WASHINGTON-Federal regulators are preparing to propose a novel regulatory scheme combining private and commercial mobile radio rules under one license, while work continues on crafting final wireless common carrier rules.The two rulemakings are offshoots of landmark 1993 legislation that restructured the wireless telecommunications industry...
WASHINGTON-The specialized mobile radio industry will surpass two million subscribers by the end of this year, according to a new survey of operators and manufacturers conducted by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association and Economic and Management Consultants International Inc.Although this is a 13 percent...
Fluctuating support from Wall Street for enhanced specialized mobile radio companies may be indicative of in-and-out stock speculation rather than fear the ESMR companies are having actual problems, said the head of the American Mobile Telecommunication Association."Wall Street is fickle, with investors looking for...
WASHINGTON-The industry created two decades ago to foster dispatch wireless communications in the United States stands at a crossroads as regulatory, technological and market forces conspire to put mom-and-pop two-way radio businesses out to pasture.Nextel Communications Inc., the largest specialized mobile radio operator, has...
