NEW YORK-Within two years, AT&T Corp. and Sprint Corp. "will be the dominant wireless players," said Michael Elling, senior telecommunications analyst for Prudential Securities Inc., at a press conference Sept. 26.Today, he said, the United States telecommunications market is balkanized like the former Yugoslavia....
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Bellcore said its board of directors has not yet approved the sale of the company, although a California defense contractor is believed to be close to making the buy.Bell Communications Research Inc. was created in 1984 by the regional Bell operating companies following...
WASHINGTON-When it comes to getting a say in telecommunications policymaking in the nation's capital, firms let their dollars do the talking. And, oh, how the money has talked in recent years, like an endless filibuster gushing in all its gilded glory.While political action committee...
The futuresque communications previously only envisioned by StarTrek's writers are reality in the here and now as demonstrated at PCS '96 by students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, in conjunction with Motorola Inc.The communications technology projects exhibited by MIT use Motorola's FLEX...
Few ever venture into the southern Negev and virtually no one does in the inferno of August.Barren rubble extends for ridge after ridge of scorched emptiness. T.E. Lawrence-"Lawrence of Arabia"-had described it as "the most inhospitable desert" in the Middle-East. The Bedouin had abandoned...
NEW YORK-Teletrac Inc., which uses a paging-based system to locate stolen vehicles, is poised for a fall foray geared to consumers and companies in six metropolitan markets on the West Coast, in the South, the Southwest and the Midwest.Until January, Teletrac was AirTouch Teletrac,...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Judiciary Committee last week scrutinized pending mergers involving four of the seven regional Bell telephone companies, setting the stage for a broader debate on whether the new telecommunications law is fostering competition or limiting it.There are strong views on both sides of...
NEW YORK-LCC International Inc., an independent provider of radio frequency network design for wireless telecommunications, said it plans to go public by early autumn.The road show for the 5-million-share initial public offering of Class A common stock was under way last week, and the...
More than a half million Paging Network Inc. customers started receiving news briefs from CNN Interactive for free last week.Subscribers to PageNet's alphanumeric service, via Motorola Inc.'s Advisor and Advisor Gold pagers, receive news updates every half hour.CNN broadcasts between six and eight entries...
CLEVELAND-Allen Telecom Group will introduce seven new products at PCS '96 this week.The PMR-722GC1 Sector-Extender Repeater and a new line of tower mounted amplifiers are designed to enhance base station performance.The Surveyor Digital Wireless System Test Platform is a system analysis tool for network...
NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. will mark its second commercial launch within a month when it begins offering its data-only wireless Internet access services in late September in the Washington, D.C., area.The company, headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has provided wireless data applications to the utilities...
As an embattled small business curmudgeon and wireless industry activist, I find it necessary to respond to Federal Communications Commission spokesperson Michele Farquhar's recent letter that appeared in the July 29 issue of RCR.Ms. Farquhar excels in her newly appointed role as FCC chief...
The abundance of new wireless licenses in Indonesia could have as much to do with politics as market opportunity, said a Pennsylvania State University college professor who specializes in international telecommunications."Many of the ruling elite have recognized the value of wireless communications and want...
I knew Moses, he was friend of mine, and you're no Moses.Nice try, though, Mr. Chairman. Your creativity, though a bit corny, is admirable as you lead the telecommunications industry to the promised land via the information superhighway.Mount Sinai it wasn't. But there, at...
On the surface, neither the odds-on re-election of President Clinton nor a dramatic upset victory by GOP rival Bob Dole in the presidential race should impact telecommunications policy.The blueprint for a deregulated, competitive marketplace was etched in sacred stone with Clinton's signing of the...
From day one, the demand for Personal Handyphone System service in Japan has astounded the world of telecommunications. After only a year in the marketplace, PHS now claims more than 3.2 million subscribers.Most surprising is that PHS was an immediate success despite the doubt...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission garnered approximately $750 million in upfront fees from the 153 qualified bidders it accepted for the next round of personal communications services auctions scheduled to begin today.Fifty original applicants did not make the cut, possibly because of botched applications, lack...
Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola's FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai. Guomai has close to 1 million subscribers in service in the city and outskirts of Shanghai. The new FLEX protocol-based...
WASHINGTON-Comments were due late last week on the draft proposal forwarded by the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee, which contained recommendations by five subcommittees regarding ways to fill the country's public-safety spectral and technical needs between now and 2010.PSWAC, sanctioned jointly by the Federal...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to mull the fate of the Phoenix license won by CH PCS Inc. during last month's re-auction of 18 C-block personal communications services licenses; the bidder defaulted on the downpayment due July 24.No decisions have been made concerning a...
Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses.CBIS said it has opened a data center in Orlando, Fla., that will provide the infrastructure, processes, methods...
NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico's Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies."Joint auctions for personal communications services and local wireless access are contemplated for year-end 1996," said Carlos...
Following their deposit of upfront funds, the following entities will be eligible to bid on all licenses in all blocks: 21st Century Bidding Corp.Advanced Telecommunications Technology Inc.AirGate Wireless L.L.C.Alaska Telephone Co.Alpine PCS Inc.BTA Venture II Inc.CellutechCentral Alabama Partner~ship L.P. 132Central Oregon Cellular Inc.ComScape Telecommunications Inc.Conestoga...
France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system to add an additional 41,000 subscribers in the city of Guangzhou in Canton and...
