Monthly Archives: October, 1997

PRONET, METROCALL MERGER RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT RESELLER BIZ

One of the more significant developments in the paging industry this year was the announced merger between ProNet Inc. and Metrocall Inc., expected to...

OMNIPOINT LAUNCHES PCS IN TWO CITIES

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. said it began offering commercial wireless Global System for Mobile communications service last week in the Philadelphia and...

LOTS OF MILEAGE LEFT FOR PAGING INDUSTRY

NEW YORK-Borrowing a tag line from a recently released report of the Paging Leadership Association, industry representatives and analysts say there is "no grim...

SPRINT PCS IS UP IN SAN FRANCISCO

Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it will offer personal communications services to customers in San Francisco tomorrow offering packages that include 1,000 minutes of long-distance...

POWERTEL STARTS PCS IN GA. TOWN

MACON-WARNER ROBINS, Ga.-More than 300,000 residents here now have access to personal communications services, as Powertel Inc. launched its service last week.The company uses...

BILL TO RESTRUCTURE SATELLITE POLICY MAY BE STALLED IN CONTROVERSY

WASHINGTON-Though legislation to privatize the world's two multigovernment international satellite consortia is unlikely to move until next year, firms are moving ahead aggressively to...

KENNARD HANDLES CONFIRMATION WITH POISE

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee members sternly advised Federal Communications Commission chairman nominee William Kennard to rethink agency positions on federal pre-emption and wireless universal service...

KAY APPEAL TO DISQUALIFY LAW JUDGE SIPPEL DENIED BY FCC

The Federal Communications Commission denied Southern California SMR entrepreneur James Kay Jr.'s appeal to disqualify Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel from presiding over an...

NATTEL PITCHES POCKET TAKEOVER

WASHINGTON - In a surprise move, National Telecom PCS Inc., which lost its C-block American Samoa personal communications services license last year due to...

CEO SCOTT DEPARTS PRIMECO, COO MCADAM TO TAKE SEAT

WESTLAKE, Texas-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Scott, who has decided to leave the wireless business and pursue...

GLOBAL CHIPCARD ALLIANCE ENVISIONS MULTIPURPOSE SMART CARDS

NEW YORK-Within five years, the Global Chipcard Alliance envisions a transformation from today's fragmented patchwork of closed systems to a worldwide seamless environment of...

APPEALS COURT DENIES REQUEST BY SMR ONE TO STAY AUCTION

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here last week refused to block the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction scheduled for later this month, but the...

ATTITUDE SHIFT CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPECTRASITE

A shift in mobile phone operators' attitudes toward leasing sites has caused a Cary, N.C., company to push ahead with plans to develop and...

TELIGENT CONFIRMS NTT INVESTMENT

Confirming rumors that have been circulating for weeks, Teligent LLC announced that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. of Japan has agreed to make a...

SUBSCRIPTION FRAUD COMES FULL CIRCLE IN CRIME GAME

ORLANDO, Fla.-Subscription fraud-the practice of assuming another person's identity and possibly his or her credit history-is the successor to cloning in the wireless industry,...

UNITED STATES AND JAPAN EXTEND TELECOMMUNICATION TRADE DEAL

WASHINGTON-While the United States and Japan avoided a nasty trade fracas by agreeing last week to new measures to open Nippon Telegraph and Telephone...

VIEWPOINT

I am glad to be sitting here writing this column this week. The boss is on vacation and it was my turn to hold...

WIRELESS SECTOR STOCKS ARE OUTPERFORMING BROADER MARKETS

NEW YORK-After a two-year bear market, wireless stocks began a rebound in April that is ongoing, and companies involved in all aspects of the...

WORLDCOM OFFER FOR MCI ECLIPSES BT’S PROPOSAL

WorldCom Inc. last week made an unsolicited offer to merge with MCI Communications Corp. in a deal that would eclipse British Telecommunications plc's planned...

WORLD BRIFES

Clearnet Communications Inc. launched its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network in Ottawa-Hull. The Ottawa-Hull, Ontario, network covers nearly 1 million people in the...

AUSTRALIAN PCS AUCTION POSTPONED OVER UNRESOLVED POLICY ISSUES

The Australian Communications Authority has postponed its planned auction of spectrum for personal communications services until early 1998 to clear up key policy issues...
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