTRACT

HERNDON, Va.-Newbridge Networks won a contract to provide its MainStreetXpress 36170 Multiservices Switch for GTE Wireless' Code Division Multiple Access network in the San...

FCC APPROVES PLAN TO SUBLET SPECTRUM

CHICAGO-Wireless Alliance L.L.C., a joint venture of Aerial Communications Inc. and Rural Cellular Corp., won Federal Communications Commission approval to operate in portions of...

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...

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...

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...

ALCATEL DELIVERS NEW PCS CROSS CONNECT

RICHARDSON, Texas-Alcatel Telecom said it recently delivered and installed the first 1630 CSX compact digital cross connect for the personal communications services market.The 1630...

INTEK TO PURCHASE 23 220 MHZ SITES

DENVER-American Digital Communications Inc. said it reached an agreement in principle allowing Intek Diversified Corp. to acquire its 23 constructed 220 MHz sites. American...

WORLD BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty bearing license agreement giving Kokusai Electric Co. Ltd. of Japan a patent and technical license to manufacture and sell...

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...

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...

CWS NOW OFFERING WIRELESS PAY PHONE

ALASKA-Cellulink Wireless Services has teamed up with the State of Alaska and Phoenix Public Communications to provide cellular pay phones for use by passengers...

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...

OBJECTSPACE ANNOUNCES ESP MESSAGING PLATFORM

ObjectSpace Inc. announced the alpha version of its Enhanced Services Platform for advanced messaging services, developed with PageMart Wireless Inc., is complete, and beta...

SMART CARD GROUP GAINS NEW MEMBER

MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa.-Gemplus Group joined the PC/SC Workgroup, a group of technology companies formed to develop interoperability standards for smart cards, smart card readers and...

VOICENOW EXPANDS INTO MORE CITIES

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s InFLEXion voice paging system began commercial service for the first time with Paging Network Inc.'s launch of VoiceNow service in...

SAMSUNG TO MERGE WITH AST RESEARCH

IRVINE, Calif.-AST Research Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. of Seoul, South Korea, announced they have signed a definitive merger agreement under which Samsung...

SCT AND RAYCHEM ENTER DUPONT DEAL

GOLDEN, Colo.-Superconducting Core Technologies Inc., together with Raychem Corp., finalized a supply agreement with E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. The three-year exclusive agreement...
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