Monthly Archives: April, 1996

WORLD BRIEFS

Safco Corp.'s Electronic Systems Division has opened a third satellite office in Boca Raton, Fla., to serve the Latin American market. David Neumann will...

EQUIPMENT VENDORS SEE FINANCIAL STUMBLING BLOCKS

NEW YORK-As the Federal Communication Commission's C-block auction for personal communications services draws to a close, a key consideration for systems build-out is the...

AIRTOUCH REPORTS CDMA IS COMING

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it will announce in May plans to launch Code Division Multiple Access service on a limited basis to some existing...

SAMSUNG ENTERS CDMA AGREEMENT

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. announced an agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. to provide 1.3 million Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services terminals...

INFONXX TARGETS CELLULAR USERS WITH LIVE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE

Wireless users are the perfect customers for directory assistance service because they often are separated from written lists when they need a phone number,...

VIEWPOINT

At one-month-old, my daughter has discovered how to kick off the covers. This delights her and she does it often, leaving her mother obsessed...

INTERCONNECTION COSTLY FOR WIRELESS

WASHINGTON-Interconnection with the local exchange carrier represents a significant expenditure for the wireless industry, nearly $936 million in 1995, according to a new study...

U S WEST OFFERS CELLULAR TO WAIT ING CUSTOMERS

DENVER-U S West Communications Inc. received government permission to offer cellular vouchers to customers facing a lengthy wait for a landline phone.U S West...

U.S. FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF FOR EIGN TRADE RECIPROCITY

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, having shuffled around key leadership in the aftermath of the plane crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others...

LETTERS

Editor: I must take very strong exception to the comments in the April 15, 1996 issue of RCR under the heading D.C. Notes by Jeffrey...

AMERICAN PORTABLE TELECOM FILES ITS INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

NEW YORK-American Portable Telecom, a personal communications services subsidiary of Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, sold an initial public offering April 25 of...

IRIDIUM ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION CREDIT

WASHINGTON-Iridium Inc. announced Chase Securities Inc. and BZW will be responsible for structuring and arranging the international syndication of a credit facility to complete...

HONG KONG PLANS TO MAINTAIN WIRELESS COMPETITION IN 1997

One answer arrived this week on "the question of Hong Kong" that confirmed China's intention of allowing open competition in wireless, despite a hold-up...

PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ADDED TO CELLEXIS SUIT

TEMPE, Ariz.-Cellexis International Inc. has added a preliminary injunction request to the $525 million lawsuit it filed earlier this month against General Telephone Electronics...

RATLIFF LEAVES AT&T TO WORK IN POLITICS

SEATTLE-Bob Ratliff has left AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to return to active politics, but said he will continue to work beside cellular baron Craig...

PAGING FIRMS OPEN SHOP TO TARGET INDIAN MARKET

A Korean company has allied with an Indian manufacturer to build pagers and paging systems in India, and directly compete with U.S. manufacturers that...

MILNE APPOINTED AT PCS WIRELESS

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-PCS Wireless Inc. has appointed Rob Milne director of engineering. Milne formerly was head of product marketing at Motorola Inc.'s Wireless...

RULEMAKING OFFERS SPECTRUM FOR WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

WASHINGTON-A notice of proposed rulemaking forwarded by the Federal Communications Commission Thursday could, if adopted, provide 350 megahertz of spectrum for Part 15 unlicensed...

GEOTEK ANNOUNCES SYSTEM IN BOSTON

BOSTON-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the introduction of its digital mobile business communications system in the Boston area.The network, similar to those recently introduced in...

ISOTEL TO PROVIDE CELLULAR SOFTWARE

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Isotel Research and Steinbrecher Corp. announced Isotel has been selected to provide digital cellular software based on the North American Interim Standard-136...

TWO-WAY RADIO ENTREPRENEUR FINDS DRAMA IN 220 MHZ BUSINESS

When Marc Angell chose to end his career as a television and film director to enter the 220 MHz arena about four years ago,...

U S WEST CELLULAR SPREADS ITS CALLING PARTY PAYS SERVICE PLAN

U S West Cellular has launched calling party pays service in yet another market, while other operators continue to say customers aren't interested."It is...

THREE-SIXTY AGREES TO ACQUIRE MARKETS

CHICAGO-Three-sixty Communications Corp. has agreed to acquire the cellular operations of Independent Cellular Network, giving Three-sixty interests in 20 more markets with a collective...

AMSC CREDIT DISCUSSIONS FOR FINANCING UNDER WAY

American Mobile Satellite Corp. is taking steps to shore up its financing after disclosing the possibility of bankruptcy in its annual Form 10-K report...

CALENDAR

APRIL28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference '96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870.30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and...
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