1995

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission last week approved streamlined antenna structure registration procedures that make owners rather than licensees primarily responsible for complying with construction, painting and lighting requirements. At the same time, the FCC revised antenna painting and …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Ericsson Inc. announced winning contracts to place its Freeset Business Wireless System at the world’s two largest futures exchanges, both located in Chicago. The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange selected Freeset …

WASHINGTON-Radiofone Inc., in what amounts to a new stay request, wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission is breaking the law by holding the C-block personal communications services …

With plans to offer commercial tracking services in North America in February, Orbcomm Global L.P. has two satellites in orbit and is beta testing its global data-only communication system. The Dulles, Va.-based company is licensed to create a 34-satellite system …

AUSTIN, Texas-A group of paging carriers and resellers filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing the state of forcing wireless companies to contribute disproportionately to a telecommunications infrastructure fund. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Westlink Paging Inc. allowing the company to offer PCSD’s advanced two-way paging services in 88 markets within 14 Western and Midwestern states when services become commercially available in the …

Editor’s Note: Following is the list of companies that are qualified to bid in the upcoming 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction set to begin Dec. 5. The number following the company name indicates the number of markets in which …

ATLANTA-Pager One Inc. announced it has constructed a single frequency paging network in Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The company said it has built 75 sites which operate on the FLEX protocol and will offer FLEX to …

The upcoming chairwoman of the GSM MoU Association is confident that Global System for Mobile communications technology will figure prominently in the U.S. personal communications services market. Gretel Holcomb Hoffman is currently the group’s deputy chair, but is scheduled to …

Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent Computer Systems where he created its Telecommunications American Operation, which …

SAN JOSE, Calif. Digital Microwave Corp. said it has signed a four-year contract with Sprint Telecommunications Venture to supply digital microwave radios and services. Digital Microwave designs, manufactures and markets advanced digital microwave radios and supplies, associated systems and services, …

Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A- and B-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. None of the companies-with the exception of Sprint Spectrum-is yet offering PCS service to the public. …

Much has been written about the decline of the Democratic Party, given the almost daily departure of lawmakers on that side of the aisle and the meteoric gains by Republicans in the 1994 mid-term election. It’s true, the Democratic Party …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Phoenix Wireless Group said it has opened a sales and service office in the Philippines. Based in Manila, the office will market wireless local loop products and services in the Pacific rim countries. Phoenix Wireless said it will open …

WASHINGTON-Congress this week is expected to approve a controversial securities litigation reform bill that would limit the ability of investors to sue firms in the wireless telecommunications industry and in other high-tech sectors that fail to make good on bullish …

WASHINGTON-Congress, in a partial setback for the Federal Communications Commission, has limited-but not precluded-the use of auctions to license refarmed private wireless spectrum. Auctions are one of several market-based incentives the FCC is considering introducing in private wireless bands below …

Three Texas cellular customers have brought a class-action lawsuit against GTE Mobilnet, maintaining the company’s $200 cancellation fee is an unfair penalty for discontinuing service, said the plaintiffs’ attorneys Richard Norman and Timothy Crowley of Crowley, Marks & Douglas L.L.P.The …

Reflection Technology Inc. has opened two new sales offices in San Jose, Calif., and Sciota, Pa., to accommodate the increasing demand for FaxView personal fax readers, the company said. The offices will position the company for national market distribution of …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and California-based Benbow PCS Ventures Inc. have signed a joint agreement to test two-way messaging services in Southern California through a new high-speed ReFLEX25 transmitter infrastructure purchased from Glenayre by Westlink Paging Inc., Glenayre announced. Westlink …

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced a $100 million agreement with Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and said Richard Gerstner, Telular’s director and chief executive officer, had resigned. Telular’s agreement with Motorola calls for a three-year purchase and engineering and product …

Paging Network Inc. has a new face and so does the wireless industry with the appointment of Glenn Marschel as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Marschel comes to PageNet from First Financial Management Corp., where he was …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has signed a distribution agreement with Crutchfield Corp., a national retail catalog sales firm in Charlottesville, Va. The Crutchfield catalog specializes in car, home, electronics and audio/video equipment, reaching millions of potential customers, Metrocall said. With the …

The tower industry has banded together as the National Association of Tower Erectors to address collective issues of operations and safety and to affect industry-initiated standards. The nonprofit organization represents communications tower erectors, service contractors, maintenance companies, vendors and manufacturers …

WASHINGTON-The United States had mixed success in securing more spectrum for next-generation global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, an event unexpectedly preoccupied with the mammoth Teledesic Corp. network planned by high-tech billionaires Craig McCaw and Bill …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will begin a field trial in Atlanta of two-way messaging services on its narrowband personal communications services network in 1996. PageNet said the field test will be a marketing trial for acknowledgement paging, message-back paging …