AT&T Corp. announced new executives to head the three companies resulting from the split of AT&T announced a month ago by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen.Allen will continue in his posts at the new AT&T and Alex Mandl, currently president and CEO...
AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. announced they will begin combining their domestic cellular operations Nov. 1, initially by using the same support services. The companies will continue to remain separately owned, however, because of federal restrictions.The companies' Wireless Management Co., formed...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati last week stayed the entrepreneur block auction for broadband personal communications services licenses after Radiofone Inc., a cellular operator in New Orleans, challenged PCS-cellular cross-ownership rules.The Federal Communications Commission planned to auction the...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey.Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable computing devices to access corporate databases and e-mail with throughput comparable to landline connections, according to AT&T.The company is conducting...
GENEVA - AT&T Network Systems Inc. introduced its AT&T AirLoop digital wireless loop system that connects central offices to homes or businesses using fixed wireless equipment rather than the traditional copper wire loop.The system provides the same basic and enhanced voice and data features...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids.Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the Personal Communications Industry Association, the...
BATON ROUGE, La.-Eatelcorp Inc. will partner with Mercury Cellular and Paging of Lake Charles, La., and contract assistance from Louisiana State University to conduct a trial of AT&T Network Systems Inc.'s Code Division Multiple Access wireless technology for a new personal communications systems network.The...
SNET Cellular Inc. awarded AT&T Network Systems Inc. a contract valued at $35 million to supply and install an Autoplex System 1000 for SNET in its Rhode Island and the Bristol, Mass., area markets, which operate under the Cellular One brand name.Autoplex provides customers...
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Of all the recruits at the Hundt-led Federal Communications Commission, perhaps none has received fewer headlines and contributed more than Christopher Wright.Wright, deputy general counsel, successfully defended entrepreneur block rules for personal communications services licenses that were made race-and gender-neutral by the FCC after...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Lin Broadcasting Corp. shareholders voted to approve a merger agreement with AT&T Wireless Services at the annual shareholder meeting.Lin shareholders will receive approximately $129.90 in cash for each Lin share. The total value of the merger is about $3.3 billion.AT&T acquired Lin on...
Marriages and divorces are accenting the wireless telecom industry today.The biggest telecom provider of them all, AT&T Corp., announced late last month it would split its businesses into three different companies. Chairman Robert Allen said the company wanted to avoid the perceived conflict in...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of terrestrial-based, two-way mobile data operators based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically since many of the companies are just starting to offer mobile data service.Although most cellular and...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission early next year will hold a spectrum summit as policymakers rethink fundamental programs that have governed the airwaves for a half century, instead turning to the marketplace for answers.The all-day conference, inspired and organized by Commissioner Susan Ness, will address...
ORA Electronics introduced Travel Talk, a hands-free speaker phone for portable cellular phones. The unit can be transferred from one vehicle to another providing hands-free conversations without compromising the convenience of a portable cellular phone, said ORA. Travel Talk also serves as a power...
Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the senior media/community relations specialist...
WASHINGTON - Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, said he may offer a switched wireless resale bill next year unless this week's hearing on cellular telephone competition and subsequent industry developments convince him otherwise."If it can...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, acting swiftly, lifted the stay of the entrepreneur block auction for personal communications services licenses and opened the way for bidding to begin Dec. 11.The court's 2-1 ruling on Sept. 28-issued only hours...
AT&T Corp.'s strategy to become three different companies has evoked positive and adverse reactions, but analysts agree the forecast looks good for the wireless business.Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen announced the restructuring following months of discussions and planning among top AT&T executives...
AT&T's cellular and paging division and its wireless equipment business will soon belong to separate and independent publicly traded companies under AT&T Corp.'s plan to completely restructure the organization.AT&T Chairman Robert Allen announced the board of directors last month approved plans to divide the...
Nearly half of the 20 companies holding licenses for broadband personal communications services have made firm technology decisions, but others continue the difficult task of weighing options."It is like building 10 years of cellular all at once," said Jack Finlayson, vice president and general...
The world cellular equipment market, including both switching and base station equipment, totaled $14.4 billion in 1994 with plenty of growth still ahead, according to a new study from Northern Business Information.In "World Cellular Network Equipment Markets: 1994 Edition," NBI projected a compound average growth...
On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the industry in the United States. Of course I spoke of the great advancements we...
Telecommunications officials in India are set to issue the remaining licenses for cellular service in the next few weeks, just as initial licensees are beginning to launch their systems in four metropolitan areas in the country.India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT) accepted technical bids in...
