1998

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. …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Integrated Network Group introduced the latest version of its postpaid calling card product, OpenMedia Enhanced Calling Card version 4.0. The product is an integral part of …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. launched its AT&T Page Partner + service, a package that allows a wireless phone and up to five pagers to be combined into one bill. The service …

BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications announced the first two-state wireless Phase 1 E911 deployment is up and routing E911 calls to public-safety agencies in Washington County, Ore., and in the Clark County …

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-SigmaOne Communications Corp. held the first prototype demonstration of its E911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, said the company. Results showed SigmaOne’s Southern California network-based system …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected an appeal by SkyTel Communications Corp.-formerly Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.-that argued the paging carrier deserved its narrowband personal communications license for free as a pioneer’s …

ATLANTA-A survey of 500 small business owners, released at SuperComm ’98, demonstrated a “tremendous potential for sales in the coming years.” The survey, conducted by the Verity Group last month, …

COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. acquired Worldwide Direct, a direct-to-consumer prepaid cellular phone distributor, in a stock-for-stock transaction that provides it with terminal-based prepaid capability. Combined with SmarTalk’s alliance with Boston …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said it released its version 3.0 HotPage software, which provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric pagers from computer systems using Microsoft …

A request by Connecticut’s attorney general and state utility regulators that a combined SBC Communications Inc./Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. reduce its local telephone rates could put the planned merger …

MADRID-Spain’s incumbent mobile phone operators Telefonica and Airtel could have some competition soon, as the country prepares to award a third license this month. Involved in the auction is the …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Sprint Spectrum L.P. formed affiliation agreements that will bring Sprint PCS personal communications services to key cities in Georgia, Missouri, Louisiana, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Marlborough, Mass.-based InfoCellular Inc. The acquisition provides LHS with a point-of-sale software solution, which expands its global billing and customer-care product …

NEW YORK-Esat Telephone Group plc, Dublin, plans a secondary offering of 6 million American Depository Shares that Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, will lead manage. The carrier hopes to …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe. The distribution agreements bring Iridium access to 72 million wireless …

The Italian government named the Wind consortium the winning bidder for the country’s third mobile phone license, bringing to a close a tender process that began in the fall of …