NEW YORK-"Within three years, PCS will take the market away from local paging in the top 40 markets," predicted Gordon Kaiser, chief executive officer of Cue Network Corp., a unique nationwide one-way paging carrier."I don't believe PCS companies will ever have the coverage we...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced a public tender offer to purchase 54 percent to 64 percent of Peruvian communications company Tele 2000. The bid is contingent upon BellSouth acquiring at least 54 percent of Tele 2000's outstanding shares at a price of $1.50 per share.Tele 2000...
HICKSVILLE, New York-American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc., which provides alphanumeric transcription services to the paging industry, introduced a new caller ID feature to its services.When the company sends a message to an alpha user, it also sends the phone number of the incoming caller.This...
California Microwave Inc.'s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California Microwave said it values the contract at $2 million. Cellcom previously purchased 300 links of 34 Mbit/s, 8 GHz, 18...
rederick M. Joyce, Esq. It is a time-worn political axiom that no candidate ever lost a vote by speaking in favor of Mom, apple pie, and the American flag. In 1996, politicians discovered something equally safe to advocate: Universal telephone service. For evidence of the...
SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it has completed construction of a $1 million paging system in Shanghai, China, that can handle 1.2 million subscribers.The company said it delivered the turnkey project to Shanghai Guomai Communications Co. Ltd. The project began in October.China...
New York paging reseller Public Paging and operator ProNet Inc. are suing each other over a reseller agreement designed to give Public stock shares if it meets certain sales goals.Public filed its complaint in U.S. District Court, the Eastern District of New York. The...
A few more pieces have fallen into place for the Philips Consumer Communications division as it pulls together its wireless handset sales machine to build a brand name in the United States.The Philips brand is well known in Europe, but Philips downplayed its own...
Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company's growth and profitability. He has been a member of Summa Four's board of directors since 1984. Most recently, Degan was president and CEO of TyLink Corp.,...
The Guangdong Machinery and Export Corp. of China awarded Allen Telecom Group's Decibel Products division a contract to expand its Global System for Mobile communications and Digital Cellular System 1800 networks. Allen Telecom values the contract at more than $9 million. The expansion will...
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream wireless service in Des Moines, Iowa. It is the sixth personal communications service market the company has launched.VoiceStream PCS includes wireless phone, paging and answering machine capabilities, as well as caller ID, call waiting, two-way text messaging,...
WASHINGTON-Six congressmen instrumental in the crafting and eventual passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 have taken to task in writing those who oppose the Federal Communications Commission's interconnection and local competition order scheduled for oral argument in front of the Eighth Circuit Court...
Becoming separated from their child at a circus or stadium is one of every parent's worst nightmares. Norcross, Ga.-based Touchscreen Solutions is addressing that fear by using digital wireless technology for a location and messaging service aimed at theme parks, concert venues, shopping malls,...
Cellulink introduced digital cellular service in the Fox Valley, Wis., region. The Time Division Multiple Access system will work in conjunction with the company's existing cellular network. Cellulink said the service will be priced at $19 per month and 34 cents per minute for...
To the cynic, walking away from AT&T Corp. and the prospect of being chairman of the world's biggest telecommunications company to head a wireless start-up with unproven technology was no big gamble for Alex J. Mandl.Start with a $20 million signing bonus to launch...
WASHINGTON- The demand for two-way messaging services is high among current paging users, as reported by Economic and Management Consultants International Inc. in a recent survey, which is part of the firm's Pagetrac '96: Consumer Trends in Paging report.The annual study tracks demographics, preferences of...
Ericsson Private Radio Systems ordered 150 PCMobile units from XL Computing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cycomm International Inc. XL Computing values the order at more than $1 million. Delivery is scheduled for the first half of the year. The PCMobile units will...
CHARLOTTE, N.C-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has formed three strategic market units as part of organizational changes being made to maintain responsiveness to expanding global markets, the company said.The wireless messaging unit will continue to develop and manufacture paging and narrowband personal communications services systems and...
NEW YORK-CommNet Cellular Inc., a Colorado-based rural cellular provider, has terminated plans announced early this year for a nationwide paging alliance with MobileMedia Corp., but it is close to reaching an agreement with a substitute, said Dan Dwyer, chief financial officer."We've come to a...
Metrocall Inc. signed an agreement to provide U.S. Paging Services Inc. access to one of its nationwide paging frequencies. In addition, U.S. Communications Inc. will provide cellular rate plans and activation processing to Metrocall. U.S. Paging and U.S. Communications are subsidiaries of USCI Inc....
As 1996 drew to a close, we took a look back at some of the most impacting and industry- defining stories of the year. Here are the RCR editorial department's picks for the Top 20 stories of 1996.1. Jan. 29Omnipoint nets $112M in IPONEW...
King Communications U.S.A. Inc. introduced Sentor, a package consisting of radio frequency monitoring, hot standby controller, site management and tower light control systems. Sentor does not require a computer at the remote site and can be addressed by RF or telephone modems from a...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Cellular's President and Chief Executive Officer, Lee Cox, announced he will retire effective April 4. Cox also serves as vice chairman for domestic operations for AirTouch Communications Inc.Cox, 56, will retire after a 33-year career in wireline and wireless telecommunications. He has...
