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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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

MINORITY-OWNED FIRM WELL-PLACED TO SECURE REGIONAL PCS LICENSES

WASHINGTON-A paging consortium led by Maceo Sloan, founder of the nation's largest minority-owned investment firm, late last week appeared headed for a big victory in regional narrowband personal communications services auctions.Fifty-seven rounds after the narrowband PCS auction began in Washington, D.C., PCS Development Corp....

PRODUCTS

The National Association for Business and Educational Radio announced the release of its ninth edition of The NABER Resource. The guide is a comprehensive source of Federsl Communications Commision rules, regulations and licensing, said NABER. "It includes current addresses, fee and form information through...

VIEWPOINT

The Oct. 28 deadlind for those applying with the Federal Communications Commission to participate in next month's auction for broadband personal communications services licenses has come and gone.And with it comes the end of the anticipation, hype and hoopla-for now-over the courtships and possible...

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...

MCCAW’S MESSAGING DIVISIONS TO USE AT&T NAME BY YEAR-END

AT&T Corp.'s $11.5 billion acquisition of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. is part of a grand plan to package wireless and wireline products and services under what is perhaps the most recognized brand name in telecommunications-AT&T."My confidence in this merger is bolstered by the fact...

HOLLINGS PULLS TELECOM BILL’S PLUG, PUTS BLAME ON BELLCOS AND DOLE

WASHINGTON-Construction of the Clinton administration's much ballyhooed information superhighway is likely to be delayed, following the death of telecommunications reform legislation in the 103rd Congress.Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., pulled the plug on his information superhighway bill late last month, blaming some...

FIRM USES A `COOL’ TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE CLEARER BASE STATIONS

Illinois Superconductor Corp. said it has introduced an interference filter for cellular base station receivers that uses superconductor technology, enabling the base station to hear weaker signals more clearly.Superconductivity involves cooling certain metals and alloys to a very low temperature so electrical currents can...

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A VIRTUAL WALK DOWN THE WE-WAY GIVES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

Oct. 8, 2022. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian exhibit on the Age of Multimedia: 1994-2008 opened for public viewing in the Gore Digital Museum complex located in the old Department of Agriculture Building. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, a...

NEW FAMILY OF PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR PCS MARKET IS INTRODUCED BY AT&T

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-AT&T Network Systems Inc. announced its PCS Minicell product portfolio, the flagship product in the company's new family of wireless base station products for personal communications services systems.PCS Minicells, according to AT&T, are small, cost-effective base stations designed to operate at 2 GHz...

AT&T-MCCAW COMPLETES LARGEST WIRELESS MERGER

It's a done deal.AT&T Corp.-the nation's largest long-distance telephone company-and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.-the biggest cellular operator in the land-are now one.The two firms closed the $11.5 billion merger Sept. 19, following conditional approval by the Federal Communications Commission earlier the same day. The...