Yearly Archives: 1997

TELXON WILL SELL UNIT TO DYNATECH CORP.

AKRON, Ohio-Telxon Corp. will sell Itronix Corp., its ruggedized notebook computer subsidiary, to Dynatech Corp., according to a definitive agreement. The company expects the...

THREE BUSINESSES LINK TO OFFER TETRA IN GERMANY

Simoco International Ltd. of the United Kingdom and German-based De Te We and Rhode & Schwarz Bick have formed a consortium to market Trans...

TOWER CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS IS CLIMBING

Demand for quick installation of radio monopoles and towers has pressed tower manufacturers to provide new types of products that can help carriers meet...

UNIDEN FORMS SUBS OEM SALES UNIT

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. formed a new company to handle its original equipment manufacturer sales in North and South America. The new company...

NOKIA REORGANIZES INTO REGIONAL GROUPS

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Group implemented two regional organizations, one in the Asia-Pacific area and another for North America and South America. The company said the...

D.C. NOTES

While Old Man Winter dumps mercilessly on everyone else, the sun shines brighter than ever these days on Irwin Jacobs. A big target for...

ORA SHIPS TELECAR FOR HANDS-FREE USE

CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Ora Electronics Inc. said this month it will begin shipping Telecar, the entry-level model of its intelligent transportation system.Telecar is designed to integrate...

PACIFIC BELL GSM TO LAUNCH IN VEGAS

LAS VEGAS-Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it will launch its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network next month in Las Vegas.Pacific...

PAGEMART INTROS ROAMING SERVICE

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. introduced OmniRoam, a numeric roaming service that enables subscribers to transfer local numeric coverage using a touch-tone phone and an interactive...

PAGENET GETS TIME FROM ALLTEL SATELLITE

DALLAS-Alltel Enterprise Network Services signed a five-year agreement to provide satellite time for Paging Network Inc. Alltel will provide continuous access to its leased...

PCS 2000 PARTNERS IMPATIENT

DALLAS-Limited partners who financed PCS 2000 Inc.'s winning bids on 15 C-block personal communications services licenses-still under scrutiny by the Federal Communications Commission following...

AT DEADLINE: MCI ADDS CELLULAR IN THREE MORE CITIES

MCI Communications Corp. launched cellular service in St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Austin, Texas.To promote the launch, the company said it is offering customers a...

AT&T DENVER UPS TO IS-136 CELLULAR

DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 cellular service in its Denver market.The service area includes the Front Range...

FCC SETS ASIDE 300 MEGAHERTZ TO ALLOW WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted new rules Jan. 9 that will allow users of unlicensed Part 15 equipment, including laptop computers, to access the...

U.S. DISTRICT COURT ISSUES ORDER AGAINST PAGING TELEMARKETERS

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California early last month issued orders for final injunctions against two companies and two individuals...

GINGRICH WIRELESS WIRETAP VICTIM?

WASHINGTON-In a startling development that could have serious political consequences for embattled House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and serious legal consequences for others, an...

RCR TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL PAGING MARKETS

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country based on information supplied...

ISRAELI CARRIERS ADD SUBS AS GOVERNMENT PONDERS COMPETITION

Israel's two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing...

KEITH E. CRAIN NAMED CHAIR OF CRAIN INC.

DETROIT - The Crain board of directors has named Keith E. Crain chairman of Crain Communications Inc.Keith Crain becomes the third chairman of the...

LA CELLULAR OFFERS NEW IS-136 SERVICE

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced SmartDigital service using Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 technology.SmartDigital provides customers with telephone,...

MCCAIN VOWS TO CONTINUE FIGHT FOR DIGITAL TV SPECTRUM AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-New Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week vowed to continue fighting for digital TV auctions and hinted at re-examining the 1996...

MOTOROLA POSTS HIGHER SALES FOR FISCAL ’96 BUT LOWER EARNINGS

Motorola Inc. reported higher sales but lower earnings for fiscal year 1996, saying that strategic decisions made during the fourth quarter will set the...

MOTOROLA LAUNCHES MESSAGING DEVICE

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. launched PageFinder, a device that receives word messages and confirms delivery to the sender. Using Motorola's ReFLEX two-way wireless messaging system,...

CALIFORNIA FIRM AIMS TO BRING ATM PROTOCOL TO WIRELESS INDUSTRY

Netro of Santa Clara, Calif., makes what it says telecommunications operators building networks in the new era of deregulation need-radio equipment that uses a...

NEXTWAVE OWNERSHIP EDICT BEGS QUESTIONS

The government's conditional grant of personal communications services licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc., despite finding the startup wireless firm in violation of foreign ownership...
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