Monthly Archives: May, 1997

NOKIA PREMIERES SMART MESSAGING

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones."The main idea behind...

SOMERS IS SELECTED AS NEW AT&T CFO

WAYNE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. appointed Daniel Somers chief financial officer to replace Richard Miller, who left the company last month. Most recently, Somers was chairman...

COURT AFFIRMS RULING ON TELULAR PATENTS

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court's ruling in the case of Arthur...

ERICSSON AIDS CURRICULUM

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. and the University of Texas at Dallas will jointly develop curriculum for electrical engineers specifically for the wireless telecommunications industry.Stephen Gibbs,...

FCC URGED TO REJECT SBC’S APPLICATION

WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.'s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure...

VOICENOW MAKES ATLANTA PREMIERE

ATLANTA-Paging Network Inc. launched its VoiceNow voice paging service in Atlanta. The service allows subscribers to receive a caller's voice message. Service packages begin...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Ericsson Inc. announced it supplied equipment and services to Airadigm Communications Inc. for its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis. The network...

D.C. NOTES

The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate.That's right, CTIA joined the fight...

CELLCOM BUYS BETAS FOR CLEARSITE TEST

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Cellcom, which operates a cellular network in Wisconsin and Iowa, will purchase four beta units of Conductus Inc.'s ClearSite receiver subsystem following a...

CODED JOINS RACOM FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Coded Communications Corp. and Racom Corp. partnered to provide wireless data access to Iowa public safety fleets, which allows them to access various...

COMCAST CELLULAR TO SELL $900M SENIOR NOTE ISSUE

NEW YORK-Comcast Cellular Holdings Inc., a newly formed holding company, plans to sell privately $900 million in senior unsecured notes that will be used...

EX PCS PLAYER BLAIMS LOST LICENSES ON U S WEST

BDPCS Inc. last week filed a lawsuit in a Colorado court against U S West Inc., claiming U S West's last-minute refusal to loan...

U S WEST SHIFTS ITS FOCUS TO CABLE

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group said it began shifting its focus to cable networks during the first quarter, even as its domestic wireless...

AT DEADLINE

InterCel completes Maine sub. saleInterCel Inc. completed the sale of its Maine cellular subsidiary last week for the purchase price of about $77 million.InterCel...

NEW STUDY LINKS CANCER TO PHONES

WASHINGTON-A major Australian study has found significant cancer in rodents exposed to digital wireless phone radiation, dramatic findings that offer compelling new evidence of...

CENTENNIAL P.R FINISHES FINANCING

NEW CANAAN, Conn.-Centennial Cellular Corp.'s subsidiary Centennial Puerto Rico Wireless Corp. completed a long-term bank credit agreement.The $130 million financing arranged by Citibank N.A....

INDUSTRY LEVERAGES INTERNET PROTO COLS TO GIVE MOBILE DATA A BOOST: CDPD NETWORKS EXPAND COVERAGE AREAS

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry...

D&B ASSIGNS B RATING TO NEXTEL NOTES

CHICAGO-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. assigned a `B' rating to the senior discount notes of Nextel Communications Inc. The rating also applies to...

TAUZIN URGES THE INDUSTRY TO RECRUIT AND NURTURE SENIOR CITIZENS

WASHINGTON-Somewhere in southern Louisiana, Mama Tauzin lives alone, and her son, the congressman, worries about her. He wants to buy her a wireless device...

MOTOROLA INC. EXECUTIVES REARRANGE TOP POSITIONS

An executive shuffle is taking place at Motorola Inc.In the company's annual report for 1996, Hector Ruiz is titled executive vice president of Motorola...

MTEL 1ST QUARTER RESULTS SHOW SMALLER LOSSES THAN LAST YEAR

NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss., reported first quarter results showing increases in revenues and operating cash flow, with continuing but lessening losses...

NEXTWAVE, LCC COME TO TERMS

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. and engineering provider LCC International Inc. have concluded negotiations revolving around the C-block winner's default of a March 31 payment for...

NOKIA PHONE GROUP LEADS SALES GROWTH

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported net sales for the first quarter ended March 31 of $2.2 billion, 43 percent more than first quarter 1996 net...

NORTEL PLACES BULK OF PCS FINANCING

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it placed more than 80 percent of its customer financing commitments to North American personal communications services operators with a...

TYNANGROUP GROWS ALONG EAST COAST

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-TynanGroup Inc., a national project planning and management firm, expanded its East Coast operations with a new facility in Greenwich, Conn. The...
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