1997

BALTIMORE-Statistics have shown that some 70 percent of calls made to 911 operators have nothing to do with life-or-death situations. People have been trained to call the number to gain …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Personal communications services provider Powertel Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of InterCel Inc., launched commercial PCS service last week in Gainesville, Fla. Allen Smith, president and chief executive …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. reached a definitive agreement to sell the Fort Myers, Fla., metropolitan statistical area that it acquired during its recent purchase of Palmer Wireless Inc. Wireless One …

SAN JUAN, P.R.-PCS 2000 L.P. said it has changed its name to ClearComm L.P. The old name confused potential customers in focus groups.

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. made its Voice Dial service available to all of its subscribers. Voice Dial allows customers to speak the names or numbers they wish to call …

Could the Clinton administration be scheming to take down its own Justice antitrust chief nominee, Joel Klein, or just giving him a little wake-up call if he manages to be …

SINGAPORE-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are submitting a statement to the Association of Radio Industries and Business, the Japanese standardization body, backing the proposal of NTT DoCoMo in support of …

NEW YORK-Iridium World Communications Ltd., which plans to launch a satellite-based global telephone and paging service, went public June 10, raising $240 million in an offering of 12 million shares …

NEW YORK-To help build out its personal communications services network, InterCel Inc., a West Point, Ga., cellular carrier with PCS licenses, announced June 10 it had completed the private placement …

NEW ORLEANS-The integration of wireline and wireless capabilities into the local loop “may not happen the way we all envision it,” said John Woodward, director of program implementation for GTE …

In the June 2 issue of RCR, the article about Portugal’s upcoming license tender should have said AirTouch Communications Inc. owns 51 percent of Portuguese Global System for Mobile communications …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. completed a $35 million private equity placement to fund continued network buildout of its narrowband personal communications services network. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. served as …

Telecommunications Techniques Corp. and Clear Communications Corp. formed an alliance to jointly market customer network management, intelligent surveillance and testing solutions for competitive access providers and wireless communications providers. TTC’s …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Thomas Wheeler said last week that antenna siting disputes will be tied up in litigation for years if federal regulators fail to break the moratoria …

The privatization of Brazil’s cellular telephone industry appears to have moved forward in recent weeks with the announcement of the sale of the country’s first B-band concession. But while one …

Dear Editor: My congrats on your article of May 12, “Paging firms bidding on spectrum in future will likely pay less” by Debra Wayne. Mr. McGowan I believe hit the …

Flashback to 1987. Walrus moustache twitching, the editor stormed down the hall to the MIS director’s office, shouting, “Get this $#@#!* thing out of my office!” The `thing’ was a …

Originally aimed at the on-the-go businessman, the paging industry is now aiming its product toward a new set of users-the on-the-go teen-ager. Studies show that the young adult market is …

As a procrastinator from birth, I’m usually not one to point fingers at slackers. During my school years, long-term projects were put on the back burner until the night before …

BOSTON-AT&T Corp. Chairman Robert Allen responded to rumors of a possible merger of SBC Communications Corp. and AT&T by saying the company would never consider a regional operating company merger …

CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. reached an agreement to acquire GPT Ltd.’s Ballynahinch manufacturing operation located in Country Down, Northern Ireland. The operation specializes in electrical manufacturing capabilities and complements Reltec’s other …

SINGAPORE-Qualcomm Inc. has signed an agreement with Rostov Electrosviaz of Rostov, Russia, to supply $5.8 million in 800 MHz Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless loop infrastructure equipment and services. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Ericsson Inc. settled one of several lawsuits pending between the two companies. The agreement, filed June 6 in federal court, resolves the patent infringement lawsuit Qualcomm …

Narrowband personal communications services companies have petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to have their license payments deferred along with those of broadband C- and F-block PCS licensees, citing issues of …

LONDON-Lockheed Martin’s Space & Strategic Missiles Sector and Intersputnik International Organization of Space Communications said they have formed a joint venture company designed to provide worldwide communications services. The new …