Monthly Archives: October, 1995
CABLE OPERATORS CHOOSE CDMA AS THE FINANCIALLY SMART OPTION
While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators...
AT&T ANNOUNCES TESTING OF DATA SERVICE BASED ON CIRCUIT SWITCH TECHNOLOGY
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey.Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable...
GLOBALSTAR SETS SITES ON AFRICA WITH 3 SEPARATE JOINT VENTURES
Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will...
AIRTOUCH AND U S WEST CREATE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR VENTURE
AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. announced they will begin combining their domestic cellular operations Nov. 1, initially by using the same...
AUSTRIA LICENSING ON HOLD DUE TO GOVERNMENT CRISIS AS PARLIAMENT DISSOLVES
VIENNA, Austria-The licensing process for Austria's second digital wireless phone system has been put on hold temporarily due to the government crisis in that...
FCC WILL BE A LITTLE LESS EXCITING WHEN BARRETT STEPS DOWN IN ’96
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will be a less exciting place after Andrew C. Barrett leaves early next year. No more of those probing-sometimes direct,...
BROOKLINE SUPPORTS ADC IN SMR SYSTEM BUILDOUT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brookline Minerals Inc. announced it has funded Denver-based American Digital Communications Inc. for the construction of about 20 specialized mobile radio systems...
CALENDAR
OCTOBER19-24 Columbia Telexpo/Compuexpo '95, by CMC Exhibition & Conference Producers. Corferias Fairground, Bogota, Columbia. For information call (703) 527-8000.23-25 High-Performance Connectivity Solutions: Leveraging High-Bandwidth Technologies...
GEOTEK TURNS ON NETWORK TO SERVE BOSTON MARKET
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it has activated its third digital communications network in the United States. The system will serve the Boston metropolitan...
WIRELESS INDUSTRY PLEDGES TO FIX HEARING AID TROUBLES
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next...
NYNEX ENTERS CELLULAR VENTURE FOR GSM NETWORK IN INDONESIA
Nynex Corp., in its largest-ever international cellular venture, said it will become a 23 percent owner and the strategic operating partner in Excelcomindo, an...
WIRELESS PRODUCTS GROW IN INDO NESIAN MARKETS
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Wireless activity in Indonesia is heating up as two more telecommunications giants jump into the market.L. M. Ericsson and Indonesian partner PT Erindo...
THE NATION
Allen Telecom Group Inc. announced it has reached a purchase agreement with Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The three-year, non-exclusive agreement allows Pac Bell to...
MOBILE SATELLITE COMPANIES FIND RESISTANCE JOINING WALL ST. CLUB
Fearing fratricide in the sky, Wall Street is losing its ardor for backing risky telecommunications ventures with junk bonds. In recent weeks, mobile satellite...
NOT ALL MICROWAVE INCUMBENTS ARE ONEROUS ABOUT RELOCATIONS
While some microwave incumbents are being unreasonable, others are negotiating fairly, reaching agreements and making plans to move their microwave links from the 2...
HARRIS ACQUIRES TRIPLETT TELECOM, CELLULAR GROUPS
MELBOURNE, Fla.-Harris Corp. has acquired Ohio-based Triplett Corp.'s cellular and telecommunications businesses, enabling Harris to provide test systems and other equipment for the wireless...
APC ATTACKS TOWER SITING SPATS BY PLAYING ITS TECHNOLOGY CARDS
American Personal Communications has cracked a deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric that will allow APC to put full-sector antenna configurations on electric transmission...
BARTON’S RESALE STRATEGY MAY HAVE BACKFIRED
WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, having failed to win support for switched wireless resale at an oversight hearing he chaired earlier this month, might pursue...
REPLACEMENT HANDSETS BRING NEW OPPORTUNITY TO CELLULAR MARKETPLACE
WHEATON, Md.-Replacement sales of cellular phones has emerged as a key market segment, yielding profit opportunities, according to market research analyst Herschel Shosteck Associates...
MOTOROLA POSTS EARNINGS UP 31 PERCENT, BUT SALES IN CELLULAR ONLY MODERATE
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced record sales and earnings for the third quarter, although its general systems sector reported moderate growth in the cellular subscriber...
AUCTION DELAYED
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati last week stayed the entrepreneur block auction for broadband personal communications services licenses...
AT&T NAMES 3 NEW EXECUTIVES, MANDL LEADS SERVICE TRANSITION
AT&T Corp. announced new executives to head the three companies resulting from the split of AT&T announced a month ago by Chairman and Chief...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers....
CHADMOORE PLANS TO BUY AIRNET’S SMR OPERATIONS
LAS VEGAS-Specialized mobile radio operator Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it will acquire 100 percent of the outstanding stock of AirNet Inc., a wholly...
THE WORLD
Telemac Cellular Corp. agreed to license its patent-pending debit technology to Trimax Inc. of Taiwan. Trimax will use the technology to manufacture a switch...