While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media Group's cellular division, is slated to disappear.The paradox highlights U S West's jagged wireless communications strategy. In its short wireless...
The first half of 1997 is full of promises for narrowband personal communications services, and as a few industry leaders fix and fine tune, Wall Street waits to see what flies.The troubles SkyTel Corp. had last year with its two-way network killed the post-auction...
NEW YORK-To address a widely acknowledged shortage of wireless technicians and appropriate training schools, the State University of New York at Canton hopes to launch in September a two-year degree program in collaboration with the wireless industry."It is very difficult to find technicians, and...
WASHINGTON-Research and consulting firm MTA-EMCI has moved with the times with the announcement last week of its new name-The Strategis Group. The 30-year-old company will continue to focus on telecommunications strategic planning, financial consulting, consumer and market research and telecom technologies in the wireline,...
In 1997, set your sights on antenna siting.It's the No. 1 issue, first and foremost. Every other issue-and there are many-pales in comparison.Why? It's simple. Without antennas, to paraphrase Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile star James Earl Jones, "The call doesn't go through." That can...
ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. and TeleTouch Communications Inc. agreed to jointly share common radio frequency transmitters in selected metropolitan markets. According to the agreement, each company will control the RF in specific markets and will provide reciprocal rights for interconnect facilities through the Telecator Network...
ACC Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary ACC TelEnterprises Ltd., signed an agreement with Paging Network of Canada Inc., a paging company affiliated with PageNet in the United States, to resell PageNet services under the ACC brand name. The paging services will be bundled...
American Messaging Systems Inc. is entering the two-way market with an alternative to ReFLEX that provides high system capacity, quick time to market and helps carriers cut costs, said the company.AMS is an equal joint venture of Minneapolis-based American Paging and Nexus Telecommunications Systems...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Ameritech Cellular and Paging announced a recycling effort for nickel cadmium batteries called Battery Drop Stop. Cellular users can drop off used cellular batteries at Ameritech Cellular Centers and authorized dealers, the company said.The batteries will be shipped to a recycling facility...
NEW YORK-PageStar Inc. is ramping up for full-scale production this Spring of a new generation of wireless vehicle location devices designed to put car owners in the driver's seat when it comes to controlling and locating their stolen automobiles.PageStar's new "StarTrak" system is designed...
The Federal Communications Commission terminated 402 paging applications and licenses held by MobileMedia Corp. because the company failed to build sites under the license terms, which require construction to be completed within a year.MobileMedia said the FCC's action to cancel the licenses and applications...
Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications entities worldwide. Companies that initiated the venture include Cellular Communication Network of Malaysia, Communication...
Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings Mills, Md.-based Aether provides turnkey solutions for accessing mission-critical data via handheld wireless devices...
Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces to access functions like messaging and memory. Other features include caller ID, call timer,...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. launched PageFinder, a device that receives word messages and confirms delivery to the sender. Using Motorola's ReFLEX two-way wireless messaging system, PageFinder stores messages while a subscriber is out of range and overrides paging errors to avoid duplicated messages.In addition, Motorola...
Motorola Inc. reported higher sales but lower earnings for fiscal year 1996, saying that strategic decisions made during the fourth quarter will set the stage for a renewal of profit growth in 1997."We have initiated a reinvigorated process of discontinuing those development programs that...
WASHINGTON-New Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week vowed to continue fighting for digital TV auctions and hinted at re-examining the 1996 telecom act that he opposed for being too regulatory.The two initiatives, announced by McCain after being elected chairman at the...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country based on information supplied by Economic and Management Consultants International Inc. and the International Telecommunications Union.Ranking is based on the estimated number of paging...
The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California early last month issued orders for final injunctions against two companies and two individuals who had been accused by the Federal Trade Commission of telemarketing paging licenses to potential buyers with the promise that...
DALLAS-Alltel Enterprise Network Services signed a five-year agreement to provide satellite time for Paging Network Inc. Alltel will provide continuous access to its leased transponder on Hughes Communications Corp.'s Galaxy 4 satellite.PageNet said it has 8.4 million subscribers, 95 sales and service offices, 6,000...
Paging Network Inc. reiterated to the Federal Communications Commission that relevant information about MobileMedia Corp.'s FCC rule violations should be made public and available for comment so PageNet and other paging operators can determine if any competitive harm was sustained as a result of...
WASHINGTON-Industry opinion regarding the recent Federal Communications Commission adoption of a memorandum report and order on refarming generally is positive, with carriers and manufacturers alike ready to move forward after being in such a long holding pattern. The order was based on petitions for...
Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Kathryn Surace-Smith general counsel for the company. She will provide legal support for Metawave's business development activities including customer contracts, licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and financial, operational and corporate matters. Previously, Surace-Smith was international counsel for Alcatel Telecom.Glenayre Technologies Inc....
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Corp. issued a statement apologizing for inadvertently paging 100,000 customers, which resulted in frenzy of calls and more pages.A customer service representative had programmed a pager for a customer and attempted to send a test page to ensure it was programmed correctly.But...
