Time Warner Telecommunications announced it will begin offering cellular phone service in Rochester, N.Y.-the company’s largest cable television market-by reselling service from the city’s B-side carrier, Rochester Telephone Mobile Communications. …
PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.-The Small Business PCS Association will hold a national meeting Dec. 15 in Washington D.C., to discuss auction rules for broadband personal communications services, auction bidding results and …
True, America views the nation’s capital with a jaundiced eye. And well it should. The system is broke and needs fixing. Lobbyists, special interest money and lawmakers-for-life control the ways …
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. reported a 50 percent increase in consolidated revenues for the nine months ended Sept. 30. The company reported $49.4 million in consolidated revenues, up from $32.9 …
Every time you turn around, the telecommunications industry takes a leap in a new direction. But investing in a basketball franchise? Could be stretching it-unless you’re Bruce Crockett, president and …
Nintendo, a name most familiar in exclusive circles-the young teens market-has made its first U.S. investment in a small company with an “expanding” technology. Waltham, Mass.-based Reflection Technology Inc. has …
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. has signed a five-year contract with Doston Technology Inc. to purchase equipmint that delivers inhanced services. BellSouth uses Boston’s CO ACCESS Network Services Platforms to provide MemoryCall …
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-SNET Mobility said it will pay $450 million cash for certain of Nynex Corp.’s and Bell Atlantic Corp.’s cellular properties, and, ironically, become a fierce competitor of the …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-U S West Inc. named Jan Peters chief operating officer of U S West NewVector Group Inc., the company’s cellular division, where she will oversee all company operations. Prior …
Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest radio common carrier paging operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. …
OAKBROOK, Ill.-GTE Airfone says it has introduced the first digital public facsimile machines aboard aircraft. Fax machines now will be available on United Airlines’ transcontinental routes from New York to …
WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation …
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-John “Jack” Goeken announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive officer at In-Flight Phone Corp., the air-to-ground telecommunications service he founded in 1989. “Now that most of …
Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless industry! But while the industry revels …
BOULDER, Colo.-Engineers have completed a month-long test of the Global System for Mobile communications standard at 1.8 GHz as part of an assessment for the U.S. wireless industry entering the …
WASHINGTON-Sparks are flying weeks before public comments are due at the Federal Communications Commission on applications from six firms seeking licenses to operate global pocket-phone satellite systems. “I think that …
SAN FRANCISCO- The California Public Utilities Commission awarded five groups $38,613 for their advocacy in a CPUC decision last April that allowed AT&T Corp. to acquire McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. …
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association has formed the Wireless Resale Council, a TRA advisory committee designed to guide industry policy and provide members with information on wireless service resale. TRA Director …
Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem. Cellular fraud has been a …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.- Dr. Donald Schilling has resigned as president and chief executive officer of InterDigital Communications Corp. to pursue other interests. William Doyle, executive vice president, has been …
6-8 Wireless DataComm Fall ’94 Exposition and Conference, by Communications Events Inc. Washington D.C. Convention Center, Washington, D.C. For information call (800) 322-WDEC, or (203) 847-5131. JANUARY 6-9 Winter CES, …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt’s selection of Regina Keeney to head the new Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is looking better every day. Especially since Nov. 8, the day voters shook …
WALLINGFORD, Conn.-SmartLink Development L.P. said it has been temporarily enjoined from selling its SMR Link universal trunking and networking product as a result of a pending patent infringement lawsuit filed …
NEW YORK-Mobile communications executives George Schmitt and Al Boschulte have been chosen to lead the PCS PrimeCo L.P. alliance between U S West Inc., AirTouch Communications, Nynex Corp. and Bell …
FRANKFURT, Germany-Investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. announced it has been selected as lead foreign manager for the privatization of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. Specifically, Goldman, Sachs will be responsible …
