Yearly Archives: 1997

WTR TO SKIP RAT EXPOSURE STUDIES

WASHINGTON-In a surprisingly candid admission, the head of the cellular industry's cancer research project said he will leave the six-year, $28 million program in...

COMPANIES WAITING FOR PAPERWORK ACCEPTANCE TO BID IN 800 MHZ SMRAUCTION

AAR Electronics Inc. Mountain SMR GroupAdvanced Comm. and Electronics Nextel License Acquisition Corp.Alpha Communication Sites Inc Niles Radio CommunicationsArthur Patrick, dba Lawton Comm....

METROCALL, PRONET GET CLOSER TO ONE

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the first step in the regulatory review for its merger with ProNet Inc. has been completed successfully.The merger has received...

WORLD BRIEFS

L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in...

SPRINT’S INCOME DECLINE DUE IN PART TO PCS BUILDOUT COSTS

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. reported a net income of $211.7 million, or 49 cents per share, during the third quarter, compared with net income...

STAY AVERTED, REFARMING GOES AHEAD AS PLANNED

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission decided early Oct. 16 to move forward with refarming implementation as planned for Oct. 17,...

SPECTRUM AUCTIONS WORK, FCC TELLS CONGRESS IN 42-PAGE REPORT

WASHINGTON-Most of the wireless industry still has not seen the entire Federal Communications Commission report to Congress on spectrum auctions, released Oct. 9, but...

NTIA CHIEF IRVING DEEMS CHINA SUMMIT A SUCCESS

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving called the first U.S.-China telecommunications summit "a resounding success," an appraisal that belies the Clinton administration's...

TRANSCRYPT SELLS 4.5M NEW SHARES

NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., designer and manufacturer of information security products for land mobile radio telephony, last Wednesday sold an add-on...

HUTCHISON INVESTS $248M IN WESTERN WIRELESS’ GSM NETWORK

Beating other U.S. personal communications services carriers to the punch, Western Wireless Corp. announced Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd.'s intention to invest about $248...

MILLICOM LAUNCHES BOLIVIAN NETWORK

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it has launched a high capacity fixed cellular network in BoliviaDuring the next three years, the network could...

QUADRANT TO DEFINE STANDARD FOR SAFETY

Espoo, FINLAND-The Quadrant Consortium, which is comprised of British Telecommunications plc, Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and TRW, has been authorized by the British government...

DSP DELIVERS CDMA CHIPSETS, FORMS TDMA EFFORT WITH NEC

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it delivered Code Division Multiple Access baseband processor samples to original equipment manufacturer customers for use in subscriber handsets.At...

RCR PRODUCTS

PanaVise Products Inc. introduced a combination mounting kit designed to keep cellular phones secure while driving, but quickly release the phone for easy removal...

ARGENTINA RACE FOR PCS CONTINUES CURIOUS COURSE

The contentious and controversial tender for a pair of much-wanted personal communications services licenses in Argentina became even more rowdy last week when two...

ONE-WAY PAGING CUTTHROAT, TWO-WAY HOLDS PROMISE

NEW YORK-To get a sense of where the narrowband personal communications services industry is headed in the United States, picture this: The presidents of American...

POWERTEL’S PCS LIVE IN SAVANNAH

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Powertel Inc. has begun offering personal communications services in Savannah, Ga.The carrier said it now provides commercial PCS in 20 metropolitan areas throughout...

MSI TO SUPPLY ESCOTEL OF INDIA

DALLAS-Mobile Systems International announced it received a contract to supply software and services to Indian network operator Escotel Mobile Communications Pvt. Ltd.MSI plans to...

SAMSUNG SUPPORTS CDMA 3G STANDARD

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will join with Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc., Northern Telecom Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. to speed up the...

VIEWPOINT

"The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry."(Maybe not for the mice, in this case. I doubt they were consulted).Wireless Technology...

INTOUCH USA TAKES RENTALS WORLDWIDE

WASHINGTON-InTouch USA Inc. announced it has taken its wireless equipment rental service worldwide, primarily to offer carriers with holes in their roaming capabilities access...

HITACHI TO USE QUALCOMM’S IS-95

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty-bearing license agreement with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan, which grants Hitachi a license to manufacture and sell subscriber products...

PCS LEADER CHANGES MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE SOMETHING ELSE

The personal communications services industry saw its second top management change in less than a month as Pacific Bell named John Polumbo president and...

VULCAN INVESTMENT IN METRICOM TO FACILITATE RICOCHET LAUNCH

NEW YORK-Vulcan Ventures Inc., the investment organization chaired by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, announced Oct. 14 it would increase its stake in...

CHINA TELECOM LTD. IPO PRICED FOR SALE THIS WEEK

NEW YORK-China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the major cellular carrier in the populous Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, priced its initial public stock offering at...
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