Monthly Archives: December, 1994

PEOPLE

Cellular One of Ohio and Michigan announced Lindsay Notwell has been appointed director of wireless data, heading up this new department. Notwell will be...

AT&T SEEKS PERMISSION TO SELL STOCK HELD BY BT

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is seeking permission to make a secondary offering of 35.9 million shares of AT&T stock owned by BT plc.If the move...

NUCLEUS PAGING STATION COME TO LATIN AMERICA

FORT WORTH, Texas - Motorola Inc.'s Global Paging Infrastructure Division introduced its new Nucleus LT paging station, providing Latin America with next-generation paging station...

GLOBALSTAR INITIAL OFFERING EXPECTS TO RAISE MILLIONS FOR LEO SATELLITE SYSTEM

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to make an initial public offering of 12 million shares of common...

GLENAYRE HAS STOCK SPLIT, APPOINTS NEW EXECUTIVES

NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has declared a three-for-two split of the company's common stock to be effected in the form of a 50 percent...

OKLAHOMA GAS COMPANY REQUESTS EDACS NETWORK

LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson GE Communications Inc. said it has received an order from Oklahoma Gas and Electric for a systemwide 800 MHz Enhanced Digital Access...

FLEXPHONE SERVICE ALLOWS 1 NUM BER FOR 3 PHONES

GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One of Washington D.C./Baltimore announced a new service that enables customers to make and receive calls using a single telephone number from...

CDMA GROUP STARTS UNIT TO AD DRESS COMPATIBILITY

IRVINE, Calif. - The CDMA Development Group said it has created a new working division to head up issues in personal communications services based...

WIRELESS SERVICE AT HOME IS PCS’ BIGGEST DEMAND, ACCORDING TO BIS SURVEY

NORWELL, Mass.-Home-based coverage is the dominant requirement for future wireless communications products and services, according to a recent study.A third of the 800 U.S....

TEKTRONIX BANKS ON 2 ALLIANCES TO PROVIDE PCS TEST EQUIPMENT

An Oregon test and measurement equipment company with international alliances is poised for what it hopes is a wave of demand from companies building...

CUSTOMERS WILL DEFINE THE ROLES FOR PCS AND DATA TECHNOLOGIES

WASHINGTON - Bell Atlantic Mobile President Dennis Strigl predicts that wireless data will account for a greater proportion of system operators' business in coming...

BAM’S NEWEST WIRELESS OFFERING IS PERSONAL POCKET RECEPTIONIST

A "hip-pocket receptionist" is how Bell Atlantic Mobile describes its new ContactLine II service, a personal communications cellular device that allows customers to receive...

WALSH SHOOTS FOR PERSONAL BEST WITH TWO PCS LICENSES IN HAND

High stakes and fierce competition in the Federal Communications Commission's personal communications service auctions have shown no mercy for the weak of heart of...

BULGARIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MOVES PAST 1929 WIRED SYSTEM

An international cellular operator and a U.S. paging equipment provider have cellular and paging service up and running in Bulgaria, despite the former Eastern...

RCR PERSON OF THE YEAR REED HUNDT

Editor's note: After only a little more than a year as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Reed Hundt has spearheaded some of the most...

STRIGL LEADS NEW VENTURE BETWEEN NYNEW AND BAM

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Top executives of the wireless venture between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. have been selected to lead the two companies as they...

THE WORLD

Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract for more than $10 million to expand the narrowband advanced mobile phone service in...

MERCURY CUTS POSITIONS, EXPANDS WIRELESS UNITS TO IMPROVE STOCK’S VALUE

LONDON - Cable & Wireless plc said it will eliminate 2,500 positions at its Mercury Communications Ltd. subsidiary by March in an attempt to...

STOCKWATCH

Close Close 52-weekExch. Company 11/28 12/13 High LowOTC A+ Communications* 12.75 13.25 15.50 ...

VIEWPOINT

Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless...

GOEKEN RESIGNS AS HEAD OF IN-FLIGHT PHONE CORP., BAKES AT COMPANY HELM

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-John "Jack" Goeken announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive officer at In-Flight Phone Corp., the air-to-ground telecommunications service he founded...

RCR’S TOP 20 RADIO COMMON CARRIERS

Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest radio common carrier paging operators based on survey responses...

PETERS APPOINTED COO AT U S WEST NEWVECTOR

BELLEVUE, Wash.-U S West Inc. named Jan Peters chief operating officer of U S West NewVector Group Inc., the company's cellular division, where she...

ESMR STOCKS ARE AT THE MERCY OF A HAND-WRINGING WALL STREET

Fluctuating support from Wall Street for enhanced specialized mobile radio companies may be indicative of in-and-out stock speculation rather than fear the ESMR companies...

‘DESIGNATED ENTITY’ GROUP TO HOLD NATIONAL MEETING

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.-The Small Business PCS Association will hold a national meeting Dec. 15 in Washington D.C., to discuss auction rules for broadband personal...
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