1997

Ericsson Inc. announced it supplied equipment and services to Airadigm Communications Inc. for its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis. The network uses Global System for Mobile communications …

The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate. That’s right, CTIA joined the fight against aggressive driving-this coming from …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Cellcom, which operates a cellular network in Wisconsin and Iowa, will purchase four beta units of Conductus Inc.’s ClearSite receiver subsystem following a successful trial of the system, Conductus …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Coded Communications Corp. and Racom Corp. partnered to provide wireless data access to Iowa public safety fleets, which allows them to access various law enforcement databases, broadcast their positions …

NEW YORK-Comcast Cellular Holdings Inc., a newly formed holding company, plans to sell privately $900 million in senior unsecured notes that will be used to help repay the outstanding debt …

Frontier Cellular should have been included on RCR’s Top 20 Cellular Carriers list. The company had 233,199 subscribers for year-end 1996. Also, Comcast Cellular Communications Inc.s markets are in Delaware, …

DENVER-An affiliate of Dobson Communications Corp. acquired cellular assets from Horizon Cellular Telephone Co. of Hagerstown L.P. and Cumberland Cellular Partnership. Included in the acquisition are the Hagerstown, Md., metropolitan …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden- L.M. Ericsson’s first quarter financial results produced net sales of $4 billion, a 36 percent increase from $2.9 billion during the same period a year ago. Net income …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Radio Messaging AB agreed to transfer all production and marketing rights for Ericsson’s RDS products to Cetronic AB. RDS is a subcarrier technology that is used in the …

WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.’s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure of the regional Bell telephone company …

Do you think President Clinton and Congress are rethinking spectrum lease fees this week? The government’s auction dream has ended. (Or turned into a nightmare, depending on how dramatic you …

NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. said its net loss for the quarter ended March 31 was smaller than last year’s first quarter net loss. The company’s net loss was $27 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission has suggested a series of front-end consumer-education electives be taken by the Federal Communications Commission that could protect potential investors from fraud promulgated by application mills …

READING, Pa.-Gilbert Associates said it acquired the stock of TEC Cellular Inc., a Melbourne, Fla.-based software and engineering services provider. Gilbert also announced it signed a definitive agreement to purchase …

A photo on the front page of RCR’s April 21 issue incorrectly identified the president of Intraplex Corp. He is Bill Rollins. Due to incorrect information supplied to RCR, the …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. filed a lawsuit against its former chief executive officer, Bruce Crockett, alleging a conspiracy linking him with Herbert Denton, Providence Capital Inc. and Wyser-Pratte Inc., who have …

Core performance helps Bell Atlantic with PrimeCo costs PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Smith, said during the first quarter the company was able to absorb start-up …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. said it will use Marimba Inc.’s Castanet technology to deliver and manage software and content on its Internet and intranet-related products. The Castanet system allows end users …

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration came under fire last week by congressional Republicans who charged that some agency functions are redundant and attacked grant programs as a waste of …

WHEATON, Md.-Cell site construction during 1996 increased 50 percent from 4,743 sites in 1995 to 7,392 last year, according to Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd.’s recent report Cellular Market Forecasts. The …

Mexico’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation has designated spectrum in the 3.4 GHz to 3.7 GHz band for wireless local loop services, to be auctioned after the auction of personal …

Could or would anyone buy MobileMedia Corp? If not, what will happen to this bankrupt company, which is the second largest paging carrier in the country, with more than 4 …

NATICK, Mass.-Natural Microsystems Corp. licensed Voxware Inc.’s MetaVoice voice compression technology, which is designed to reproduce high quality speech while requiring low communications bandwidth and processing power. Natural MicroSystems said …

Editor’s Note: The companies listed below represent the 20 largest cellular carriers in the United States. Company rankings are based on the total number of subscribers for their majority-held or …