Don Smith is the new director of wireless technology and network operations for specialized mobile radio carrier ComTec International Inc. Prior to joining the company, Smith was director of network …
WASHINGTON-“That peculiar smell drifting up from Puerto Rico is the odor of burning money. Our money. I’m tired of smelling it,” wrote Gary North Nov. 8 to other limited partners …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton has threatened to repeal a key provision of the administration’s new encryption policy if it determines that legislation undercuts security safeguards, a move one prominent Republican telecom lawmaker …
FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Electronics Communications Corp. activated its own paging system making it a full-service paging carrier. Electronics Communications has licenses covering Long Island, Westchester and Rockland counties and metropolitan New York, …
… “I hope that Chairman Hundt will read Shakespeare and understand that `discretion is the better part of valor.’ And if he doesn’t read Shakespeare, I hope that he reads …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week took additional steps to help hasten the end of the D-, E-and F-block personal communications services auction that began Aug. 26 and that has …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. said it installed its ClearSite receiver subsystems in a field trial in three sites in Wisconsin. The trial will run through the end of January to cover …
WINTER PARK, Fla.-Communications Electronics Specialties said it has changed its name to CES Wireless Technologies. The company also released a 1997 product catalog and launched a web site. “The new …
Frankfurt, Germany-based Deutsche Telekom MobilNet GmbH (T-Mobil) bought 16 percent of personal communications services provider American Personal Communications’ share of its partnership in Sprint Spectrum; proceeds will be used to …
PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using its authentication system and Corsair Communications …
WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s goal in his second term to reach a balanced budget deal with the Republican-led Congress could lead to expanded auction authority and a full-blown debate on spectrum reform …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-ADC Telecommunications Inc. has licensed PCS Wireless Inc.’s in-building distributed antenna array product line, Cellular MEX/BEX. MEX/BEX is a low power, radio frequency signal repeater that extends distribution …
WASHINGTON-After filing his complaint against American Mobile Satellite Services more than four years ago, Gary Noreen, chairman and chief executive officer of La Canada, Calif.-based Radio Satellite Corp., will get …
NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. formed a wholly owned subsidiary, PC Telecommunications Inc., to resell cellular and paging services in markets adjacent to the company’s cellular systems. The company said it plans …
ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc., a wholesale provider of one-way paging network services, has completed its fifth technical control center for its North Central region including Michigan, Ohio and parts of Indiana. …
Ameritech Corp. is considering selling its 24.5 percent interest in Polish analog operator Centertel because it has “diverging views on what [the operator’s] future should look like,” said Dennis LaComb, …
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet has launched its first commercial Code Division Multiple Access cellular service in Austin, Texas. The company is offering a dual-mode Sony-branded handset, the CM-D500, manufactured by Qualcomm Personal …
The digital era has arrived. Pick a technology. We’ve got your TDMA, your CDMA, upgraded TDMA and some GSM. We’ve got your 800 MHz, your 1.9 GHz. And we’ve set …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and Wall Street. The auction of the …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced Christopher Galvin, currently president and chief operating officer, will become chief executive officer of the company effective Jan. 1. Galvin is grandson of Motorola founder Paul …
