Monthly Archives: March, 1998

CORRECTIONS

Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 "WireLink extensions benefit resellers" story were incorrectly...

ROGERS EXTENDS MOBITEX NETWORK

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. has extended its Mobitex network into Calgary, Alberta, Canada, representing the first advancement of the packet-switched data network in to Western...

TMI TO DELIVER MSS TO U.S. COMPANIES

OTTAWA, Canada-Mobile satellite services provider TMI Communications Co. L.P. announced its first major U.S. customers-Skysite Communications Corp. and Cue Network Corp.TMI's MSAT geostationary satellite...

FCC C-BLOCK COULD BE ON HOLD FOR MONTHS

WASHINGTON-Despite recent Federal Communications Commission allusions to a prompt public notice detailing changes to its C-block personal communications services financial restructuring order, such a...

TRA URGES FCC TO REJECT CTIA’S LNP PETITION

The Telecommunications Resellers Association has filed comments urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition filed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association requesting...

SENATORS ASK KENNARD TO RECONSIDER RULES AFFECTING EMERGENCY ROAD SERVICE

WASHINGTON-Senate communications subcommittee Chairman Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) and Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) have asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard to reconsider rules they...

MOTOROLA EXPANDS KUWAIT NETWORK

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group said it signed a $38 million contract to expand the Global System for Mobile communications network in...

BELL ATLANTIC’S FRAUD DECREASES

ATLANTA-Bell Atlantic Mobile said it attributes its 74-percent decrease in home and roaming cellular fraud losses to continued deployment of authentication and radio-frequency fingerprinting...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. announced a joint agreement with AirTouch Cellular, U S West NewVector Group and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. for the supply of Qualcomm's...

WORLD BRIEFS

Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of...

BELLSOUTH STARTS TELECOM CONSULTING

ATLANTA-BellSouth Small Business Services announced it now has specialists who consult individually with business customers about their telecommunications needs.The enhancement to its "one-stop shopping"...

SCHOOL BUSES TO USE CELLEMETRY SERVICE

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellemetry announced an agreement with Global Research Systems, adding Cellemetry applications to GRS's BusCall service.BusCall notifies families when a school bus is approaching...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Entelec 98March 1-4Entelec. San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio. (888) 503-8700.Build-to-Suit and Purchase/Leaseback Tower ProgramsMarch 2-3Shorecliff Communications International. Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego....

CALEA SHOWDOWN AT HIGH NOON

WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno, amid indications of coming legislation, told Congress last week she will order the Federal Communications Commission to intervene in mid-March...

PRIMECO WON’T RIP OUT NETWORK, BUT FUTURE MOTOROLA WORK IN PERIL

Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group is struggling to keep PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. from giving future contracts to another vendor for more personal communications...

MOTOROLA TO EQUIP AIRBORNE EXPRESS DRIVERS

SEATTLE-Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Data Solutions Division announced it will provide Airborne Express with a data terminal designed for single-handed data collection applications.The HDT 300...

LMDS AUCTION MOVING FAST, BIDS FLUCTUATE WILDLY

WASHINGTON-With the auction of local multipoint distribution service scarcely a week old, the battle lines for leadership have been drawn between WNP Communications and...

RURAL CELLULAR TO BUY W. MAINE CELLULAR

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. announced it entered a definitive agreement to purchase the outstanding stock of Western Maine Cellular Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary...

CTIA PROMOTES SAFE USE OF CELL PHONES

More than 83,000 calls were made to 911 from wireless telephones every day last year, according to figures released by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry...

CONSUMERS PICKED UP ON PCS COMPETITION

Consumers are aware of increased competition within the wireless industry, according to a report conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc., released at...

INTELOS AND SPRINT TEAM FOR ROAMING

WAYNESBORO, VA.-CFW Communications Co. announced a nationwide roaming agreement between its partner Intelos and Sprint Spectrum L.P. that will provide nationwide coverage for Intelos'...

DATE FOR ITALY TENDER STILL IN DOUBT

Although the Italian government awarded fixed telephony licenses last week to two companies, confusion and frustration continue to surround the decision to bestow a...

AIRTOUCH PAGING TO OFFER SERVICE VIA KANSAS CELLULAR

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-AirTouch Paging said it entered into an agreement with Liberty Cellular Inc., dba Kansas Cellular, to provide its paging services in Kansas.Kansas...

LET’S TALK CELLULAR TO PURCHASE CELLULAR WAREHOUSE

MIAMI-Let's Talk Cellular & Wireless Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Cellular Warehouse, a privately held retail operation based in Atlanta, for about...

LIGHTBRIDGE WINS ON SHARING CUSTOMER-CREDIT DATA

Lightbridge Inc. successfully petitioned the California Public Utilities Commission to overturn a long-standing rule that forbids California wireless carriers to share customer information.The new...
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