Monthly Archives: June, 1995
VIEW POINT
When it rains, it pours.That phrase certainly has been true for news taking place the last two weeks in the wireless industry.The U.S. digital...
PRIMECO TO BUILD PCS NETWORK USING QUALCOMM'S TECHNOLOGY
When PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced earlier this month plans to build its personal communications services networks using Code Division Multiple Access technology, CDMA developer...
AIRTOUCH DROPS SAN DIEGO TRIAL OF CDPD, CITING LACK OF DEMAND
AirTouch Communications Inc. shut down its nascent cellular digital packet data network in San Diego-apparently the casualty of changing approaches to CDPD business development.According...
A-PLUS COMMUNICATIONS TO JOIN NETWORK USA PAGING IN MERGER
A-Plus Communications Inc. will merge with Network USA Paging Corp. to create a new company that will be the largest independent paging service provider...
CANADIAN RESEARCH ILLUSTRATES IMPROVED WIRELESS COMPETITION
Wireless penetration rates are just shy of 10 percent in Canada, but are predicted to exceed 40 percent in the next decade, according to...
MOTOROLA REPORTS $15M EQUITY INVESTMENT MADE IN WIRELESS DISTRIBUTOR
DALLAS-Motorola Inc. said it will invest $15 million in Dallas-based CellStar Corp. to hold a 3 percent interest in the company, which is one...
ERMES PAGING PROTOCOL WILL BE USED BY GLENAYRE
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Europe's high-speed paging systems soon will be linked by a networking protocol developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute and incorporated into Glenayre...
ALLTEL, NISSHO IWAI MAKE EQUITY INVESTMENTS IN GO IN BID TO BE PCS CARRIER
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-GO Communications Corp. signed on two new strategic investors, Alltel Corp. and Nissho Iwai, a Japanese trading company.The new partnerships, along with previously...
ALLIANCE TO OFFER CELLULAR VIA TELEVISION SHOPPING
ATLANTA-Mobile America-an alliance comprising Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, BellSouth Cellular Corp., HSN (Home Shopping Network Inc.) Direct Joint Venture and Wholesale Cellular USA Inc.-plans...
CHALLENGING SUMMER ON HORIZON FOR FCC CHAIRMAN AND AGENCY
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt could be in for a long, hot summer of discontent.This month Hundt, a Democratic Clinton appointee, faces a...
KENWOOD DEVELOPS UNITS FOR GEOTEK U.S. NETWORK
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. has entered into an agreement with Kenwood Corp. of Japan to develop and manufacture second-generation mobile subscriber units for Geotek's...
CELLULAR RESELLERS OFFER COMPETITION TO CARRIERS
Dear Editor,I am sorry you do not see the value of a healthy reseller industry as a benefit to society. Resellers are the only...
D.C. NOTEBOOK
With the GOP-led Congress headed full-steam ahead toward passage of landmark telecommunications reform legislation this year, perhaps it is worthwhile to question the conventional...
REPUBLIC ACQUIRES ASSETS OF NEW YORK METRO PAGE
NEW YORK-Republic Communications Corp. completed its acquisition of New York Metro Page Inc., which holds a private carrier paging license in the New York...
NORTEL UNVEILS SOFTWARE TO REDUCE WATERFALL NOISE
DALLAS-Northern Telecom is introducing new switch-based software to eliminate the waterfall sound sometimes heard in Time Division Multiple Access cellular technology.Nortel's Background Noise Conditioning...
HUNGARIAN TELECOM FIRM REQUESTS WILL NETWORK FOR FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEM
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Hungarian Telecommunications Co. Ltd. awarded Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group a $100 million contract for its Wireless Local Loop fixed wireless telephone...
THE WORLD
L.M. Ericsson received an expansion order from Tokyo Digital Phone to supply switching equipment, radio base stations and software for new functions in the...
FCC ADOPTS TRANSITION PLAN
The Federal Communications Commission late last week adopted a transition plan to move private land mobile radio users below 800 MHz to more narrow...
INDIAN WIRELESS BIDS COLLECTED FOR GSM LICENSES IN 20 REGIONS
The Communications Ministry of India said 33 consortia, involving more than 60 companies, placed bids for wireless licenses in 20 regions of the heavily...
DIGITAL OPTION PAGE 3
George Schmitt, PCS PrimeCo L.P. president and chief executive officer, announced the company has decided to go with CDMA technology for its personal communications...
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION LAW TO AFFECT AUCTION? : FCC POSTPONES FILING DEADLINE
WASHINGTON-A cloud of uncertainty continues to hang over the upcoming entrepreneur block auction for personal communications services licenses, this time due to the recent...
500 SERVICE FACILITATES ACCESS TO SUBSCRIBERS
ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Carrier Services division said it is offering Wireless 500 Service to wireless carriers providing cellular and personal communications services.A 500...
DES WORRY RULING WILL CAUSE DELAY
Whether minorities, women or small businesses, some designated entities planning to bid in the government's auction for personal communications services spectrum are concerned what...
HEAR-IT NOW ASKS FCC TO STUDY ANY GSM LINK WITH HEARING AIDS
WASHINGTON-A coalition of hearing-impaired organizations, led by a start-up pocket telephone firm aligned with AT&T Corp., has asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate...
INTELLIGENT NETWORKS TO PROMISE EFFICIENCY AND EXPENSE SAVINGS
AG Communications Systems, a joint venture between GTE Corp. and AT&T Corp., has introduced INgage, a new family of intelligent network solutions that promises...