Monthly Archives: June, 1995
U.S. CONSIDERS BAND-DHARING BETWEEN MICROWAVE AND MSS
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on positions the United States may take at a major international conference in Geneva this fall,...
NEW MESSAGING SERVICE ANNOUNCED BY METROCALL
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced its One Touch advanced messaging service combining the benefits of nationwide paging services with the flexibility of a single telephone...
MCI BUYING NATIONWIDE CELLULAR TO ESTABLISH CELLULAR FOUNDATION
The purchase of Nationwide Cellular Service Inc. is a good short-term strategy for MCI Communications Corp., but the nation's second largest long-distance company will...
CANADIAN AGENCY RULES CARRIER MUST OFFER SAME CELLULAR RATES
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered Bell Mobile Communications Inc. to "cease discriminating unjustly" against Invoice Reduction Services Ltd.-a company that wants to...
SECOND CELLULAR LICENSE UP FOR BIDDING IN IRELAND
WAYNE, Pa.-A month before the tender application deadline, Comcast Corp. announced its Comcast International Holdings Inc. subsidiary will head a consortium bidding a second...
THE RCR TOP 20 CELLULAR MARKETS (21-40)
Editor's Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area.Most carriers...
CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS RECIEVES $80 M FOR DEBT
NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc. obtained a commitment from DLJ Bridge Finance Inc. to purchase up to $80 million in the aggregate principal amount...
ADAPTABLE CAR KIT OFFERS POWER AND ENABLES HANDS-FREE TALKING
Imagine needing to install a different type of electrical outlet to plug in your toaster, stereo and each lamp you own. Sounds crazy doesn't...
PARRISH RESIGNS FROM POSTIIONS AT GTE DATA UNIT, CDPD FORUM
Industry executive Chuck Parrish last month announced his resignation as general manager of GTE Corp.'s mobile data services, a part of GTE Mobilnet, in...
GROUPS SEEKING FEDERAL INQUIRY, TRY TO STOP PCS LICENSE AWARDS
WASHINGTON-Two African American groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to block issuing broadband personal communications services licenses and called for an investigation of...
CONSERVATIVE THINK TANK RELEASES PLAN TO REPLACE FCC WITH SMALLER AGENCY
WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank associated with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has a plan to abolish the Federal...
FCC’S SMR AUCTION PLAN WILL KILL SMALL BUSINESSES
Editor's Note: This letter originally was sent to President Clinton.Dear President Clinton,I want to congratulate you on your accomplishments with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia,...
AIR COMMUNICATIONS IMPROVES CIRCUIT-SWITCHED TRANSMISSIONS
Air Communications Inc. hopes to pump new life into that old work horse-circuit-switched cellular data transmission-with a wireless protocol named AirTrue.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company...
AIRTOUCH TO OFFER SERVICE IN MALAYSIA WITH PARTNER FOR GLOBALSTAR NETWORK
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it is pursuing a license to offer Globalstar satellite communications in Malaysia through a venture with Sime Darby, a diversified...
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS FILING FOR PUBLIC OFFERING
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 5.5 million shares of the...
ACCQUPOINT GPS SERVICE BEGINS TEXAS OPERATION, OTHER ACTIVATIONS COMING
IRVINE, Calif.-Accqpoint Communications Corp. said it activated its statewide network June 1 in Texas, providing real-time differential Global Positioning System service.Accqpoint distributes correct-position data...
PEOPLE
Robert Croft has been named president of AT&T Wireless Services' Messaging Division. Croft will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of AT&T's...
PALLONE IS APPOINTED VP OF PCS DIVISION AT GTE
ATLANTA-William E. Pallone has been appointed vice president, market deployment for GTE Mobilnet's broadband personal communications services.According to GTE Mobilnet, Pallone led GTE's broadband...
GTE FINISHES ACQUISTION OF CONTEL, BEGINS SWITCH TO GTE MOBILNET MONIKER
ATLANTA-GTE Corp. increased its cellular market presence by completing the acquisition of Contel Cellular Inc. and effecting a transition of all operations into the...
DIGITAL CELLULAR NETWORK COMING TO JAPAN IN 1997
ATLANTA-GTE Personal Communications Services has become a 4.5 percent partner in Japan-based Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co. Ltd., which plans to begin operating a 1.5...
EMF ISSUES SHOULD BE STUDIED WHEN DESIGNING CELL PLACEMENT
The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication...
NEXTIL RECORDS INCREASE IN REVENUE OF 95 PERCENT
RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported revenues of $37.1 million for the quarter ended March 31-95 percent higher than its revenues of $19 million for...
NOKIA WINS GO CONTRACT
Nokia Telecommunications Inc. said it signed a 10-year supply agreement with GO Communications Corp., with the first three years calling for an estimated $200...
BELLSOUTH AND COOK INLET FORM PCS PARTNERSHIP
ANCHORAGE, Alaska-Cook Inlet Region Inc. of Alaska has formed a limited partnership with BellSouth Corp. to pursue personal communications services licenses in the upcoming...
COMCAST SHIFTS NEXTEL STRATEGY FO FOCUS ON ALLIANCE WITH SPRINT
The resignation of two Comcast Corp. representatives from Nextel Communications Inc.'s board of directors and Comcast's request to register its Nextel stock for sale...