Yearly Archives: 1997

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,...

VIEWPOINT

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...

ITRON COMPLETES MILLIONTH METER

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. said Public Service Company of Colorado installed its one millionth Itron automatic meter reading module in the Denver area. Public Service...

DEMS EAVESDROPPING FOCUSES ON CELLULAR

WASHINGTON-Republicans have suggested the illegally taped cellular phone conversation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and top GOP leaders late last month may be...

TDMA GROUP LOOKS PAST STANDARDS WAR TO STRESS BUSINESS USE

Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry's attention was focused on high-profile scraps between...

PRODUCTS

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA...

RED BRICK CHOSEN TO SUPPORT AERIAL’S NETWORK

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Aerial Communications Inc. selected Red Brick Systems Inc.'s Red Brick Warehouse to analyze and support its customer and demographic data to identify...

AIRTOUCH PROVIDES DIGITAL WIRELESS TO BUSINESS USERS

SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service."In the past, we have...

PCS AUCTION OVER, NETS $2.5 BILLION

WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the...

AUDIOVOX UPCOMING RESULTS WILL SHOW IF STRATEGY SHIFT WORKED

The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn't intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp."Look how many have exited in...

BART GUIDES DRIVERS TO STEER CLEAR OF ACCIDENTS AND WRONG TURNS

A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not...

BELGACOM APPEALS PROMO SUSPENSION

BRUSSELS-Belgacom Mobile said it will appeal a court ruling that requires the operator to suspend a sales promotion for its Proximus cellular service.The Global...

BRITE VOICE DIALING PROVIDED TO TELIA

WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems will provide voice-activated dialing for customers of Sweden's Telia Mobitel AB. Brite values the contract at $2.3 million.Voice dialing allows...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to...

CABLE & WIRELESS ADDS MARKETING

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said it formed a new business unit, Carrier Services, to handle the marketing its worldwide network to other carriers and...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY APPLAUDS FBI’S NEW DIGITAL WIRETAP INITIATIVE

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is giving high marks to the FBI's new, less ambitious plan for digital wiretap capacity requirements, but legal, financial and technical...

LONG-DISTANCE FEES OUT IN TENNESSEE

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Cellular One said it is eliminating long distance charges to most Tennessee customers calling anywhere in the United States with its nationwide local...

METRICOM SHAREHOLDERS, EXECS DE BATE SALE OF FIRM

NEW YORK-Depending on who wins the battle of wills at the May 1 annual shareholders meeting of Metricom Inc., the public company might be...

M/A-COM RELEASES MIXER PRODUCTS

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc., a wireless components and sub-system solutions provider, released its GaAs MMIC passive mixer products.The company said the mixers are ideal for...

WIRELESS BUREAU TERMINATES 402 MOBILEMEDIA PAGING LICENSES

The Federal Communications Commission terminated 402 paging applications and licenses held by MobileMedia Corp. because the company failed to build sites under the license...

NDC WILL PROVIDE CREDIT-CARD SERVICE

ATLANTA-National Data Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile to provide transaction processing services for Bell Atlantic Nynex customers...

PAGESTAR DEVICE STOPS AUTOMOBILE THIEVES COLD

NEW YORK-PageStar Inc. is ramping up for full-scale production this Spring of a new generation of wireless vehicle location devices designed to put car...

MILLICOM REPORTS RECORD SUB GROWTH

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its fourth quarter 1996 worldwide operations had record subscriber growth, adding more than 85,000 net new cellular subscribers....

PCS NO THREAT TO CELLULAR YET

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Despite the threat from emerging personal communications services networks, the cellular service market continues to flourish, according to research conducted by Frost...
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