Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users.ConectUS is a subsidiary of Executive Page, which is an Ardis master reseller and distributor of products for...
Motorola Inc. and Qatar Public Telecommunications Corp. announced the introduction of a high-speed, high-capacity paging service based on the FLEX protocol in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. With the FLEX protocol, Q-Tel said it can expand and enhance its paging service, while continuing...
Consolidation in the cellular industry is galloping ahead-now spurred faster by the 1996 Telecom Reform Act-but toward an uncertain future.The ten largest cellular carriers served nearly 27 million subscribers at year-end 1995, not counting the subscribers in the markets where they hold minority stakes....
Seventeen companies interested in providing 1.9 GHz personal communications services in Canada met Industry Canada's Sept. 15 deadline for submitting detailed business plans.The Canadian government plans to grant up to six licenses by the end of the year, three each in 30-megahertz and 10-megahertz...
Marking the first phase in licensing personal communications services in Canada, 18 consortia said they are interested in offering next-generation wireless services.Parties that wanted to participate in the licensing process were required to file expressions of interest with Industry Canada last month. One surprise...
WASHINGTON-The cellular industry continues to be shaped by the forces of deregulation and regulatory parity mandated in 1993 legislation passed by the then Democratic-controlled Congress and implemented on an on-going basis by the Federal Communications Commission.The same trends are expected to continue as the...
True, America views the nation's capital with a jaundiced eye. And well it should. The system is broke and needs fixing. Lobbyists, special interest money and lawmakers-for-life control the ways and means by which business-as-usual is carried out on Capitol Hill. It is pronounced...
Horizon Cellular Group has acquired the Georgia 2 rural service area in northeast Georgia from Southern Cellular Inc. This addition brings Horizon's total population equivalents up to approximately 2.9 million in 14 markets. It expands Horizon's presence around Atlanta to 460,000 pops.USA Mobile Communications...
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Wireless access of information on an Oracle database is available more quickly now due to a new mobile client/server system with built-in support for RAM Mobile Data Ltd.'s new wireless data communications service.Oracle in Motion is the first of a new class of...
