Monthly Archives: December, 1997

DSP STOCK ENTERS TRADING ON NYSE

NEW YORK-The stock of DSP Communications Inc. began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Dec. 8, moving over from the Nasdaq National Market,...

CORRECTION

In the Dec. 8 issue of RCR, American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc. was improperly identified.The company, which provides dispatch services for alphanumeric paging, is...

COMPETITION CAN CUT, INCREASE SUBSCRIBER COSTS, ANALYSTS FIND

WASHINGTON-Although a broadband wireless pricing survey performed by BT Alex. Brown Research came up with no definitive trend-all up, all down or all the...

INTERDIGITAL SIGNS TO SUPPORT SAMSUNG B-CDMA FIELD TRIALS

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it signed a technology and product engineering and test site support agreement with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd....

C-EASA SAYS TOWER SITING IS KEY FOR SAFETY SYSTEM

The Cellular-Emergency Alert Service Association, a volunteer organization dedicated to establishing emergency notification as a standard feature of digital wireless service, said it opposes...

AT&T TALKS MERGER WITH CLECS

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is rumored to be at an advanced stage in negotiations to acquire Teleport Communications Group Inc., the first and largest competitive...

POCKET MAY SELL ITS PCS ASSETS

WASHINGTON-Pocket Communications Inc., which won 42 licenses in the C-block personal communications services auction and then filed for Chapter 11 reorganization last March, may...

AG INTRODUCES SOLUTION TO STOP LOCAL NUMBER PORTABILITY CHARGES

NEW YORK-AG Communication Systems Inc., Phoenix, has introduced a "Triggerless Number Portability" solution, which it said will permit wireless carriers with Signaling System 7...

LIFESAFETY PAGES FAMILY IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Safety traditionally has been a strong selling point for the wireless industry, but a Pennsylvania company has begun deploying a product that puts a...

COMTEC SET TO PURCHASE SMR SYSTEMS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-ComTec International Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, American Wireless Network Inc., said it completed the initial phase of an agreement to purchase...

AIRTOUCH UPS STAKE IN AIRTEL OF SPAIN

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has increased its ownership stake in Spanish cellular company Airtel to 21.7 percent, a 5-percent increase.AirTouch, the largest...

ASIAN MONEY CRISIS FUELS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The Asian currency crisis has created hidden opportunities for providers of cellular equipment and for global carriers and vendors to invest in under-capitalized regional...

APPLIED CELLULAR STOPS MERGER TALK

NIXA, Mo.-Citing shareholder concerns over recent weakness in its share price, Applied Cellular Technology Inc. says it will not continue negotiations about its unsolicited...

GEOTEK ANNOUNCES FOCUS ON U.S.

Geotek Communications Inc. announced its plans to restructure corporate assets and management structure to focus resources on its operations in the United States.Geotek said...

WINSTAR AIMS TO RAISE $175M THROUGH PRIVATE STOCK OFFERING

WinStar Communications Inc. signed an agreement with two investment banks to raise $175 million through an institutional private placement rule.The company plans to use...

CALL SCIENCES AND ORACLE CORP. TEAM

EDISON, N.J.-Call Sciences, an international provider of call management applications, announced it will team with Oracle Corp. to offer a unified call management solution.The...

ETSI CASTS EARLY THIRD-GENERATION TECHNOLOGY VOTE

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology...

QUALCOMM TO OFFER VERY SMALL CDMA TRANCEIVER STATIONS

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. says it introduced the industry's smallest Code Division Multiple Access base transceiver stations for cellular and personal communications services networks.The QCell...

D.C. NOTES

Well, here it is only a couple weeks from the holidays and folks are getting frazzled.Imagine kicking out the First Lady's luncheon pal, gossip...

PACIFIC CELLULAR TO OFFER PCS IN NEV.

CULVER CITY, Calif.- Pacific Cellular of Las Vegas signed an agreement with Nevada Bell Mobile Services, a Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. subsidiary, to...

IS SPRINT SEARCHING FOR NEW PCS MATE?

Sprint Corp. reportedly is intensifying its search for a European partner to construct a possible merger or partnership scheme that could give the long-distance...

QUALCOMM SELECTS LUCENT CONVERTERS

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Qualcomm Inc. has chosen DC-to-DC power converters from Lucent Technologies Inc. to power its next generation of satellite communications equipment, announced the...

PRIMECO, CLEARNET SIGN FOR ROAMING

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. announced a roaming agreement with Clearnet Communications Inc. which will expand its PrimeTravel digital service to most major Canadian cities,...

PRICE WINS STATE CONTRACT FOR ALA.

MONTGOMERY, Ala.-The state of Alabama awarded Price Communications Wireless Inc. a two-year contract for cellular service effective Dec. 1, said the company..The contract includes...

LUCENT COMPLETES PROTOTYPE W-CDMA BASE STATION FOR NTT

MT. OLIVE, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed its prototype base station that will be used by NTT DoCoMo of Japan in experiments on...
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