Yearly Archives: 1997

SUMMA POSTS DROP IN RECENT EARNINGS

NEW YORK-The advent of personal communications services at home and alternative international long-distance services are driving record net revenue growth for switch manufacturer Summa...

AT&T, GTE GROUPS WIN NATION WIDE WIRELESS LICENSES IN TAIWAN

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Corp. have been awarded nationwide mobile phone licenses in Taiwan, beating competitors such as Sprint Corp. and France...

TAC WILL USE SECURITIES TO FUND CAPITAL EXPENSE

NEW YORK-Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd., the second-largest wireless carrier in Thailand, plans the private sale of $400 million in debt securities to...

NEXTEL TRIES TO LURE CUSTOMERS TO DIGITAL SIDE WITH FREE ROAMING

Nextel Communications Inc. continues to try to move analog customers onto its new digital network, now with the lure of no roaming fees while...

TRACFONE UNVEILED FOR PAY-AS-YOU-GO

LAS VEGAS-Topp Telecom Inc. introduced TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone designed for quick retail sale. The phone has built-in debit technology to allow for...

VERMONT TRIES END RUN AROUND FED SITE RULES

WASHINGTON-In a potential trend-setting move that could prove a huge loophole in the antenna siting law, the Vermont Department of Public Service has asked...

VIEWPOINT

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language.The launch of competing networks throughout the...

WORLD BRIEFS

Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is...

IRIDIUM LAUNCH ON DECK AGAIN

WASHINGTON-Little LEO Iridium Inc. remained hopeful last week that a rescheduled Jan. 19 launch of three satellites from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base-the company's...

AT DEADLINE

Odyssey signs ChinaSat asservice providerOdyssey Telecommunications International Inc. signed on its first service provider, China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. The Odyssey mobile satellite system,...

NETHERLANDS PLANS TO AWARD JUST ONE PCN LICENSE DURING 1997

Only one personal communications network license will be awarded in the Netherlands this year, reported the American Embassy in The Hague.However, the Dutch Ministry...

PRIVATE RADIO SUITS AIRLINES’ NEEDS BEST

Dear Editor: Recent trade articles have covered the story of American Airlines' difficulties with a commercial specialized mobile radio service. This is just one part...

FARQUHAR SAYS WTB AGREES WITH CTIA ON SOME SITING PROBLEMS

WASHINGTON-Tempering her replies with the caveat that she was speaking only for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and not for the full Federal Communications Commission,...

GTE AIDS BELLSOUTH WITH ROAMING INFO

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and...

INNOVA GETS ORDER FOR MICROWAVE GEAR

SEATTLE-Innova Corp. received an initial purchase order from Simtel for 23 GHz XP4 digital microwave radio systems to be deployed in Caracas, Venezuela. The...

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...

BELLSOUTH AGREES TO PAY BANM TO CONNECT INTERCONNECT CALLS

NEW YORK-Under an agreement with BellSouth Corp. that became effective Jan. 1, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has become the first cellular carrier doing business...

WORLD BRIEFS

California Microwave Inc.'s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California...

PALTEL SEEKS GSM SYSTEM BIDS

The Palestine Telecommunications Co. is looking for a turnkey provider to design and supply a Global System for Mobile communications network in the areas...
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