Monthly Archives: May, 1997

SOCKET MERGES WITH CETRONIC AB

NEWARK, Calif.-Socket Communications Inc. will merge with Cetronic AB, a privately held company based in Sweden that develops and markets software and hardware for...

SPRINT PCS OPENS IN ORANGE COUNTY

SAN DIEGO-Sprint Spectrum L.P. began personal communications services in Orange County, Calif., the company's second market in Southern California.In conjunction with the launch, Sprint...

TELECOM FIRMS HELP OUT IN N.D. FLOOD AFTERMATH

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-Several companies are pitching in products and services to help the city of Grand Forks, N.D., recover from record flooding last month.Employees...

INDUSTRY GETS TEMPORARY REPRIEVE FROM AUTO-SAFETY LEGISLATION

NEW YORK-Bills that would have required hands-free cellular telephone use by drivers were postponed indefinitely last month in the California and Illinois legislatures.The California...

REPORT NOTES BOOM IN EUROPEAN LMR

LONDON-Europe reached 7.5 million land mobile radio subscribers last year, of which 7 million used private mobile radio and 500,000 used public access mobile...

LUCENT BUILDING BRAZILIAN FACILITY

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. next month will begin construction on a cellular equipment manufacturing plant and global provisioning center in Brazil. The company...

PREPAID CARD SALES MAY ERODE MARGINS

LONDON-Prepaid card sales may fuel mobile phone growth, but they also will erode already declining margins, according to a new report by CIT Research...

INTEK WILL EQUIP TIME WARNER FLEET

TORRANCE, Calif.-Intek Diversified Corp.'s subsidiary Roamer One signed an agreement to provide voice communication and computer aided dispatch to Time Warner Inc. for its...

FGI WIRELESS TO REDUCE INTEREST IN VIMPEL-COM

NEW YORK-Through an add-on offering of American Depository Shares, FGI Wireless Ltd., an Illinois corporation, is looking to reduce substantially its ownership in Vimpel-Communications,...

ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPANY ENJOYS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS DAWN

Metrica says it holds the sole championship title in its corner of the global telecom industry, network performance management. The United States is especially...

METROCALL’S FIRST QUARTER RESULTS DISPUTE BROADBAND PCS THREAT

NEW YORK-Metrocall Inc. announced an escalation in paging users in two markets where broadband personal communications services have been launched, discrediting the theory that...

PACS MAY BE POPULAR CHOICE AMONG WCS AUCTION WINNERS

DENVER-Winners of the recently completed Wireless Communications Services auction may be likely to choose Personal Access Communications Systems as their technology of choice, said...

AIRTOUCH PROVIDING REPROGRAMMING

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.-AirTouch Cellular is providing free cellular telephone programming to cellular phone users affected by an area code split in Michigan's Oakland County.The company...

AERIAL CONTRACTS FOR PCS HANDSETS

IRVING, Texas-Aerial Communications Inc. said it will purchase personal communications services handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Nokia Corp. Aerial values both contracts...

PEOPLE

Metawave Communications Corp. named Tom Crawford director of product marketing and business development. He will be responsible for maintaining strategic partnerships that provide new...

CHADMOORE SYSTEM UP IN THREE STATES

LAS VEGAS-Specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. said its network is commercially operational in Charlotte, N.C., Mankato, Minn., and Augusta, Ga.The three...

CANADA’S LOCAL MARKET OPENS, PROVIDES WIRELESS OPPORTUNITY

Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission opened the market for local phone service last week, which has wireless players ecstatic.The CRTC has "issued a strong...

STILL DECRYING IS-95 STANDARD, ERICSSON SEEKS W-CDMA MARKET

Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone...

JUDGE DISMISSES CONSPIRACY CHARGES AGAINST INDUSTRY GROUPS

WASHINGTON-An Illinois judge last week ruled that personal injury claims in product liability lawsuits against cellular telephone manufacturers can proceed, but dismissed conspiracy charges...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

AirTouch Cellular launched Caller ID service in the Puget Sound area of western Washington. The service is available using Motorola Inc., Audiovox Corp. and...

D.C. NOTES

No shortage of wireless wonking this week.On Tuesday, Chairman John McCain's (R-Ariz.) Senate Commerce Committee will hear about antenna siting moratoria, RF and wireless...

WORLD BRIEFS

Samsung Electronics Co. has sold more than 1 million Any Call digital Code Division Multiple Access phone sets and obtained more than 1.4 million...

PRODUCTS

E.F. Johnson Co. introduced its 9840 model UHF multimode mobile radio. Part of the company's 9800 Series radio platform, the 9840 operates in conventional,...

VIEWPOINT

Who is tomorrow's paging user?RCR asked that question of a number of industry execs. Each one had a little different twist on the same...

ANGELL PLANS PAGER FOR 220 MHZ MARKET

A specialized mobile radio operator is making plans to offer a pager that operates at 220 MHz.Angell Communications Inc. announced Wings 220, a single...
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