Monthly Archives: May, 1995
VIEWPOINT
The Federal Communications Commission ruled earlier this month that state public utilities commissions can no longer regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers. This...
APC'S PATHGUARD DEVICE ALLOWS SPECTRUM SHARING
WASHINGTON-American Personal Communications unveiled a new device that helps next-generation pocket telephone firms optimize access to 2 GHz spectrum while they negotiate to move...
CITY OF HOPE TO RESEARCH CELLULAR WAVES EXPOSURE UNDER $1.5 MILLION GRANT
DUARTE, Calif.-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. has awarded more than $1.5 million to the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., to conduct...
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY GETS SCHOOLS COMMUNICATING AND LEARNING ON THE ‘NET
WASHINGTON-While most of the population is at least aware of the cyberworld, more than 90 percent of American classrooms are cut off from the...
MOBILEONE CONSORTIUM CROWNED SINGAPORE’S NEW CELLULAR CARRIER
By awarding licenses for public cellular and paging services earlier this month, the Telecommunications Authority of Singapore joins the growing tide of countries sweeping...
DIAL PAGE’S ALPHANUMERIC BASE HELPS IMPROVE PAGING CASH FLOW
Editor's Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released April 28. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and...
ROAMER ONE WILL RECEIVE $7M FINANCING FROM LMT TO BUY SYSTEM EQUIMPENT
LOS ANGELES-Roamer One Inc., a 220 MHz specialized mobile radio operator, will receive financing worth $7 million from Linear Modulation Technology Ltd. of Surrey,...
INTELCOM SERVICING NICHE APPLICATIONS VIA WIRELESS ACCESS
As the telecommunications industry continues to blur lines that traditionally have separated different trade segments, competitive access providers are poised to be active players....
FORMER RCR EMPLOYEE, MANG, DIES FROM CANCER
DENVER-Beverly Mang, a former RCR associate editor, died April 30 in Denver after a six-year battle with cancer.Mang, 47, was exceptionally successful at arranging...
INDUSTRY GROUPS EXCHANGE JABS AS CLEARING 2 GHZ BAND BEGINS
WASHINGTON-Industry negotiations aimed at clearing fixed microwave licensees off the 2 GHz band that next-generation pocket telephone systems will soon occupy have begun with...
COMPANIES FORM VENTURE TO OFFER MSS EQUIPMENT
DEER PARK, N.Y.-O'Gara Satellite Networks, Morsviazsputnik and MVS-USA have formed a new company to provide satellite communications equipment and service worldwide.OGM Communications Ltd. will...
PEOPLE
Thomas A. Barlett was named president of the Northeast regional territory for the Bell Atlantic Mobile and Nynex Mobile joint venture. Barlett will be...
MONITORING HIGH-GROWTH PAGING PROVES A CHALLENGE FOR THE FCC
Federal regulators overseeing the fast-growing paging industry these days have a "good problem" that could easily turn into a bad problem with a few...
AIRSPAN PRODUCTS TO BE ADMINISTERED IN POLAND UNDER DSC AGREEMENT
DALLAS-Polish Telephones and Microwave Corp. signed an agreement to distribute DSC Communications Corp.'s Airspan product in Poland.Airspan is a point-to-multipoint wireless access solution that...
BILL WOULD CREATE FEDERAL SITE GUIDELINES
WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee last week approved creating an industry-government panel to craft federal antenna siting guidelines and temporarily derailed a wireless resale proposal...
MOTOROLA TAKES EQUITY POSITIONS IN THREE ASIAN WIRELESS MARKETS
Although Motorola Inc. has been actively refining its worldwide focus to be solely an equipment manufacturer, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company holds ownership interests in...
COMPANIES PUSHING OR PAUSING WITH PLANS FOR ENHANCED PAGING
As one company fine-tunes its debut for narrowband personal communications services, others bide their time by determining market position and devising rollout strategies.SkyTel Corp.-through...
SPECTRUM AGREES TO SELL TELULAR BACK ITS PATENT FOR THE AXCELL BUSINESS
PURCHASE, N.Y.-Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its AXCELL cellular interface business along with its rights from a related patent license...
THE NATION
BellSouth Cellular Corp. is marketing cellular phones in Kroger supermarkets. Once purchased, the phnoes can be activated within 10 to 20 minutes in the...
PRONET FINISHES PURCHASE OF STOCK FOR $21M CASH
PLANO, Texas-ProNet Inc. announced it has completed the stock purchase of Metropolitan Houston Paging Services Inc. for $21 million cash.The Houston paging operation is...
AT&T BUILDS OUT NEWORK IN CHEBOKSARY, RUSSIA
CHEBOKSARY, RussiaAT&T Corp. and Global TeleSystems Group Inc. have built a wireless network in Cheboksary, Russia, that connects with the existing local network as...
INDUSTRY MUST REGARD SPECTRUM AS FINITE RESOURCE FOR BEST USE
Reports are circulating that some within the Republican Party are organizing to dismantle the Federal Communications Commission, citing there is no longer a need...
PAGING EVOLVES INTO MESSAGING WITH TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder....
PAGING NOT THREATENED BY PCS, INDUSTRYWIDE GROWTH PREDICTED
Growth in the paging industry exploded this year, led by public companies that have pushed boldly across market borders, stepped confidently into marriages of...
SOFTWARE BLENDS PAGING WITH THE NETWORK SERVER
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Air Apparent for NetWare, a wireless software application, was introduced by Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communicator Systems and Software division.Air Apparent is an...