DALLAS-The Toronto-based subsidiaries of Paging Network Inc. and PageMart Inc., both headquartered in Dallas, started offering paging services in Canada.PageNet said this is its first entrance into a market outside the United States and its territories, the company said.PageNet Canada uses nationwide spectrum and...
NEW YORK-When it comes to siting wireless communications towers, passing "Go" means collecting a lot more than $200.Tower placement ease got a boost from Section 704 of the new federal telecommunications law which, "sets explicit national (tower) siting standards resulting from a negotiated rulemaking...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. was awarded a follow-on contract of up to $5 million over a three-year period by Glenayre Technologies to provide Global Positioning System timing technology for integration with Glenayre's wireless communication network systems, Trimble announced.The equipment will be used to provide...
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and Darien Telephone Co. announced that TDS' Camden Telephone Co. affiliate of St. Mary's, Ga., has acquired controlling interest in the Georgia rural service area 12 wireline cellular market, which serves 211,000 pops between Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla....
Investment bankers expect to see more vertical marriages this year withing the wireless industry family, rather than the entrance of non-traditional players into the marketplace.Mark Kington, managing director of Columbia Capital Corp., said he doesn't believe utility companies or small cable TV companies will...
After three enterprising decades at Motorola Inc.-during which he pioneered high-capacity paging and the first radiotelephone-succeeded by several telecom start-up firms, Martin Cooper was ready to hang up his spurs.That was four years ago. Today Cooper, along with the esteemed scientist and engineer who...
The arrival of spring weather in the nation's capital seemed to coincide with the conclusion of a week filled with grief from the tragic deaths of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, department aides, business executives and two Croatian nationals, all passengers in the U.S. Air...
WASHINGTON-If a newly released notice of proposed rulemaking is adopted, private and commercial wireless telecommunications carriers will be subject to no change in their 1996 regulatory fee structure; figures have been kept at 1995 levels. Only low-earth-orbit satellite providers, who were exempt from such...
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Eon Corp. of Chantilly, Va., said it plans to offer a low cost wireless two-way messaging service and a host of other consumer-priced wireless services to jump start the lagging interactive video and data services market.Having completed its research and development program for its...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. has renamed its Paging Products Group the Messaging Systems Products Group. The headquarters for MSPG will be in Fort Worth, Texas, where Motorola has advanced messaging and cellular infrastructure operations."We are now at an inflection point in our business, due...
MCI Communications Corp. surprised the industry when it opted not to participate in the 1994 government auction of new wireless licenses.But while MCI's competitors were giving billions of dollars to the U.S. treasury for that market opportunity, MCI was cracking a deal to buy...
"The Internet is the killer app!" declared futurist George Gilder at the Wireless Apps '95 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last fall in Las Vegas.He was referring to the long-sought application for wireless data-a Holy Grail of sorts-that would be so...
The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced the MobileAccess smart phone. The phone integrates a cellular telephone with broad messaging and data capabilities in a lightweight, handheld unit, the company said. The model relies on cellular digital packet data technology...
NEW YORK-The surprise announcement of a proposed merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group came about due to a unique set of circumstances. But the move, a first by two Baby Bells since the 1984 court-ordered breakup of Ma Bell, may also...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group announced West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Pager One Inc. has introduced a FLEX high-speed paging system that it said gives pager users more reliable service and increased battery life than any local paging system currently available in the...
NEW YORK-Two years after it divested itself of its international paging and cellular operations, Pacific Telesis Group, San Francisco, now confronts projections of two years of nearly flat earnings and cash flow until its new wireless ventures come into play, according to...
NEW YORK-Orange plc, a British cellular carrier, sold an initial public offering of common stock March 27 that netted approximately $951 million.In January, Orange, Bristol, England, was formed as a holding company by Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., a Hong Kong company that is Orange's majority...
The South African Police Services announced it has awarded Motorola Inc. and South Africa-based Alcom a contract for a SmartZone UHF two-way radio communications system. Motorola said the system will serve SAPS personnel working in Cape Town and the greater western Cape region. Alcom...
WASHINGTON-Congress late last week was expected to introduce legislation to force the Federal Communications Commission to lift the two-month-old paging application freeze, a source told RCR.The legislation likely will take the form of an amendment by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) to...
California Microwave Inc. announced it is expecting earnings per share for its 1996 fiscal year third quarter ending March 31 to be in the range of 5 cents to 10 cents as a result of lower than projected bookings and related sales in its...
I've got a scoop! I think I now know how President Clinton plans to balance the budget. By selling the budget-all five volumes of the fiscal '97 spending plan for $100.Reporters, lobbyists, trade associations and think tanks eat this stuff up. What fools we...
AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its cellular ventures in Germany and Italy have continued to experience strong customer growth. AirTouch said its German cellular venture, Mannesmann Mobilfunk, currently has more than 1.6 million customers. During 1995, Mannesmann Mobilfunk grew by more than 70 percent, ending...
Starting a wireless communications company was probably the most ambitious undertaking I have ever initiated in my life. Many people question whether or not a small business can survive in today's ever changing wireless marketplace filled with major retailers and carriers. I suggest that...
