Monthly Archives: June, 1997

HEATED SPECTRUM DEBATE CONTINUES IN SUBCOMMITTEE TOMORROW

WASHINGTON-A major fracas erupted in the House telecommunications subcommittee last week when lawmakers rebelled against congressional budget instructions to raise $26.3 billion from spectrum...

NIMBLE, SMALL BUSINESSES TO BE INITIAL PCS WINNERS

NEW YORK-Like late night talk show host David Letterman, Jerome Lucas, president of Telestrategies Inc., McLean, Va., has a top 10 list-this one for...

QUALCOMM HELPS OUT WITH TORNADO RELIEF

AUSTIN, Texas-Qualcomm Inc. donated 125 Code Division Multiple Access digital phones to aid in relief efforts after tornadoes destroyed neighborhoods in Jarrell, Texas, in...

UNION AIMS TO STRIKE ALLIANCE AT AIRTOUCH

WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America last week launched a full-scale campaign to unionize employees of AirTouch Communications Inc. and acquisition target U S West...

KITCHEN LAMBASTES UNIVERSAL SERVICE PAYMENT PLAN TO CONGRESS

WASHINGTON-Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen last week blasted the new universal service structure, urging Senate lawmakers to send the Federal Communications Commission...

HUNDT LEAVES FCC WITH LEGACY OF TELECOM ACT UNDER HIS BELT

WASHINGTON-Amid swirling rumors about a possible general counsel's seat at Microsoft Corp. or something similar at Intel Corp., Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt...

PHONEPRINT SYSTEM IN USE IN HOUSTON

HOUSTON-Corsair Communications Inc. began deploying its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in the Houston metropolitan area for Houston Cellular Telephone Co.The PhonePrint system uses...

BRITISH CONSIDER TOTAL BAN ON MOBILE PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING

NEW YORK-Following a six-month jail sentence imposed May 23 on a cellular phone caller who killed another motorist, the British government said it will...

RCR ANNOUNCES EDITORIAL CHANGES

RCR Publications Inc. recently hired two new reporters.George Lurie has been hired as a reporter, covering the cellular beat, and Antony Bruno has been...

BIDS DUE TODAY IN TENDER FOR AUSTRIAN GSM PERMIT

Today is the deadline to submit bids for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license in Austria.A winner could be announced next month.The tender...

LARGEST ACQUISITION EVER HITS RUMOR MILL LAST WEEK

NEW YORK-Barely finished with its acquisition of Pacific Telesis Group, SBC Communications Corp. is widely rumored to be exploring merger possibilities with AT&T Corp.Ruthlyn...

NATION BRIEFS

NEC America Inc. in June will demonstrate its total network solution for utility network applications at the Utilities Telecommunications Council national convention in Portland,...

VIEWPOINT

My husband and I were vacationing in Mexico when a newspaper peddler cried out for us to read all about O.J. Simpson accused in...

U S WEST TAKES TOWN TO COURT AFTER TOWER APPLICATION IS DENIED

U S West Communications Inc. filed two lawsuits against the city of Longmont, Colo., challenging a city council decision that denied the company's application...

WORLD BRIEFS

Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar's limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways...

AIRMEDIA, BANM TEAM ON SOFTWARE

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile is currently working with AirMedia to develop and market software and messaging service packages.The products, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile...

FCC FINES BDPCS $67M FOR PCS BIDDING BLUNDER

WASHINGTON-BDPCS Inc., which lost its C-block personal communications services licenses last year due to a default on its down payment, still is liable for...

NOKIA TEAM TO ENHANCE THE 9000 COMMUNICATOR

NEW YORK-Surfing the Internet from a wireless Global System for Mobile communications handset is about to get easier and smarter, according to Nokia Inc....

COMCAST OFFERING LIFEGUARDS PHONES

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. offered free cellular phones to lifeguards on New Jersey and Delaware beaches in an effort to make the Memorial...

D.C. NOTES

I've been to some pretty big communications shows-the NAB annual shindig in Las Vegas, where exhibits and seminars were spread across the city and...

COHERENT GARNERS NOKIA SUPPLY PACT

LEESBURG, Va.-Nokia Telecommunications signed a three-year extension to a contract with Coherent Communications Systems Corp., which calls for Coherent to supply Nokia with its...

ANDREW BOARD OKS STOCK REPURCHASE

CHICAGO-Andrew Corp.'s board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 5 million shares, or approximately 5 percent, of the company's outstanding common stock.Shares...

ALLEN TELECOM INC. INVEST IN WINDATA

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc. made an investment in Littleton, Mass.-based Windata Inc., which is developing a line of millimeter wave point-to-multipoint radio systems targeted...

SCT WILL PROVIDE AIRLINE’S PHONES

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement to provide short-term cellular phone rental services to American Airline's domestic and international passengers.Rental phones will...

AIRMEDIA DEVELOPS MESSAGING SERVICES

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile and AirMedia are working together to develop and market software and messaging services packages.AirMedia is assisting Bell Atlantic Nynex...
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