Monthly Archives: November, 1997

CHADMOORE CANCELS RIGHTS TO 5.5M OPTIONS

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a provider of specialized mobile radio service, completed an agreement that ends options to acquire 5.5 million shares of...

HUNDT TURNS OVER KEYS TO 8TH FLOOR TO KENNARD

WASHINGTON-In his last appearance Nov. 3 at the front of the Federal Communications Commission's eighth-floor meeting room, outgoing Chairman Reed Hundt said to a...

KENNARD EASES INTO ROLE, TOUGH PART STILL TO COME

As far as first press conferences go, new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard did well. In fact, he was nearly flawless as far...

WESTERN WIRELESS PCS TOPS 100,000-USER MARK

ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. ended the third quarter with 101,000 personal communications services customers, adding 26,600 subscribers during the quarter.For the quarter ended Sept....

XYPOINT E911 SOLUTION DOES NOT DEMAND HLR

NEW YORK-Xypoint Corp., Seattle, has developed a wireless Enhanced 911 solution that doesn't require carriers to install a Home Location Register or other expensive...

360° TO RESELL ARCH PAGING IN MIDWEST

TEMPE, Ariz.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced that its paging services will by resold by Chicago-based 360

PAGING FIRMS FIGHT PAY-PHONE FEES

The paging industry is gearing up for a fight over what one industry executive termed "one of the most important issues affecting our industry...

AIRCELL AIMS TO REUSE CELLULAR CHANNELS FOR AIRBORNE APPLICATIONS

AirCell Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that has developed a system to provide ground communications for aircraft using cellular channels, has been in a...

ADVANCED RADIO TELECOM GAINS PERMITS

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Crop. announced it has entered into agreements to acquire 24 additional licenses in the 38 GHz band and has received...

ASCOT TO BEGIN NATIONAL PREPAID PROGRAM

GARDEN CITY, N.Y.-Communication Corporation of America said its wholly owned subsidiary, Ascot Communications Inc., began national marketing and sales of prepaid cellular service.The company...

LUCENT WINS TDMA DEAL IN COSTA RICA

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract to expand the Time Division Multiple Access network for the Costa Rican national...

KOREAN MANUFACTURERS TO EMPLOY LUCENT EVRC: CHIP USED IN HANDSETS, BASE STATIONS

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced three South Korean wireless communications equipment manufacturers are including Lucent's digital signal processor-based compression and decompression (codec) technology...

NORTEL PAYS TO PLAY IN BROADBAND WIRELESS: LMDS AUCTION COULD BE DUD

Northern Telecom Ltd. won a $780 million contract with Teligent Corp. and offered to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares of...

BEARCOM ANNOUNCES 3 MORE PURCHASES

DALLAS-BearCom Inc. acquired three dealers as part of its strategy to provide a worldwide network of local sales and support for wireless communications through...

NEXTEL STILL LEADS 800 MHZ AUCTION PACK, CONTENDERS CUT BY HALF

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is on its way to a rout in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, leading its closest competitor in the...

AT&T DIGITAL PCS IS LIVE IN ST. LOUIS

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its personal communications services network in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Lucent Technologies Inc. provided the Time Division...

GEOTEK SIGNS ON AIRBORNE EXPRESS

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced it signed a five-year contract to provide Airborne Express with wireless network solutions, including its automated vehicle location software...

U.S. TRIES TO GET MORE LITTLE LEO SPECTRUM, INTERFERENCE AN ISSUE

WASHINGTON-Federal telecom regulators, under fire from Congress, have proposed allocating more spectrum for little low-earth-orbit mobile satellites even though such a move may prove...

2ND C-BLOCKER FILES CHAPTER 11

WASHINGTON-Fourteen subsidiaries of Dallas-based General Wireless Inc., the third-ranked bidder at the C-block personal communications services auction last year, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...

ELBIT GROUP PLANS TO MAKE BID ON 3RD ISRAELI CELLULAR LICENSE

HAIFA, Israel-Elbit Ltd., a communications company in Israel, announced it has formed a joint company with Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. and Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd....

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES TO BUILD JAPAN R&D FACILITY

KANAGAWA, Japan-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is establishing a Bell Laboratories presence in Japan at the Yokosuka Research Park to develop and test a...

N.C.PROGRESSES ON PUBLIC-SAFETY NETWORK

RALEIGH, N.C.-The state of North Carolina completed the first phase of the installation of a statewide public-safety mobile data network provided by Motorola Inc.The...

MOODY’S TO REVIEW AMERITECH RATINGS

NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service placed the long-term debt ratings of Ameritech Corp., Chicago, and the affiliates it supports under review for possible downgrade.The rating...

QUICKPHONE WINS PHARMACY CONTRACT

NEW YORK-QuickPhone, a subsidiary of Florida-based UC'NWIN, said it won a contract to supply prepaid wireless products to Genovese Pharmacies throughout the northeastern United...

RURAL WIRELESS GROUP TESTING DUAL-MODE SERVICE FOR PCS USERS: INTELLIGENCE IN THE SWITCH, NOT THE PHONE

NEW YORK-The Wireless Alliance L.L.C. is testing a dual-mode service that would allow callers to dial one phone number to reach customers on either...
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