1995

Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing office phone system by using very low power cellular frequencies to communicate with the office’s existing …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court has paved the way for the PCS entrepreneur block auction to begin Dec. 11, but bidding for 493 next-generation pocket telephone licenses could be postponed once again if the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. posted $46.7 million, or 9 cents earnings per share, net income for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $34.4 million, or 7 cents per share, for the third quarter 1994. The company said proportionate …

SAN FRANCISCO-Vanguard Cellular Inc. said its subscribers will now have the option to use a single number for all of their voice and fax communications needs. The company announced it will implement Priority Call Management’s ORYX platform and one-number communications …

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 as the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform gets underway. His name is Martin Hoke, a second-term …

Flash Comm Inc. has named former Paging Network Inc. chief executive officer Terry Scott its president and CEO. Flash Comm, headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., offers wireless two-way data communications nationwide. The company’s terrestrial system competes with both existing and emerging …

Low-tier systems that bill themselves as “the way PCS was supposed to be” are entering the market with the hope of providing low-power, low-cost personal communications services. The industry’s second PACS partnership has formed between NEC America Inc. and Bell …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission has asked the government of Italy to create a level playing field between two cellular operators competing in Italy’s digital phone market. The commission has expressed concern with the licensing procedure in other states as well. …

Photographs and medical data now can be sent on existing POCSAG paging networks to portable devices using a technology developed by Data Critical Corp. Data-Through-Paging technology, or DTP, is a protocol that compresses images or text, then slices it into …

OCTOBER 19-24 Columbia Telexpo/Compuexpo ’95, by CMC Exhibition & Conference Producers. Corferias Fairground, Bogota, Columbia. For information call (703) 527-8000. 23-25 High-Performance Connectivity Solutions: Leveraging High-Bandwidth Technologies for Competitive Advantage, by International Business Communications USA Conferences Inc. San Jose Hilton …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Brookline Minerals Inc. announced it has funded Denver-based American Digital Communications Inc. for the construction of about 20 specialized mobile radio systems on the 220 MHz spectrum. The buildout includes systems in St. Louis, San Antonio, Portland, Ore., …

VIENNA, Austria-The licensing process for Austria’s second digital wireless phone system has been put on hold temporarily due to the government crisis in that country. Six bidders met the Oct. 13 application deadline for the Global System for Mobile communications …

As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule is par for the course among major PCS license holders, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s proposed microwave relocation cost-sharing plan would free personal communications services operators of their financial obligation to 2 GHz fixed users by 2005, a policy shift that could hit rural microwave licensees hard. The PCS industry and …

As a native Washingtonian, I always become suspicious when Democrats and Republicans jointly embrace anything. My suspicions heighten when the executive and legislative branches-and the “independent” Federal Communications Commission-all rush to claim credit for their particular contributions to the field …

Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced its purchase of Orlando Tower Service Inc., an Orlando, Fla.-based builder of transmitting and receiving facilities for wireless telecommunications providers. Consideration for the transaction totaled $135,000 in cash, consisting of two semiannual payments of $65,000 during …

AT&T Corp. announced new executives to head the three companies resulting from the split of AT&T announced a month ago by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen. Allen will continue in his posts at the new AT&T and Alex …

While the personal communications services industry in general remains locked in a three-way split over an airlink standard for systems deployment, cable TV operators in the PCS business so far have pitched their tents in the Code Division Multiple Access …

AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. announced they will begin combining their domestic cellular operations Nov. 1, initially by using the same support services. The companies will continue to remain separately owned, however, because of federal restrictions. The …

American Personal Communications has cracked a deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric that will allow APC to put full-sector antenna configurations on electric transmission towers. The relationship could help APC leap over some of cellular’s long-time site acquisition hurdles-zoning board …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, having failed to win support for switched wireless resale at an oversight hearing he chaired earlier this month, might pursue the issue as a member of the House-Senate conference committee on telecommunications reform. “We’re not ruling …

While some microwave incumbents are being unreasonable, others are negotiating fairly, reaching agreements and making plans to move their microwave links from the 2 GHz spectrum, according to telecom and utility people involved in the process. “It’s unfair to tarnish …

Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will benefit intercontinental travelers and rural fixed-site and mobile users in areas lacking landline or mobile coverage. …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey. Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable computing devices to access corporate databases and e-mail with throughput comparable to landline connections, according …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will be a less exciting place after Andrew C. Barrett leaves early next year. No more of those probing-sometimes direct, sometimes drifting-colloquies with FCC staff or light-hearted, off-the-cuff remarks to other commissioners during open meetings. Without …