November 1994

In unspectacular fashion, Susan Ness diligently immersed herself in spectrum auction and personal communications services rulemakings at the Federal Communications Commission soon after she was confirmed as a commissioner by …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s equipment certification program is now testing digital equipment, including dual-mode Time Division Multiple Access phones. Certification testing for Code Division Multiple Access phones will be …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. said it plans to invest $50 million to develop a laptop-sized mobile terminal that will serve as a bridge between today’s briefcase-sized digital terminal and a global, …

WASHINGTON-Due to increased demand for an annual forum dedicated to wireless data, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association announced it will host a new fall conference and exposition. Wireless Data II …

Qualcomm Inc. agreed to pay InterDigital Technology Corp. $5.5 million in an out-of-court settlement of the companies’ Code Division Multiple Access patent dispute. In return for the one-time payment, Qualcomm …

Microwave Networks Inc. said it has formed a joint marketing agreement with United Kingdom-based Westinghouse Electronics Ltd. The agreement positions the companies to respond jointly to proposals for large communications …

CINCINNATI-USA Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire the paging business and licenses of Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Page Alert. Page Alert has 6,500 subscribers in …

Nokia Corp. reported solid financial results for the first eight months of 1994, particularly in its telecommunications and mobile phone divisions, with net sales increasing 54 percent and 62 percent, …

Transmitting mug shots and fingerprint images over wireless is the aim of the FBI’s $17 million-plus technology update program, but it comes at a time when government spectrum already is …

DALLAS-CellStar Corp. said its net income increased 58 percent to $4.5 million, or 24 cents per share, on 18.6 million shares outstanding for third quarter 1994, ended Aug. 31. Revenues …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiles this list of two-way mobile data operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Ther chart is arranged …

WASHINGTON-The industry created two decades ago to foster dispatch wireless communications in the United States stands at a crossroads as regulatory, technological and market forces conspire to put mom-and-pop two-way …

WASHINGTON-A paging consortium led by Maceo Sloan, founder of the nation’s largest minority-owned investment firm, late last week appeared headed for a big victory in regional narrowband personal communications services …

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced it has increased its ownership stake in Saber Communications Inc. to 89 percent, and has agreed to purchase up to 100 percent of the Mobile, …

ReadyCom Inc. is bringing voice-mail messaging to wireless communications with ReadyTalk, a single unit that uses the cellular network to deliver voice mail service to a portable handset. Comcast Cellular …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department will not interfere with plans to build a nationwide wireless network. “While we do not agree that restrictions on …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Steinbrecher Corp. said it will supply its DataCell mobile data base stations to Ericsson Radio Systems Inc. to be used in Ericsson cellular digital packet data systems under an …

In unspectacular fashion, Susan Ness diligently immersed herself in spectrum auction and personal communications services rulemakings at the Federal Communications Commission soon after she was confirmed as a commissioner by …

SEATTLE-U S West Cellular Inc. said it has launched its wireless data service across the company’s 13-state service area, offering end-to-end data solutions. Products offered include data-capable cellular phones, cellular …

The Oct. 28 deadlind for those applying with the Federal Communications Commission to participate in next month’s auction for broadband personal communications services licenses has come and gone. And with …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association voted to combine its membership with the National Association of Business and Educational Radio, formally completing months of negotiations between the groups. The new organization …

The National Association for Business and Educational Radio announced the release of its ninth edition of The NABER Resource. The guide is a comprehensive source of Federsl Communications Commision rules, …

The following letter is in response to RCR Editor Bill Maguire’s look at the Federal Communications Commission approach to spectrum auctions and how effectively the public interest is served as …

Timing is everything. Ask Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, who took advantage of auction frenzy to send Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt a somber message. …

US MobilComm Inc. announced it will complete the initial phase of construction for its Boston-to-Washington corridor of 220 MHz systems this month. US MobilComm said it will begin loading viice …