Monthly Archives: October, 1994
QUALCOMM INTRODUCES HANDSET, SOFTWARE FOR PCS MARKETPLACE
Gearing up for upcoming personal communications services auctions, Qualcomm Inc. has introduced several products based on its Code Division Multiple Access digital technology, including...
BILL INCLUDES PCS PAYMENT PLAN FOR PIONEER’S PREFERENCE AWARD
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week sent Congress trade legislation that includes a new plan for three companies awarded pioneer's preferences to pay for personal...
NEXTEL PROCURES PHAZAR ANTENNAS FROM HAZELTINE
GREENLAWN, N.Y.-Nextel Communications Inc. has agreed to purchase the Phazar Intelligent Antenna System by Hazeltine Corp. over a two-year period.The contract has a potential...
FIVE AFRICAN STATES SIGN TO BUY MOTOROLA SYSTEMS
ARLINGTON HEIGHT, Ill.-The African states of Tanzania, Zaire, Nigeria, Ghana and Angola have contracted with Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group to receive analog, digital...
INREACH RADIO SYSTEM USES CELLULAR HANDSETS TO CONNECT ON CAMPUS
SEATTLE-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has introduced a new radio telephone system called INReach that keeps people connected in large industrial facilities, airports or...
MTEL BEGINS NATIONWIDE PAGING SERVICES IN PERU
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. is introducing nationwide wireless messaging in Peru through a joint venture with Tele 2000, called SkyTel del Peru.Mtel International...
HOLLINGS PULLS TELECOM BILL’S PLUG, PUTS BLAME ON BELLCOS AND DOLE
WASHINGTON-Construction of the Clinton administration's much ballyhooed information superhighway is likely to be delayed, following the death of telecommunications reform legislation in the 103rd...
FCC TO FORCE WIRELESS PROVIDERS TO OFFER ENHANCED 911 SERVICES
WASHINGTON-With the number of people using mobile telephones increasing each year, federal regulators want to improve 911 emergency service for calls made over the...
D.C. NOTEBOOK
Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole, R-Kan., whose strong-arm tactics helped kill telecommunications reform legislation in the 103rd Congress, has given the country a sneak...
NORTHERN TELECOM SIGNS TO DELIVER INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OMNIPOINT’S NETWORK
DALLAS-Omnipoint Corp. announced it has signed a five-year, $100 million agreement with Northern Telecom for a public, digital personal communications services network to serve...
ARCH BEGINS NATIONWIDE PAGING WITHOUT BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE
Arch Nationwide Paging says it has built a nationwide paging network without constructing one.Last fall, Arch announced its intention to offer paging service in...
MCCAW’S MESSAGING DIVISIONS TO USE AT&T NAME BY YEAR-END
AT&T Corp.'s $11.5 billion acquisition of McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. is part of a grand plan to package wireless and wireline products and services...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Horizon Cellular Group has acquired the Georgia 2 rural service area in northeast Georgia from Southern Cellular Inc. This addition brings Horizon's total population...
PAGING COMPANIES TEAM FOR CROSS-BORDER SERVICE
HARTFORD, Conn.-Message Center USA is teaming with Continental Paging Corp. of Canada to offer an integrated North American paging service between Canada and the...
PAGEMART TO LAUNCH FLEX NATION WIDE IN EARLY 1995
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. will launch the new Flex Signaling System nationwide early in the first quarter of 1995.Flex is able to increase the number of...
RACOTEK ADOPTS PROPOSAL TO PROTECT SHAREHOLDERS
MINNEAPOLIS-Racotek Inc. said its board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan designed to protect the long-term value of the company during any...
A VIRTUAL WALK DOWN THE WE-WAY GIVES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
Oct. 8, 2022. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian exhibit on the Age of Multimedia: 1994-2008 opened for public viewing in the Gore Digital Museum complex located...
UTILITY BUSINESS PLANS TO LAUNCH ITS OWN SMR NETWORK NEXT YEAR
The Southern Co., a registered holding company for five Southeastern utilities, plans to have the first domestic digital specialized mobile radio network operated by...
FIRM USES A `COOL’ TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE CLEARER BASE STATIONS
Illinois Superconductor Corp. said it has introduced an interference filter for cellular base station receivers that uses superconductor technology, enabling the base station to...
MOTOROLA’S TELEDENSITY PRODUCT CAN REPLACE WIRELINE TELEPHONE
Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communications Systems formally introduced its Teledensity product, a wireless system designed for local loop and personal communications services applications, at the...
VIEWPOINT
The Federal Communications Commission is experiencing a metamorphosis: Established as a custodian of the public airwaves in the interest of the public, it has become...
CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE HAS RECORD NET INCOME YEAR
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. reported a 50 percent increase in net income for fiscal year 1994, ended June 30 for a record $15.1 million,...
IRIDIUM FINISHES EQUITY FUNDING WITH $310M FROM NEW BUSINESS
With three new investors injecting a fresh $310 million into its low-earth-orbiting satellite project, Iridium Inc. said it has completed its planned equity financing.That...
WIRETAP BILL GETS SUPPORT
House and Senate Judiciary committees late last week approved digital wiretap legislation, improving chances for passing a bill before the 103rd Congress adjourns for...
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