A cellular phone containing a scanner, into which new numbers can be programmed using the phone keypad, was just one of the sophisticated cloning devices acquired by the U.S. Secret …
NEW YORK-With nearly $4 million in creditor claims against it deleted by a federal court in late December, Cellular Telephone Enterprises Inc. last week entered the end game of an …
This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in Hong Kong and four nearing completion …
BRUSSELS-With a bid of $2.5 billion, Ameritech Corp. and partners Tele Danmark and Singapore Telecom last month captured the winning vote for a 50 percent-less one share-stake and strategic position …
Congress was expected last Friday to pass a measure that would allow 280,000 furloughed federal employees to return to work this week and start paying 480,000 “essential” employees, who have …
SINGAPORE-Singapore Telecom has signed interconnect agreements with each of the three operators awarded licenses to operate mobile communications services in Singapore beginning April 1, 1997. The new operators are cellular …
Question: When is a federal employee deemed “excepted” or “unexcepted?” Answer: Apparently, when there is money involved. During last November’s first partial budget-related government shutdown that lasted six days, the …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Systems Division announced it will supply its ReFLEX two-way paging technology and global positioning system receiver to the AutoLink System, an automotive safety, security …
The top three executives of Metrocall Inc. convened a teleconference for journalists, analysts and stockholders Jan. 3 that they said was intended largely to dispel widespread rumors of a top-level …
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. completed the acquisition of BellSouth Corp.’s MobileComm paging subsidiary and its nationwide narrowband personal communications services license. MobileMedia said it paid about $930 million. The company …
Even though the personal communications services auctions are designed to make money for the government, some entrepreneurs are finding their own ways to financially benefit from the auctions-by packaging auction …
WASHINGTON-With the new year only days old, industry associations here are gearing up to continue old negotiations with the Federal Communications Commission and to begin new ones. According to Alan …
“The ease with which such programming can be accomplished and the enormous capacity to store different stolen combinations poses a substantial threat to law enforcement and the cellular telecommunications industry.”-The …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has denied Qualcomm Inc.’s petition for reconsideration of the commission’s second Report and Order concerning pioneer’s preference rules. The commission did, however, grant Celsat America Inc.’s …
The worldwide market for wireless online transaction terminals and systems is forecast to grow from $487 million in 1995 to $1.9 billion by 1999, with wireless partially displacing wireline for …
NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to acquire the New York-6 rural service area consisting of about 111,000 pops in Greene and …
WASHINGTON-The Overseas Private Investment Corp. announced $423 million of support for three telecommunications projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The projects are a wireless public telephone system in Tanzania, …
I greet you this New Year with praise of gridlock. While many people are downcast about the chaos accompanying balanced budget and telecommunications reform bills, I find comfort in the …
TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Corp. has announced a new version of its Nokia 232 cellular phone that enables the phone to operate on a Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service network. The company …
WASHINGTON-Letters exchanged between lawyers for the Baltimore Mass Transit Administration and Bethesda, Md.-based American Personal Communications apparently have addressed all problems related to two interference incidents in Baltimore, including any …
