Monthly Archives: October, 1997

PAGEMART EXTENDS 7-ELEVEN CHANNEL

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it has expanded its distribution agreement with The Southland Corp.'s 7-Eleven stores to six additional states.In Virginia and Maryland 7-Eleven...

OFF-THE-HIP APPLICATIONS OFFER WHOLE NEW REALM FOR PAGING FIRMS

A Federal Express drop-box pages a route driver letting him know that it received no packages that day and that a stop is not...

PAC BELL TURNS ON PCS IN CALIF., NEV.

BAKERSFIELD, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network, based on the Global System for Mobile communications standard, in Bakersfield and the...

OBJECTIVE SYSTEMS RELEASES WEB TOOL

FOLSOM, Calif.-Objective Systems Integrators Inc. has released a software solution called WebOperator 1.0 that it says will allow users to monitor and control the...

MICROWAVE POWER WINS LUCENT ORDER

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it received a $6.6 million order from Lucent Technologies Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access-based personal communications services...

CLEARNET’S MIKE SHOWS BIG GROWTH

TORONTO-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it added 11,175 subscribers to its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network during the third quarter, the largest quarterly addition...

COMCAST FINISHES SWITCH TO DIGITAL

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. announced the launch of its $200 million personal communications services network at a gala in Philadelphia, complete with a...

DEPARTING FCC PRESENTS FINAL UNITED FRONT ON PUBLIC-SAFETY NPRM

WASHINGTON-Rather than voting publicly on the pending public-safety allocation item announced on the sunshine agenda, Federal Communications Commissioners last Thursday chose to spend their...

HOUSE COMMITTEE OKS SCANNER BILL

WASHINGTON-The House Judiciary Committee last week approved a bill to crack down on radio scanner interception of wireless communications and mobile phone identification numbers....

GLOBAL ONE CHOOSES IBS BILL PROCESSING

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-Global One announced it chose International Billing Services as its statement processing services provider for card products. Global One-a joint venture...

GEMPLUS, FAR POINT DESIGN SMART APP

MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa.-Gemplus Corp. and Far Point Consulting together introduced a smart card-based electronic gift certificate application for the retail market.The product, which was developed...

NOKIA 550 FOR NMT IS LIGHT AND SMALL

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia introduced a new handset for the Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 standard, called the Nokia 550, which it touts as the smallest and...

CLARIFICATIONS

The Oct. 6 news analysis on the C-block personal communications services restructuring should have stated that "If the three commissioners felt so strongly that...

FCC ASKS CONGRESS FOR NEW AUCTION LEGISLATION AND PROCEDURES

WASHINGTON-In an extensive report submitted to Congress Oct. 9, the Federal Communications Commission outlined its experiences with spectrum auctions since the agency first was...

GOPAGE ESTABLISHES E-MAIL-TO-PAGER OVERLAY IN RIO DE JANEIRO

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas-GoPage Inc. announced it has established e-mail paging connections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and in the Grand Caymen Islands. The company...

H. FARINON TO EQUIP BELLSOUTH IN BRAZIL

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Harris Corp.'s Farinon Division announced it signed an exclusive contract with BCP SA and BSE SA, led by BellSouth Corp. and the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Nettech Systems Inc. formed an alliance with Racotek Inc. to deliver mobile computing solutions leveraging Racotek's Systems Integration and production support services with Nettech's...

BRIGHTPOINT CHINA CLOSES LEGEND BUY

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc.'s subsidiary, Brightpoint China Ltd., completed its acquisition of the business and certain assets of Legend International Ltd.The acquisition of the Hong Kong-based...

PENN STATE ALLIANCE LAUNCHES A DIGITAL WIRELESS STUDY NETWORK

NEW YORK-Pennsylvania State University, Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom have launched a campus-wide network that is the basis for a joint effort...

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...

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...

BRIGHTPOINT SIGNS WITH RAM MOBILE

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Brightpoint Inc. entered into an agreement with RAM Mobile Data to provide integrated order fulfillment for RAM's new RAMfirst Interactive Paging Service.According to...
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