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ASIAN MARKET TRANSMITTER IS INTRODUCED BY GLENAYRE

GENEVA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has introduced a series of transmitters specifically designed for operation in Asia's 280 to 320 MHz band.The transmitters, GL-T8521 and GL-T8321, incorporate a true digital signal processing exciter to support numerous protocols, including POCSAG, Motorola Inc.'s FLEX, the European Radio Messaging...

CZECH REPUBLIC TO ISSUE TENDER FOR SECOND GSM CELLULAR SYSTEM

The Czech Economics Ministry is firming its plans to issue a tender for companies interested in becoming partners in one of two groups that will hold licenses to operate Global System for Mobile communications cellular networks in the Czech Republic.The U.S. Embassy in Prague...

PRODUCTS

Tonawanda, N.Y.-based Sinclabs, a division of Sinclair Technologies, announced its Excelsior antenna line, which consists of low band, 1/4 wave, 220 MHz, wideband UHF/VHF, cellular trunking, no ground plane and true 2dB wide band antennas. The Excelsior SVB1482 antenna is a wideband mobile antenna...

WIRELESS OPERATOR IN INDONESIA SEEKS PARTNER TO HELP COMPETE

U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia's cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche Telekom AG has made in competitor Satelindo.Telkomsel turned on the country's second nationwide Global...

TELECOM PLAYERS MUST PREPARE TO MEET FORCES OF COMPETITION

With the dramatic changes that are occurring in every sector of the telecommunications industry, analysts and investors on Wall Street and elsewhere are re-evaluating the industry, its sectors and its participants. Their conclusions will determine the capital available to your company. Exactly how will...

FCC WILL FOCUS ON STREAMLINING ITS PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will concentrate on making wireless regulations more flexible and streamlining licensing procedures in the coming months.The emphasis on the two areas will be seen in new service rules and administrative procedures, according to the agency."I believe is...

SKYTEL LAUNCHES SERVICE IN MARKETS ACROSS U.S.

True to its claim that it would launch two-way paging by mid-year, SkyTel Corp. is turning on commercial service Sept. 19 in 30 to 50 markets throughout the country.With this launch, SkyTel will be the first paging operator to commercially offer two-way paging. SkyTel...

FINDER’S PREFERENCE PLAN FACES A SHAKY FUTURE AT COMMISSION

When the Federal Communications Commission began the "finder's preference" program late in 1991, it was hailed by the industry as a win-win situation. The FCC would receive help in the enforcement of its rules and the members of the industry would receive badly needed...

PCS TRAILBLAZERS TAKE ON RISKS FOR CHANCE AT BOUNTIFUL MARKET

ierre Dogan, David Patton and Ray Nettleton Two observations can be drawn from the recent personal communications services license auctions. First, PCS participants are willing to assume enormous financial risk, on the order of tens of billions of dollars-an unprecedented level of risk-taking by...

APC RELATES STRUGGLES, TRIUMPHS AS IT BRINGS PCS TO WASHINGTON

The road to launching the first commercial personal communications services network in the United States, which American Personal Communications plans to do this fall, began at the Personal Communications Industry Association (then called Telocator) annual convention in Washington, D.C., in 1989. It is fitting...

FRANCE TELECOM, TELINFO GROUP SCORES GSM LICENSE IN BELGIUM

Mobistar, a partnership of Belgian telecommunications manufacturer Telinfo and France Telecom Mobile International, won the second license to operate a Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium. Mobistar will pay $296 million for the license.Mobistar will compete against current cellular operator Belgacom Mobile,...

38 GHZ TECHNOLOGY GETS CHANCE TO PROVE ITS PURPOSE WITH PCS

The latest step in the continuing march toward ever higher radio frequencies, 38 GHz point-to-point digital services, is providing a set of interesting, unique products.The 38 GHz technology has been proven in Europe and now a few American companies are introducing it and a...

PEOPLE

Leon Hensen has been named senior vice president and general manager of Palmer Wireless Inc. of Fort Myers, Fla. Hensen will be responsible for the overall operation of the company. Hensen joined Palmer Communications Inc., the former parent company of Palmer Wireless, in 1987....

VIEWPOINT

I don't envy FCC Chairman Reed Hundt.Yes, only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Washington, as should be anyone who delivers the president a check for $7.7 billion to be used to reduce the nation's budget deficit.In fact, the...

ERICSSON SNAGS CONTRACT FOR $60M TO IMPLEMENT TDMA/AMPS IN MALAYSIA

STOCKHOLM-Malaysian cellular operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson, valued at $60 million, to expand its Mobifon 800 Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service network, according to Ericsson.The order includes base stations and switching capacity that will increase the...

AUSTRIA’S SECOND GSM PROVIDER IS LIKELY TO PAY $98M FOR PERMIT

In concert with the European Union's directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the year.Austria's Ministry for Public Economy and Transport recently issued a tender for a Global...

POWERTEL CHOOSES GSM FOR PCS NETWORK, SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH INTERCEL

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel PCS Partners L.P. has selected Global System for Mobile communications technology for the personal communications services network that will be built by Powertel.Powertel paid $124.5 million for licenses for three major markets, Memphis, Tenn., Birmingham, Ala. and Jacksonville, Fla. InterCel Inc.,...

U.S. FIRMS MAKE PLANS TO COLLAR POLAND’S GSM CELLULAR PERMITS

Final tender documents for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses in Poland will be available next month, and several U.S. firms intend to figure prominently in the deal.Bids will be accepted until the end of October. Both licenses should be awarded by the...

STATE LAW DEMANDS WIRELESS OPER ATORS OFFER E-911 SERVICE

Safety and security may be among the top reasons people buy cellular phones, but these features often fall short in one area: 911 service. But the state of Washington is hoping to remedy that situation with a new law that makes cellular carriers offer enhanced...

TGA PUTS PAGING SYSTEM INTO MOSCOW AND CHINA

ATLANTA-TGA Systems Inc. has installed a TGA Prism II paging system in Russia for start-up Moscow operator, Conversion-7. TGA also has expanded its Prism II terminal in Changzhou, China.Conversion-7 will use the multilingual feature of Prism II for stored voice and operator functions for...

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...

CUSTOMERS WILL BEAR THE BURDEN OF PCS INTEROPERABILITY PROBLEM

Launching personal communications services with a multitude of standards may be the way for industry to sort out the benefits of each technology, but it could set consumers up for chaos and confusion, said longtime wireless architect Jesse Russell.The AT&T Bell Laboratories engineer is...

CELLULAR CARRIER CHAIRMAN JACK BERKMAN DIES AT 90

PITTSBURGH-Communications pioneer Jack N. Berkman, founder and chairman of The Associated Group Inc., died Aug. 3 at his New York City home. He was 90.Berkman led Associated Communications Corp. in 1983 to build and operate one of the first cellular phone systems in the...

NDC TO PROVIDE GATEWAY FOR INTERNATIONAL ROAMING BETWEEN U.S. AND EUROPE

SAN DIEGO-The National Dispatch Center Inc. said it will provide international call routing for GlobalRoam, the international cellular roaming service scheduled to be introduced by GTE Mobilnet Inc. in the third quarter of this year.GlobalRoam will allow traveling Europeans and North Americans to roam...