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PCS, paging and more telecom tidbits circa 1996 Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the …

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#TBT: LG lands a PCS license; Anticipating iDEN; Bidders line up for C-block re-auction … this week in 1996

#TBT: Public safety pursues FirstNet spectrum; Last national pager standing; EDGE inches forward … this week in 2004

#TBT: Cellular brand strategies; Paging seeks a path forward; FPGAs get cheaper … this week in 1998

#TBT: Paging-based ‘information services’ could be hot; Nearly 400 applicants for C-block auction; First CDMA call on 1.9 GHz … this week in 1995

#TBT: Crown Castle’s IPO; 3G spectrum auctions take shape; Paging tries a makeover … this week in 1998

#TBT: Waiting for the ‘killer app’; Who needs 3G?; Tearing down the garden wall … this week in 2001

#TBT: 3G standards squabbles; Paging players eye content; Breaking down European mobile usage … this week in 1999

#TBT: Dabbling in mobile data; Paging consolidation; A ‘new telecom era’ … this week in 1997

#TBT: Loosening the long-distance leash; CDMA delayed; Paging services emerge in India … this week in 1995

#TBT: ‘Data was what they really wanted’; Seeking a global GSM phone; Call home from the plane … this week in 1996

#TBT: Setting sights on satellites; Audiovox jumps into GSM; Private wireless users press for spectrum … this week in 1998

#TBT: Mulling cord cutting; Automotive Bluetooth accelerates; Paging is dead, long live paging … this week in 2003

#TBT: Bell Atlantic buys Nynex; PCS competition lowers prices; Wall Street gets paging jitters … this week in 1997

#TBT: Recapping the first 15 years of cellular; CDMA licensing delays hit DoCoMo; Industry drags its heels on number portability … this week in 1999

#TBT: Verizon launches ringback tones; FCC approves first US software-defined radio; GSM reigns supreme … this week in 2004

#TBT: Sprint takes over PCS partnership; major pager outage aftermath; exploring priority access for public safety … this week in 1998

#TBT: Cheap beeps vs. ‘paging on steroids’; Western Wireless’ IPO; ‘cyber doors,’ and other e-commerce artifacts … this week in 1996

#TBT: The glorious PDA future; Sprint’s early surge; CDMA by any other name … this week in 1996

#TBT: Price wars worry Wall Street; Qualcomm preps to spin off Leap; Y2K worries … this week in 1998

#TBT: Cellular = safety; PCS providers look at GSM; major growth expected for cellular … this week in 1996

#TBT: Growing by 17K subs per day; who’s driving smart car development? … this week in 1994

#TBT: Paging flatlines; AT&T Wireless goes solo; pulling out the stops on local calling … this week in 2001

#TBT: U.S., South Korea are wireless winners; cellular kills Japanese paging market … this week in 1999

#TBT: Prepaid beepers and ‘data pagers’; Sprint PCS gears up to launch … this week in 1996

#TBT: Faxes on your phone, calls from an airplane and other retro tech … this week in 1995

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