Yearly Archives: 1997

MOBILEMEDIA FILES CHAPTER 11: RESELLERS SAY BILLS ARE WRONG

MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected...

NATTEL QUESTIONS POCKET FOREIGN-OWNERSHIP LEVELS

WASHINGTON-In light of the Federal Communications Commission's recent finding that NextWave Telecom Inc.'s foreign ownership exceeded the FCC's 25-percent threshold, forcing a company reorganization...

AT DEADLINE: METROCALL REVISES PAGE AMERICA BUY

Page America Group Inc. and Metrocall Inc. revised an April 1996 agreement that called for Metrocall to acquire the assets of Page America for...

NYNEX CEO PREDICTS MERGED COMPANY WILL SEE INCREASED PROFITS

NEW YORK-"We are involved in a merger at 2,000 feet of two behemoths," said Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive officer of Nynex Corp., in a...

OMNIPOINT MARKS YEAR WITH LOSSES, VENDOR FINANCE AGREEMENTS

NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous...

FCC MAY STEP IN TO ENFORCE TELECOM ACT DISABILITY REQUIREMENTS

WASHINGTON-With the wireless industry and hearing impaired community unable to agree on long-term solutions for hearing-aid compatibility and interference problems after more than a...

CS-CDPD MAY SOLVE WIRELESS DATA USER PROBLEM WITH COVERAGE

SAN DIEGO-An innovation in wireless data was announced last week that could answer CDPD's main problem: coverage.GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific...

APPLIED CELLULAR ACQUIRES SAT FIRM

NIXA, Mo.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. will acquire an 80 percent interest in Signal Processors Ltd. based in Cambridge, England. The acquisition is expected to...

PAGING CARRIERS SHARE SPECTRUM

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. and TeleTouch Communications Inc. agreed to jointly share common radio frequency transmitters in selected metropolitan markets. According to the agreement, each...

WITHOUT ANTENNAS, OTHER WIRELESS ISSUES JUST DON’T REALLY MATTER

In 1997, set your sights on antenna siting.It's the No. 1 issue, first and foremost. Every other issue-and there are many-pales in comparison.Why? It's...

RELOCATION SETTLEMENT FOR ASSOCIATED COMING

WASHINGTON-A settlement is believed near that would have Teledesic Corp. pay to relocate Associated Communications L.L.C. fixed wireless facilities to the 24 GHz band,...

FCC’S PROPOSED SPECTRUM POLICY DOWNGRADED TO STAFF PAPER

WASHINGTON-In a stinging setback for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, three commissioners rejected a proposed spectrum policy statement to substitute market forces for...

E911 WIRELESS USER TRIAL GETS GOING IN GLOUCESTER

CLAYTON, N.J.-With a gaggle of journalists and public officials present, the first user trial of an automatic location system for analog cellular 911 calls...

NEXTWAVE READY TO GET HALTED IPO MOVING AGAIN

WASHINGTON-According to company spokeswoman Jennifer Walsh, NextWave Telecom Inc. plans to amend its current S-1 filing at the Securities and Exchange Commission soon to...

CALLING ALL SMRS FOR RCR’S TOP 20

The Feb. 10 issue of RCR will feature the Top 20 specialized mobile radio carriers.If you would like your company included in our survey,...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASKS SPAIN TO LEVEL FIELD

The European Commission said it has given the Spanish government three months to inform the EC on the steps it will take to create...

RESEARCH FIRM ANNOUNCES STRATE GIS IS NEW NAME

WASHINGTON-Research and consulting firm MTA-EMCI has moved with the times with the announcement last week of its new name-The Strategis Group. The 30-year-old company...

INTERDIGITAL BEGINS ARGUMENTS FOR INFRINGEMENT CASE APPEAL

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Arguments will begin Thursday in the appeal by InterDigital Communications Corp. of its 1995 patent infringement case against Motorola Inc.InterDigital's patent...

SUNY TO LAUNCH WIRELESS DEGREE PROGRAM TO HELP FILL SHORTAGE

NEW YORK-To address a widely acknowledged shortage of wireless technicians and appropriate training schools, the State University of New York at Canton hopes to...

TWO-WAY IS POISED TO MAKE ITS MARK IN 1997 DESPITE DOUBTS

The first half of 1997 is full of promises for narrowband personal communications services, and as a few industry leaders fix and fine tune,...

FCC’S AUCTION OF 14 UNSERVED CELLULAR AREAS NETS $1.8 MILLION

WASHINGTON-Unlike most of the other auctions sanctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, the sale of 14 unserved cellular areas concluded Jan. 21 with no...

U S WEST PLANS BUNDLED WIRELESS OFFERINGS

While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media...

UTC CLAIMS FIVE YEARS IS TOO LONG TO WAIT ON MAS APPLICATIONS

WASHINGTON-Utility and energy companies want a federal court to force the Federal Communications Commission to process 50,000 multiple address system applications pending since 1992,...

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I remember when I was getting ready to go to college. I planned to be a famous writer and I thought I might study...

ESAT HOLDINGS SET TO SELL $85M IN DEBT SECURITIES

NEW YORK-Esat Holdings Ltd., Dublin, plans to sell privately about $85 million in debt securities, partly to help finance buildout of a Global System...
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