Yearly Archives: 1997

ILL. SUPERCONDUCTOR GETS $5M FINANCING

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced it has received $5 million in equity financing, consisting of $3.5 million from new investors, Elliott Associates L.P....

FIVE SMR VENDORS ADOPT SAME ENHANCED PROTOCOL

Several specialized mobile radio equipment manufacturers announced they agreed to adopt a common enhanced trunking protocol last week at AMTEX '97 in Orlando, Fla.Companies,...

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

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...

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...

CONSUMERS DIRECT PAGING INDUSTRY GROWTH

WASHINGTON-The continued growth of the paging industry can be attributed mainly to a sharp rise in consumer-oriented users over the past five years, according...

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...

CALENDAR

NOVEMBER10-11 Channel Development for Wireless Distribution and Retail, by AIC Conferences. The Hotel Monaco, San Francisco. (800) 409-4AIC.10-12 Intele-CardNews Expo of the Americas: A Global...

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...

COMPETITION HINDERED BY FCC TIME LAG, INDUSTRY SAYS: WIRELESS BUREAU SHOULD FAST-TRACK AGING SMR, PLMR ISSUES

WASHINGTON-According to a new book on wireless regulations written by former Industrial Telecommunications Association staffer Fred Day, "In 1993, Congress amended the Communications Act...

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...

AMERITECH TO USE AERIS’ FOR DATA

Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Ameritech Cellular Services will deploy Aeris' MicroBurst technology for short-burst data applications in Ameritech's cellular territory.The wireless data messaging...

TTC, STNC PARTNER FOR SMART PHONES

CAMBRIDGE, England-The Technology Partnership plc and STNC Enterprises Ltd. announced a strategic alliance to create smart phones for Internet and World Wide Web browsing...

INVEST IN FINLAND TARGETS INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. arguably is the only Finland-based company that is synonymous in the United States with telecommunications. But the Invest in Finland Bureau,...

LAW ENFORCEMENT KILLS WIRETAP STANDARD, CALEA FUNDS ON HOLD

WASHINGTON-For the second time, the law enforcement community has nixed an industry-crafted digital wiretap standard by taking advantage of liberal voting procedures in a...

USCC AND BELLSOUTH EXCHANGE MARKETS

CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. announced it has completed the exchange transaction with BellSouth Corp. pursuant to agreements entered into in February.USCC acquired controlling interests...

AIRADIGM LAUNCHES IN TWO MORE CITIES

OSHKOSH, Wis.-C-block operator Airadigm Communications Inc. said it launched 1900 MHz personal communications services in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis.The service, branded Einstein,...

GLENAYRE AND WIRELESS ACCESS COMPLETE MERGER

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glen-ayre Technologies Inc. and Wireless Access Inc. said Friday they completed their merger, in which Wireless Access shareholders received about $82 million in...

VIEWPOINT

The mere word "convergence" has held great promise and pain for the wireless communications industry. Initially, convergence was the future.But as quickly as carriers...

ADVANCED TECHCOM OPENS MEXICO UNIT

WILMINGTON, Mass.-Advanced TechCom Inc. said it expanded its subsidiary office in Mexico to provide its digital microwave radio communications solutions to companies throughout Mexico...

ISRAEL PLANS TO ISSUE BASIC PHONE PERMITS TO WHOEVER WANTS ONE: WLL SERVICE CAN BE OFFERED AS ALTERNATIVE TO LANDLINE

NEW YORK-Israel plans to open its telecommunications market to full competition by January 1999, Communications Minister Limor Livnat said at a news conference, Nov....

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...

CELL-LOC TO BEGIN TESTING IN CALGARY

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc., a provider of cellular telephone location technology, announced that a trial will begin Nov. 3 in Calgary. The company will test...

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...
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