August 1995

ATLANTA- GTE Mobilnet said it signed an agreement with Bell Mobility to license its Tele-Go integrated wireless technology to Bell Mobility. The technology will be introduced in Canada this month for a three-month trial in Toronto. Targeted to the residential …

SEOUL, South Korea-Under a contract valued at $540 million, AT&T Corp. said it plans to supply Korea Mobile Telecom with wireless infrastructure equipment for KMT’s nationwide cellular network. Terms of the multiyear agreement call for AT&T Network Systems to install …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-The PCS Development Corp. said it plans to build prototype advanced messaging systems in Atlanta and Boston for conducting user trials the first half of 1996. Motorola Inc. will provide infrastructure for the Atlanta system, and Glenayre Technologies Inc. …

An 18-year-old Australian emergency lighting systems manufacturer plans to beam into the global, wireless communications marketplace with products company leaders say are ideal for serving low- to medium-density populations. Sydney-based Stanilite Pacific Ltd. will focus on building wireless systems for …

WASHINGTON-The federal government is trying to mend its rocky relationship with the public-safety community, following a series of flare-ups between the two during the past year. Last week, the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration named …

Omnipoint Corp. is one among a handful of PCS innovators promised a reward by the Federal Communications Commission for enterprising work in personal communications services. But three years and $350 million dollars later, its pioneer’s preference award for the New …

DALLAS-CellStar Corp. has signed an agreement with Usha Martin Telekom Ltd. that will allow a CellStar joint venture company to sell cellular phone service in Calcutta, India. Usha Martin holds a Global System for Mobile communications cellular license for the …

WASHINGTON-Stepped-up lobbying by city, state and county officials and support from a top House Republican likely will weaken the Klug-Manton antenna siting amendment in the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform legislation this fall. Rep. Thomas Bliley, R-Va., chairman of the …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. has introduced Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service, a digital point-to-multipoint broadcast system that can operate throughout North America, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 200 miles of coastal waters. Skycell Satellite Dispatch Service …

Noting the Federal Communications Commission recently ended state regulation of cellular service rates in California, AirTouch Cellular Communications Inc. announced lower prices and new service plans in its Los Angeles market. The carrier reduced the price of its After Hours …

WASHINGTON-How did a well-intentioned government program to create business opportunities for women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies in the most explosive sector of the telecommunications industry-wireless-become such a mess? A good question, in view of the second postponement …

August is supposed to be a slow month in the nation’s capital, but even though Congress and the president are out of town there is movement on other fronts. There’s some noise, too. Didn’t you hear the giant suck-up sound …

The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced. Retail stores previously have only activated cellular phones for customers living within the store’s market area. …

DENVER-RCR Publications Inc. announced two promotions on its sales staff. Mary Gafkjen has been named western sales manager at RCR Publications Inc. Formerly, Gafkjen served as classified sales manager for the newspaper for four years. Dena Falkner, who previously was …

PARSIPPANY, N.Y.-AT&T Corp. is introducing this month a line of wedge-shaped numeric pagers that target teenagers and meet consumer demand for personal-use devices. Model 3517 will come in bright yellow, Tazmanian red and bright cobalt, and will be sleek and …

Oops! Someone told the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities and the U.S. Conference of Mayors about language included in the House’s version of the telecom reform bill that could take away some local authority over where …

DANVILLE, Calif.-Telemac Cellular Corp. said it has agreed to license its patent-pending debit technology to Trimax Inc. of Taiwan. The contract allows Trimax to manufacture a cellular debit phone that is switch independent, gives the company distribution rights for the …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PageMart Inc. has selected Sun servers, from Sun Microsystems Co., as the network computing platform for a new corporate information system that will automate many company operations, announced Mountain View, Calif.-based Sun. PageMart will use Sun’s SPARCcenter 2000 …

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, Wash.-SEA Inc. said the Federal Communications Commission has type accepted the SEA700 hand-held portable transceiver for use in the new 220-222 MHz radio service. It is the first portable developed and type accepted for use in the band, …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said it will enter South Africa’s cellular communications market through an equity investment in MTN, one of the country’s two national cellular companies. SBC plans to invest about $90 million in MTN. A portion of the …

Motorola Inc.’s Land Mobile Products Sector introduced the MCS 2000 line of mobile radios. The radios are built on a flexible platform that the company said is software configurable and can be upgraded through Motorola’s FLASHport capability. When communications requirements …

George Schmitt jumped ship as PCS PrimeCo L.P. leader to join the personal communications services team at Omnipoint Communications Inc. Schmitt will be its president.

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Underwriters Laboratories certified Northern Telecom’s 1.9 GHz personal communications services network equipment, the company said. Nortel said its radio base station equipment, based on PCS 1900 Global System for Mobile communications technology, complies with parts …

DALLAS-The number of players in the paging industry continues to shrink with Paging Network Inc.’s latest series of acquisitions. PageNet recently paid $6 million for the transmission network and operating paging assets of Page Florida, operated by Chicago Communications Service …

JACKSON, Miss.-MobileComm is introducing CityLink Now&Then, designed to meet the needs of infrequent travelers. Customers who are going outside of their local coverage area can activate the service via the telephone. Using a touch-tone phone, paging coverage can be forwarded …