1998

To the Editor: I’ve watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government’s universal service program. Each day brings another news release from a member of …

Industry veteran Fred M. Link died last week. He was 93. Link’s company from 1931 to 1950-first called Fred M. Link Co. and later called Link Radio Corp.-manufactured two-way radio …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected by Srinivas Cellcom Ltd., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in India, to build the largest mobile network ever to be rolled out in …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, in a critical test of his leadership, plans an aggressive lobbying campaign to win support for a wireless local loop initiative that he believes …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. introduced its Email VClient software for Lotus Notes Mail, to bring another application to its PageWriter 2000 two-way pager. The software allows users to receive e-mail sent …

Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions. Lucent tests applications marketed through Cooperative Innovations for …

MCI Communications Corp. apparently is selling cellular service to residential customers once again after customer service representatives had told potential customers MCI wasn’t taking on new cellular subscribers after June …

Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right “look,” industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for marketing the enigmatic technology. The Cellular …

NEW YORK-The continuing growth of wireless telecommunications worldwide has expanded both the amount and the types of business opportunities for Microwave Power Devices Inc., which designs and manufactures highly linear …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.’s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG’s paging infrastructure products. Metasys’ software includes Oracle …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc., a distribution and value-added logistics services provider to the wireless communications industry, today announced the following changes to its financial management team: Thomas Butler joined Brightpoint as the …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice and the FBI filed with the Federal Communications Commission a legal analysis of the controversial punch-list items law enforcement says are necessary to maintain electronic surveillance …

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ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group acquired Communications Development Systems Inc., an engineering and site development construction services provider primarily serving the northeast corridor. Financing for the purchase of ComDev was provided by …

ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C., the joint venture between Numerx Corp. and BellSouth Corp., announced it secured agreements with three new cellular carriers. Centennial Cellular Corp., Cellular One of East Illinois and Pioneer/Enid …

A number of new licenses will be up for grabs early next year as the majority of C-block personal communications services licensees opted to return their licenses to the Federal …

The Federal Communications Commission narrowly voted June 12 to keep in place the controversial funding for connecting schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities to the Internet, albeit making some minor …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association unveiled an updated brochure aimed at consumers with hearing disabilities. The brochure, entitled “Access,” is intended to help educate deaf and hard of hearing …

The New York Society for the Deaf signed a contract with BellSouth Wireless Data to deploy BellSouth’s Interactive Paging Service to allow NYSD’s employees, half of whom are deaf, to …

In the end, all he could do from the far front corner of the spacious House Commerce Committee room he once ruled with an iron fist was sit silent, except …

Direct Wireless Corp., a new company based in Houston, has filed patent applications for a wireless communications system that would allow handsets to communicate directly with each other without signals …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has clarified that paging carriers cannot use Form 900 when renewing their licenses electronically via the Universal Licensing System. Part 22 paging licensees must use Form …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will no longer act as a creditor for entrepreneurs wanting to join in the wireless revolution, the agency’s top lawyers told a D.C. Bar gathering last …

A story in the June 15 issue of RCR should have stated that Nextel Communications Inc. President Tim Donahue said he expected the company to be cash-flow positive in the …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek board members Haynes G. Griffin, Winston J. Churchill, Walter E. Auch and Purnendu Chatterjee resigned, said Board Chairman William Spier, who remains along with board members Richard T. …