Monthly Archives: January, 1996
BIDDING ERRORS IN PCS AUCTION MAY ADD UP TO FINES FOR TWO FIRMS
WASHINGTON-Two participants in the Federal Communications Commission's C-block broadband personal communication services auctions submitted erroneous bids on two different markets during Rounds 10 and...
FBI SLOW TO RELEASE DATA KEY TO DIGITAL WIRETAP LAW
WASHINGTON-Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Louis Freeh is expected this week to release key data on digital wiretap implementation that Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)...
BRIGHTPOINT TO BUY ALLIED COMPANIES
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent to exchange 2.5 million newly issued shares of Brightpoint common stock for all of...
TAIWAN OPENS TELECOM MARKET TO FOREIGN INVESTORS
Taiwan's new telecommunications law will give wireless companies the chance to break into that country's communications market, but a 20 percent ownership limit may...
GEOWORKS, ERICSSON ALLIANCE TO DELIVER VOICE-DATA PHONES
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Geoworks and Ericsson Inc. announced an alliance to deliver a range of afforadable "smart phone" next-generation cellular phones combining voice and...
U.S. TELECOM BUSINESSES QUERY IRELAND’S GSM LICENSEE CHOICE
DUBLIN, Ireland-Three American companies are working through the U.S. Embassy in Ireland to determine how an Irish long-distance company won the country's second cellular...
ANDREW WILL ACQUIRE THE AN TENNA CO.
Andrew Corp. said it is acquiring The Antenna Co. to break into the North American consumer accessories market, marking the possible beginning of consolidations...
VALENTINE EXPLAINS INTERFERENCE STANCE
In her Jan. 15 "Viewpoint" column, Tracy Anderson Ford presented her views regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's new certification requirements for personal communications...
AIRMOBILE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE VIA CDPD
ORLANDO-Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Data Group business unit, AirMobile Software Products, announced it has extended AirMobile wireless software for Lotus cc: Mail and AirMobile wireless software...
COMSAT TO LAUNCH WORLDWIDE PLANET 1 SERVICE
NEW YORK-Get ready for "PSC"-not to be confused with PCS, and for the "information sky way"-not to be mistaken for the information superhighway. Comsat...
REFARMING MEANS MORE FREQUENCY BUT AT WHAT COST TO USERS
WASHINGTON-The specter of private radio spectrum auctions, frequency coordination consolidation and the kickoff of refarming in frequency bands below 512 MHz are giving users...
FUTURE OF WIRELINE QUESTIONED AS COST OF WIRELESS DECREASES
NEW YORK-Provided technological breakthroughs occur to improve transmission quality and quantity, wireless communications could become a substitute for fixed wireline communications within a decade.That...
WORLD BRIEFS
L.M. Ericsson announced its subsidiary, Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd., has signed a contract to install a switching system for 4,000 mobile telephones in Rangoon,...
SPRINT GETS NEW MONIKER TO POWER CELLULAR SPINOFF
Sprint Cellular Co. may not have completed its anticipated spinoff from Sprint Corp., but it is confident enough of its future to choose a...
WESTERN WIRELESS BUYS GTE’S DENVER LICENSE
Less than a year after A- and B-block personal communications services licenses were awarded by the Federal Communications Commission, the PCS industry is entering...
WIRELESS REVENUE DRIVES BELL ATLANTIC INCOME UP
NEW YORK-Driven in part by record gains in wireless subscribers, fourth-quarter net income for Bell Atlantic Corp. grew $395.4 million, or 25.6 percent when...
AMSC TAKES TO HEAVENS WITH FIRST SATPHONE CALL
WASHINGTON-After five years of research and development, and three tries on the keypad, the inaugural call on American Mobile Satellite Corp.'s SkyCell satellite telephone...
OMNIPOINT NETS $112M IN IPO
NEW YORK-Wall Street gave Omnipoint Corp. a resounding welcome Friday, buying seven million shares of an initial public offering of common stock that opened...
MSS CARRIERS BEAM SERVICE TO A VARIETY OF CUSTOMERS
A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world.Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving...
CALLING ALL SMRS
The Feb. 19 issue of RCR will feature the Top 20 Specialized Mobile Radio carriers. If you would like your company included in our...
VIEWPOINT
Look for "clustering" to become a common word in tomorrow's wireless dictionary as companies continue to refine their strategies amid an increasingly competitive marketplace.GTE...
TELULAR RESTRUCTURES TO REDUCE EXPENSES
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced it has planned a major restructuring program. The company said it will consolidate its manufacturing and engineering by transferring...
FCC FUNDING IS LIKELY TO REMAIN AT $138M AS SHUTDOWN ELUDED
WASHINGTON-GOP congressional leaders and the Clinton administration agreed on another short-term funding bill late last week to avert a third shutdown and an unprecedented...
COMPANIES CREATE INTERFACE STANDARDS FOR GSM SERVICES
PLEASONTON, Calif.-Several carriers and manufacturers have joined forces to create application program interface standards for personal communications services networks that use Global System for...