CHICAGO-Sprint Cellular announced Cellular Digital Packet Data trial systems now are available in four of its markets. Trial sites include Norfolk, Va., Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C., and Las Vegas, Nev.The systems enable Sprint's customers to use CDPD technology, which allows packets of information to...
DEER PARK, N.Y.-O'Gara Satellite Networks, Morsviazsputnik and MVS-USA have formed a new company to provide satellite communications equipment and service worldwide.OGM Communications Ltd. will provide "total solutions for the growing mobile satellite communications market," according to Neil Saldin, OGM's new president. OGM will offer...
Growth in the paging industry exploded this year, led by public companies that have pushed boldly across market borders, stepped confidently into marriages of convenience and reaped tremendous opportunities from serving a new consumer-oriented market.The result is a 38 percent industry growth rate at...
Recently, the Senate Commerce Committee approved "The Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995," which included the following provision: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary*...*an electric, gas, water, or steam utility, and any subsidiary company, affiliate or associate company of such a...
NORWELL, Mass.-Home-based coverage is the dominant requirement for future wireless communications products and services, according to a recent study.A third of the 800 U.S. adults surveyed this summer by BIS Strategic Decisions indicated they were interested only in home personal communications services, according to...
An international cellular operator and a U.S. paging equipment provider have cellular and paging service up and running in Bulgaria, despite the former Eastern bloc government's sluggish efforts to privatize business.A Bulgarian joint venture led by Cable & Wireless plc purchased a cellular license...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Go Communications Corp. issued a 10-year, multihundred-million-dollar request for proposal for a system integrator to develop and operate the information system technology for the 30 MHz and 10 MHz blocks of spectrum reserved for entrepreneurs by the Federal Communications Commission, the company said.The...
As a product, cellular voice has been a spectacular exception to the current slow growth rate for most industries. In fact, some experts claim that cellular's coming of age is unparalleled in consumer electronics."I think it's terribly significant that this industry has gone out...
Following is a laundry list of current and future cellular technologies: Circuit-switched networkThe most widespread option for transmitting cellular data is over the circuit-switched network, which is the existing analog cellular network, technically known as the AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Services) network. The circuit-switched network...
Alcatel has received approval from Satelindo PT. Satellite Palapa Indonesia to implement the second phase of its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular infrastructure deployment plan, which will cover 18 major cities in Indonesia and offer a capacity of 130,000 mobile subscribers. The...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-It's no secret that people don't like paying bills, so the mobile communications industry is taking part in a nationwide trend that aims to help retain customers by using electronic funds transfer.Some cellular and paging operators are testing programs that let customers pay...
SEATTLE-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has introduced a new radio telephone system called INReach that keeps people connected in large industrial facilities, airports or convention centers, using cellular telephones rather than proprietary handsets.INReach interconnects with the building's private branch exchange system, so typical cellular...
What's behind the recent wave of wireless mega-mergers and alliances?First, AT&T Corp. launched its bold acquisition of cellular leader McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., and MCI Communications Corp. responded by attempting to purchase a stake in enhanced specialized mobile radio operator Nextel Communications Inc. More...
Frank McGillivray has been promoted to vice president of Transaction Billing Resources, a provider of credit card processing for the telecommunications industry.Also, Donna Tucker has been appointed TBR's accounting supervisor, responsible for account management. The 7-year-old company has recently expanded its offices to make...
