WASHINGTON - The structure of the wireless telecommunications industry will be in a constant state of flux for the near future due to evolving regulatory, technological and economic changes, according to a new government report.Nevertheless, according to Congress' Office of Technology Assessment, the role...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-TMI Communications and Co. L.P. announced its mobile satellite communications network is now operational and being tested."We are pleased to announce that testing to date on the network has more than exceeded our expectations. We have made thousands of successful calls from...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has appointed David Diggs the vice president of operations. He will oversee CTIA's intercarrier operations and fraud management groups. Diggs previously worked for American Mobile Satellite Corp.Other promotions include Eileen Gatens Mercilliott to vice president and managing director of...
German powerhouse RWE Energie AG has its telecom engine revving, awaiting a license to drive. The diversified conglomerate has an extensive telecom network already in place and is gearing up to compete head-to-head with Deutsche Telekom, currently the monopoly telephone operator.As a European Union...
BRUSSELS-The European Commission is investigating three consortia building mobile satellite systems to guage the effect those global systems will have on future competition in European Union nations.Globalstar L.P., Iridium Inc. and Inmarsat-P have been asked by Karel Van Miert, EC commissioner in charge of...
WASHINGTON-Increased competition among commercial wireless carriers-owing to deregulation, more spectrum and technical flexibility-could lead to the formation of a single telecommunications market for "people on the move."The trend is cited in the Federal Communications Commission's first competitive analysis of commercial mobile radio services.The annual...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has introduced Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service, a digital point-to-multipoint broadcast system that can operate throughout North America, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 200 miles of coastal waters.Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service and its subscriber equipment will...
Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector introduced the MCS 2000 line of mobile radios. The radios are built on a flexible platform that the company said is software configurable and can be upgraded through Motorola's FLASHport capability. When communications requirements change, with FLASHport a...
Groups battling for unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz to create a high-speed data system agree there is industry support for such a service, but the details now are in the hands of the Federal Communications Commission.Apple Computer Inc. petitioned the FCC in May to...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial departments have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically because most of the companies are not yet offering service.Inmarsat-P has been spun off as...
AT&T Corp. and Saudi Arabian company A.S. Bugshan & Bros. won a contract to expand the Global System for Mobile communications cellular network of the Saudi Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone. An additional 300,000 subscribers can be added. The expansion will cover 16...
WASHINGTON-The United States will seek additional spectrum for voice and data low-earth-orbit global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference this fall in Geneva."We've worked closely with the private sector to achieve what we believe will provide our industry and this country with the...
Hughes Space and Communications International was selected by the International Mobile Satellite Organization's Inmarsat-P affiliate to build 12 satellites. The deal is valued at $1.3 billion, announced London-based Inmarsat-P.Hughes plans to become a strategic partner of the new affiliate company with "substantial investment share,"...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on positions the United States may take at a major international conference in Geneva this fall, amid charges that the microwave and personal communications services industries might get shortchanged.At issue is an industry recommendation to reallocate...
Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network, which teh companies anticipate will support 700,000 subscribers by 2000. The network will provide service in 11 cities across teh...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Harold Greene will decide whether AirTouch Communications Inc., a wireless spin-off of Pacific Telesis Group, is held to restrictions imposed on the seven regional Bell telephone companies by the 1982 consent decree that broke up AT&T.San Francisco-based AirTouch, a top paging...
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...
Following partnership agreements established last December, Northern Telecom Ltd. has issued its first purchase order, valued at $2 million, to Qualcomm Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access-based cellular and personal communications services infrastructure and subscriber equipment, Qualcomm said. Northern Telecom is supplying BC TEL...
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...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, ending the first phase of a long-range spectrum plan, projects land mobile communications services will require an additional 119 megahertz over the next 10 years.The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a unit of the Commerce Department that advises the president on...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it agreement with Orbcomm US, an affiliate of Orbital Sciences Corp., giving Qualcomm the right to resell Orbcomm's new mobile satellite communication services with Qualcomm's OmniTracs trailer tracking and cargo monitoring applications.Orbcomm said it successfully launched its first two satellites...
Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan announced Lindsay Notwell has been appointed director of wireless data, heading up this new department. Notwell will be responsible for building and managing the wireless data group and supervise the rollout of various wireless programs. Prior to Cellular...
WASHINGTON-Sparks are flying weeks before public comments are due at the Federal Communications Commission on applications from six firms seeking licenses to operate global pocket-phone satellite systems."I think that some of the competitive systems are basing their financial qualifications on highly speculative investments," said...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiles this list of two-way mobile data operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Ther chart is arranged alphabetically since many of the companies are just starting to offer mobile data service.Although most...
