Monthly Archives: January, 1996
FUTURE OF WIRELINE QUESTIONED AS COST OF WIRELESS DECREASES
NEW YORK-Provided technological breakthroughs occur to improve transmission quality and quantity, wireless communications could become a substitute for fixed wireline communications within a decade.That...
REFARMING MEANS MORE FREQUENCY BUT AT WHAT COST TO USERS
WASHINGTON-The specter of private radio spectrum auctions, frequency coordination consolidation and the kickoff of refarming in frequency bands below 512 MHz are giving users...
MSS CARRIERS BEAM SERVICE TO A VARIETY OF CUSTOMERS
A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world.Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving...
TOP 20 INTERNATIONAL PAGING MARKETS
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country based on information supplied...
COX CHOOSES SITE FOR PCS OPERATIONS
IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. announced it has acquired a site for its personal communications services network operations control center.Located in the Irvine Business...
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS URGE FCC TO TURN DOWN E911 RULE CHANGES
WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers say a petition calling for unrestricted access to 911 telephone service would perpetuate fraud and impair public safety responsiveness, but concede some...
NEW CONSUMERS EXPECT CELLULAR PRICE FLEXIBILITY
NEW YORK - With fixed costs dropping in tandem with an expanding customer base, cellular phone service for the average individual consumer is on...
CALENDAR
JANUARY22-23 Liberalization and Privatization of International Telecommunications: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Competitive Market, by The Adam Smith Institute. Inter-Continental Hotel, Geneva. 44-171-490-3774.22-24 Technology...
`LIFE SAVER’ BILLBOARD PROMPTS CALLS FOR HELP
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-A billboard put up in mid December by Alltel Mobile Communications Inc. caused quite a stir in Little Rock, Ark., as motorists...
LITHIUM BATTERIES MORE POPULAR IN WIRELESS DEVICES: EVEREADY TO CONSTRUCT 70M FACIL ITY IN FLORIDA
A U.S. battery manufacturer has announced it will produce lithium ion batteries for wireless telecommunications devices, delving into a market previously dominated by Japanese...
LOCKWOOD TO HEAD EUROPEAN DI VISION OF BELL ATLANTIC
MILAN, Italy-Richard Lockwood has been named vice president and regional manager of the European and Asia/Pacific wireless operations for Bell Atlantic International Wireless.Lockwood assumes...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
Memphis, Tenn.-based Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent for a secondary underwriting with Barron Chase Securities of Boca...
WORLD BRIEFS
Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received purchase orders valued at $5 million to supply digital microwave radios to Smart Information Technologies Inc., a...
D.C. NOTES
A reporter at a press conference last week asked some members of the so-called Centrist Coalition-a group of moderate senators-whether they were getting lonely...
ERICSSON COMPLAINS ABOUT GSM PERMIT AWARDED TO OE-CALL
BRUSSELS-L.M. Ericsson filed a complaint with the European Union, charging that Austria's award of a GSM license to international consortium Oe-Call is unfair. Oe-Call...
MOTOROLA HANDSET IS CORDLESS AT HOME, CELLULAR ON THE ROAD
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Subscriber Group announced plans for the commercial availability of a cellular telephone that can also be used as a cordless...
NEW YORK MOST WANTED MARKET IN PCS AUCTION
WASHINGTON-Bidders returned to the Federal Communications Commission's auction of C-block broadband personal communications services and 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses with renewed fervor...
GTE UNVEILS NEW PRICING FOR CDPD TRANSMISSIONS
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced a new pricing structure for its Cellular Digital Packet Data network that reflects a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction from...
CELLULAR PHONE SALES LAG NOT AFFECTING ACCESSORIES
Specialized aftermarket products and new marketing strategies have kept the decline in U.S. cellular telephone sales from affecting accessory product sales, according to several...
AT&T CAMPUS WIRELESS NETWORK LETS BUSINESS USERS CONNECT ON THE JOB
Two divisions in AT&T Corp.'s systems and technology company last week unveiled a communications system the company said will provide customers wireless phone access...
NATION BRIEFS
Dial Page Inc.'s stockholders have approved a merger proposal and agreement with Nextel Communications Inc., Nextel announced. The Federal Communications Commission's final approval on...
IUSACELL NEGOTIATING TO OPERATE FIXED WIRELESS SYSTEM IN MEXICO
Bell Atlantic International, through its 42 percent investment in Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., is in the heart of negotiations with the Mexican government...
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS TO MANUFACTURE OMNIPOINT IS-661 EQUIPMENT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to manufacture equipment based on Omnipoint Corp.'s IS-661 technology. TI will...