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MOTOROLA ENDS SPRINT EQUIPMENT TALKS

Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary."We made every effort to reach an agreement, and put our best and final offer on the table," said Motorola spokesman Scott...

COX CHOOSES SITE FOR PCS OPERATIONS

IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. announced it has acquired a site for its personal communications services network operations control center.Located in the Irvine Business Center in Irvine, Calif., the NOCC will serve as Cox's network surveillance center, operations control and switching location, Cox said."Strategically...

NEW CONSUMERS EXPECT CELLULAR PRICE FLEXIBILITY

NEW YORK - With fixed costs dropping in tandem with an expanding customer base, cellular phone service for the average individual consumer is on an upward trajectory in competitive urban markets in the East, representative for major carriers report."It is in this next tier...

WAYNE SCHELLE

It's the morning after.The reporter arrives at 10: 15 a.m. at the historic Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., (conveniently across 14th Street from the National Press Building) to interview the co-recipient of RCR's 1995 Person of the Year: American Personal Communications Chairman Wayne Schelle.Schelle, 61, greets...

PEOPLE

Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent Computer Systems where he created its Telecommunications American Operation, which consists of major account...

U S WEST SPARS WITH MINN. CITY OVER PLANS TO LEVY WIRELESS FEES

WASHINGTON-In a potential test case of a 1993 law that pre-empted state entry and rate regulation of commercial mobile radio services, U S West Inc. has asked federal regulators to declare illegal two local ordinances enacted by Roseville, Minn.The two measures, among other things,...

PCS SERVICE BEGINS IN NATION’S CAPITAL

WASHINGTON-The future is here.Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 on the Sprint Spectrum system operated by American Personal Communications."I'm proud to speak to you...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Pantech Co. Ltd., a telecommunications manufacturer in Seoul, Korea, has entered into the North American market by joining forces with Kansas City, Mo.-based Monark International Corp. to create a company called Pantech America. With headquarters in Kansas City, Pantech America plans to market Slim...

PCS FIRMS PREPARE FOR ROLLOUT, PLANS ARE BASED ON TECHNOLOGY

As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule is par for the course among major PCS license holders, resulting in part from...

CABLE OPERATORS CHOOSE CDMA AS THE FINANCIALLY SMART OPTION

While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators in the PCS business so far have pitched their tents in the Code Division Multiple Access camp.CDMA got a large...

WILL PCS FILL U.S. EXPECTATIONS OR END UP A STANDARDS MESS?

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...

CONSORTIA PLACE BIDS IN IRELAND FOR COUNTRY’S SECOND NETWORK

Six consortia met the August deadline to apply for Ireland's second mobile phone license, which could be awarded by the Irish Department of Transport, Energy and Communications by the end of the year.Scattered among the groups hoping to capture the 15-year license to operate...

CELLULAR SPINOFF STRATEGIC MOVE TO SHOWCASE SPRINT PCS NAME

As major service providers work to gain position for the coming pocket-phone revolution, Sprint Corp. is letting loose of its cellular holdings in order to concentrate on its personal communications services licenses.Sprint has announced it intends to pursue a tax-free spinoff of its cellular...

COX ENDS THREE YEARS OF TESTING WITH CDMA CHOICE FOR NETWORK

Convergence shows its colors as cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. charts its course into next-generation wireless telephony, underscored by its announcement last month of plans to use Code Division Multiple Access technology on its personal communications services networks.The company is a PCS pioneer's...

COMCAST TESTING SERVICE THAT DELIVERS PHONE CALLS TO A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. is conducting a trial of the intelligent Personal Assistant service, which delivers calls to many locations using the subscriber's existing cellular phone number."This is a very important step for us and signals a new generation of cellular service that...

SPRINT PCS GROUP ADOPTS CDMA TO ALLOW CABLE PLANT CONNECTION

Sprint Telecommunications Venture-which plans to operate next-generation mobile phone service across much of the nation-is keeping to its cable roots by selecting Code Division Multiple Access technology as the foundation for its network.The Sprint-cable TV consortium last month announced it would use CDMA technology...

NEXTEL STOCKOWNERS FAVOR DEALS, COMCAST CASHES OUT INVESTMENT

After two years of storm and stress, Nextel Communications Inc. is putting finishing touches on its enhanced specialized mobile radio network and ownership structure-but one early backer has decided to cash out.Nextel said it has received stockholder approval to complete its pending transactions with...

SECOND CELLULAR LICENSE UP FOR BIDDING IN IRELAND

WAYNE, Pa.-A month before the tender application deadline, Comcast Corp. announced its Comcast International Holdings Inc. subsidiary will head a consortium bidding a second cellular license in Ireland.Comcast will own a 65 percent stake in the venture. Irish partners are Radio Telefis Eireann, a...

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...

STOCKWATCH

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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...

SPRINT LINEUP CARD HAS CABLE SLUGGERS FOR PCS BALLGAME

As the dust settles from the recent double-header, pre-auction alliance ballgame, another Mighty Casey is in position to crack the bat at December's auction of broadband personal communications services licenses.Sprint Corp. recently announced a grand slam alliance with three cable companies-Tele-Communications Inc., Comcast Corp....

READYTALK DEVICE USES CELLULAR TO TRANSMIT PORTABLE VOICE MAIL

ReadyCom Inc. is bringing voice-mail messaging to wireless communications with ReadyTalk, a single unit that uses the cellular network to deliver voice mail service to a portable handset.Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. will be the first carrier to offer ReadyTalk, with plans to roll out...