Monthly Archives: November, 1995
U S WEST ORDERED TO GIVE PEOPLE CELLULAR VOUCHERS IF WIRED INSTALLATION LAGS
DENVER-Regional Bell operating company U S West Inc. has been ordered by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to give $150 monthly cellular-phone credit to...
VIEWPOINT
The nation's major cellular handset manufacturers caused a little commotion on Wall Street recently when they noted handset sales hadn't grown at the phenomenal...
VENDVIEW ALLOWS TRACKING OF SNACK FOOD MACHINES
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Skywire L.P. announced it has enhanced its Vendview wireless data product to allow snack food vending machine operators to track inventory and monitor...
WIRELESS RESELLERS FIND A FRIEND IN TELECOM REFORM BILL CONFEREE
WASHINGTON-Wireless resellers, who've had trouble drumming up support in Congress beyond that offered by Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, may have found a new ally...
PCS OPERATORS MUST TAKE STEPS TO AVOID SYSTEM BUILDOUT SNAGS
As the first personal communications services system in the United States is preparing to launch service in the Baltimore/Washington D.C., area and the balance...
CHEAPER CELL PHONE PRICES A FACTOR IN SLOWER GROWTH
The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing...
AMERITECH DEPLOYS CDPD IN ST. LOUIS METRO AREA
ST. LOUIS-Ameritech Corp. said it has deployed its wireless packet data service, based on the Cellular Digital Packet Data standard, in the St. Louis...
THE NATION
Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing...
PCS PRIMECO MAKES CALL USING CDMA TECHNOLOGY ON 1900 MHZ SPECTRUM
DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced it has made the world's first wireless phone call on a carrier-based personal communications services system using Code Division Multiple...
TWO COMPANIES REDUCE PRICING ON PDA ITEMS THROUGH HOLIDAYS
Two Motorola Inc. wireless communicators, Marco and Envoy, will be offered from now until Dec. 29 at a reduced cost through a holiday-season marketing...
MOTOROLA, TELULAR ENTER PREFERRED SUPPLIER DEAL
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Ventures Division and Telular Corp. have signed an agreement allowing Telular to become a preferred supplier of fixed wireless...
D.C. NOTEBOOK
Publishing mogul Steve Forbes, the newest GOP contender for the White House, has chosen FCC Chairman Reed Hundt as a sparring partner to prepare...
MOTOROLA WINS PROJECT FOR THAILAND EXPANSION
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division will expand and upgrade cellular phone service in Thailand under a contract valued at $160 million.Total...
NIB DEVELOPS KIT TO TRACK CONSUMER CREDIT HISTORY
PRINCETON, N.J.-The National Information Bureau Ltd. said it has begun developing an on-line repository of business and consumer information that will allow cellular carriers...
AIRGO RELEASES PRODUCT TO INTEGRATE PHONE, FAX USING A SINGLE PC CARD
SALT LAKE CITY-AirGo Communications Inc. unveiled the AirGo phone system, a product that integrates a cellular radio and V.32 modem in a single personal...
AIRTOUCH INCREASES STAKE IN JOINT VENTURE WITH CCI
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. increased its ownership of Cellular Communications Inc. by about 20 percent, bringing its total ownership of the company to almost...
FARQUHAR IS NAMED CHIEF OF FCC WIRELESS BUREAU, KEENEY WILL HEAD CCB
WASHINGTON-Michele Farquhar is leaving the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to return to the Federal Communications Commission as head of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,...
SMR INDUSTRY EXPECTED TO PASS 2M MARK IN ’95
WASHINGTON-The specialized mobile radio industry will surpass two million subscribers by the end of this year, according to a new survey of operators and...
SMALLER SMR OPERATORS PROTEST AUCTION WITH HELP OF CONGRESS
Several uncertainties face small specialized mobile radio operators in the future if spectrum above 860 MHz is auctioned off next year-a plan that has...
PREPAID CELLULAR PHONE TARGETS PEOPLE WITH POOR CREDIT HISTORY
These days cellular phones are sold just about everywhere you turn, even the drug store. However, it may not be so easy to buy...
REAL ESTATE COMPANIES PROVIDE DATA LINKS FOR NETWORK PLANNING
Land management firms view the construction of wireless networks as a landscape of opportunity for which they can supply quick lists of potential properties...
APCO COMPELS FCC TO DEFEND PUBLIC-SAFETY RELOCATION POLICY
WASHINGTON-While the Federal Communications Commission has attempted to avoid getting drawn into skirmishes involving the relocation of 2 GHz microwave users by personal communications...
60 MILLION PLUS PEOPLE WILL SUBSCRIBE TO CELLULAR BY 2000, EMCI PREDICTS
WASHINGTON-More than 60 million people in the United States will be cellular subscribers by the end of this century, Economic and Management Consultants International...
PRODUCTS
Datum Inc.'s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed...
FIRMS MUST GUARD USER RECORDS TO PROTECT PRIVACY ON INFOBAHN
WASHINGTON-Every time a paging or cellular phone signal is sent over the airwaves what happens with the transactional information-the subscriber's name, address, billing information...