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AT&T BUILDS OUT NEWORK IN CHEBOKSARY, RUSSIA

CHEBOKSARY, RussiaAT&T Corp. and Global TeleSystems Group Inc. have built a wireless network in Cheboksary, Russia, that connects with the existing local network as well as the international network.Cheboksary is about 350 miles east of Moscow. The companies will build the same kind of...

COMPANIES PUSHING OR PAUSING WITH PLANS FOR ENHANCED PAGING

As one company fine-tunes its debut for narrowband personal communications services, others bide their time by determining market position and devising rollout strategies.SkyTel Corp.-through its PCS bidding entity Destineer Corp.-plans to activate its nationwide two-way advanced messaging service during the second half of the...

MOTOROLA SNAGS CHINA PACT

The Post and Telecommunication Administration in the Zhejiang Province of China is reconfiguring its existing paging network, based on Motorola Inc.'s M15 series paging terminals, with an order valued at more than $3 million for new Digital Communications Frame-based paging infrastructure equipment.Motorola's Paging Products...

LIN’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS FAVORS MERGER WITH AT&T

NEW YORK-A majority of the board of directors for Lin Broadcasting Corp. approved merging Lin with McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., now owned by AT&T Corp.AT&T made an offer to buy 53.3 million shares of Lin for $3.3 billion. McCaw purchased 52 percent of Lin...

OKLAHOMA RESCUERS USE CELLULAR WHEN 2-WAY CAN’T COMMUNICATE

Cellular telephones improved communications at the Oklahoma City tragedy when public-safety groups' two-way radios-all on different frequencies-couldn't connect."At the site of a disaster, radio channels max out immediately with just tactical communication," said Ron Baker, director of wireless services for McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.'s...

BELLS' LONG-DISTANCE CHAINS LOOSENED

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications reform bill introduced in the House last week would give the seven regional Bell telephone companies more freedom to offer wireless long-distance service than offered by the waiver granted late last month by U.S. District Judge Harold Greene.The House measure, sponsored by...

AMSC LAUNCHES NEW INDUSTRY WITH SATELLITE LIFT-OFF

Culminating seven years of development and fine-tuning, American Mobile Satellite Corp. has launched the country's first satellite for mobile communications, giving lift-off to a new form of wireless services.Hughes Communications Inc., a division of GM Hughes Electronics, built AMSC's geostationary satellite, supporting mobile voice...

WALL STREET GUARDED, OPTIMISTIC OVER MCCAW-NEXTEL PARTNERSHIP

Wall Street is cautiously optimistic about Craig McCaw's ability to work wireless wonders for Nextel Communications Inc., whose quest to convert radio dispatch systems around the country into one nationwide digital network has been fraught with technical, financial and legal problems in recent years.Despite...

2 MCCAW MARKETS USE THE AT&T BRAND NAME

SEATTLE-McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. has visibly initiated its transition into AT&T Corp. with a few name changes. Its cellular businesses in Washington and Oregon, previously called Cellular One, and the U.S. operations of McCaw's in-flight communications company, Claircom, now are being marketed under the...

AT&T OFFERS $3.3 BILLION TO LIN FOR REMAINING SHARES IN CARRIER

Lin Broadcasting Corp. can take until mid-May to accept or reject the latest offer by AT&T Corp. to buy the last 48 percent of Lin for about $3.3 billion.The $127.50 per share price was assessed by Wasserstein Perella & Co., the third appraisal group...

AT&T OFFERS $3.3 BILLION TO LIN FOR REMAINING SHARES IN CARRIER

Lin Broadcasting Corp. can take until mid-May to accept or reject the latest offer by AT&T Corp. to buy the last 48 percent of Lin for about $3.3 billion.The $127.50 per share price was assessed by Wasserstein Perella & Co., the third appraisal group...

ERICSSON AND SWEDISH OPERATOR JOINTLY TESTING DUAL-MODE PHONE

With plans to target the corporate market, Swedish telecommunications operator Telia and Ericsson Inc. are testing a new dual-mode telephone that will allow users to seamlessly switch from private wireless networks to the public cellular network.Telia and Ericsson said they are jointly testing a...

DE AUTCTION BACK ON TRACK AS TEC JOINS PEC PRIMECO

WASHINGTON-Telephone Electronics Corp., prompted by a deal with PCS PrimeCo L.P., last week dropped its legal challenge to auction rules, clearing the way for the sale of digital pocket telephone system licenses to women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies this summer.The surprising...

AT&T SEEKS PERMISSION TO SELL STOCK HELD BY BT

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is seeking permission to make a secondary offering of 35.9 million shares of AT&T stock owned by BT plc.If the move is approved by the securities and Exchange Commission, it could be the largest secondary offering in U.S. history.BT, or British...

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CUSTOMERS WILL DEFINE THE ROLES FOR PCS AND DATA TECHNOLOGIES

WASHINGTON - Bell Atlantic Mobile President Dennis Strigl predicts that wireless data will account for a greater proportion of system operators' business in coming years, but cautioned industry against over reaching itself."Frankly, I don't think most people have any idea of what we have...

JAY KITCHEN’S KNOCK FOR MIXING BODES WELL FOR NEW ASSOCIATION

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 in Washington, D.C., or Fortune 500 executives, engineers and policymakers whom he mixes with...

CPUC AWARDING 5 GROUPS FOR CONSUMER ADVOCACY

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.The Latino Issues Forum, Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco Black Chamber of Commerce, Mexican-American...

TWO COMPANIES HOOK UP TO TEST GSM PCS STANDARD IN COLORADO

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 personal communications services market.Field tests took place at U S West Inc.'s Boulder Industry...

JAY KITCHEN'S KNOCK FOR MIXING BODES WELL FOR NEW ASSOCIATION

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 in Washington, D.C., or Fortune 500 executives, engineers and policymakers whom he mixes with...

PETERS APPOINTED COO AT U S WEST NEWVECTOR

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 to her appointment, Peters served as vice president of sales and distribution in the same...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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 service, including call answering and voice messaging, in semveral Southern states.Metrocall Inc. announced it...

FAMILIAR NAMES HEAD LIST OF PCS LICENSE CANDIDATES

WASHINGTON-He's baaack!Craig McCaw, founder of the cellular empire that AT&T Corp. bought for $11.5 billion, will bid for broadband personal communications services licenses Dec. 5.The wireless entrepreneur is one of 74 applicants seeking 99 licenses to operate next-generation pocket telephone systems across the country....

CANDIDATES APPLYING FORBROADBAND PCS LICENSES

(INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS ARE IN ITALICS.)1. ALAACR Communications (Craig McCaw)2. AT&T Wireless PCS3. Advance Telecommunications Systems4. AirLink5. Allied Communications L.P.6. American Portable Telecommunications (TDS)7. Ameritech Wireless Communications8. Associated Ve nCap Corp. (Associated. Communications.)9. BellSouth Personal Communications10. Boston PCS Venture (Continental Cablevision and Cablevision Systems)11. CCI...