February 1996

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission fared better than expected in the current temporary funding bill that lasts through March 15, but the head of the agency predicts there will be big …

WASHINGTON-After more than 30 rounds of bidding, it looks like the current auction of 900 MHz specialized mobile radio spectrum may be entering the home stretch. Because of competitive reasons, …

The Cellular One Group intends to expand the scope of the Cellular One brand name to paging, local and long-distance service, and will offer licensing to B-side cellular carriers, personal …

Pockets of wireless local loop operations and fixed cellular services are emerging throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Small-scale operations and field trials are underway in Argentina, Belize, Brazil, the …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Omnipoint Corp. announced the successful completion of its initial public offering of common stock shares that began trading on the Nasdaq National Market on Jan. 26. Omnipoint said the …

WASHINGTON-The federal budget will play a large role in determining the future of spectrum auctions, according to several panelists taking part in “Spectrum Auctions: Pay or No Play?” last week …

Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology …

Colombia continues to be a top performer in the Latin American cellular arena, with the highest digital growth and high overall cellular penetration. As part of its licensing process, the …

Although paging has existed for decades in major Latin American and Caribbean countries, developments during the past few years have placed these markets on an unprecedented growth path. If paging …

“Calling party pays” cellular, already a reality in Europe, Japan and Australia, is a growing trend throughout Latin America. In most places in Latin America, the cellular subscriber still pays …

Despite strong initial efforts on the part of Chilean, Argentine and Mexican regulators, implementing personal communications services in Latin America will fall a little short of earlier bullish expectations. At …

Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers for the year. As the largest …

The impending liberalization of Brazil’s cellular services sector has attracted interest from a host of global carriers clamoring to position themselves in the region’s fastest growing telecom services sector. The …

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Central America’s cellular market, although smaller and representing somewhat riskier investment than other parts of Latin America, remains largely untapped and is expected to present a bundle of cellular opportunities …

This year will bring competition to Argentina’s interior cellular market, now served only by Compania de Telefonos del Interior under a two-year exclusive license. Owned by GTE Corp., AT&T Corp. …

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will dissolve its infrastructure division in the Netherlands and open a new unit in France to manufacture wireless phones, pagers and other personal communications items. …

“Shutting down the government was bad enough. Threatening default was horrendous. But what they are proposing now-refusing to pay America’s bills-is straight out of the looking glass, out the door …

Sprint Telecommunications Venture has awarded contracts to build its personal communications services network to AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Inc. with roughly a 60/40 split of STV’s markets. …

WASHINGTON-Congress passed landmark telecommunications reform legislation late last week, paving the way for the wireless lane of the information superhighway and setting the stage for a fierce debate on a …

AUSTIN, Texas-Texas State District Judge Scott McCowan ruled a fee imposed on wireless providers to finance the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund is disproportionate to commercial radio service providers and therefore …

An initial progress report on testing at the University of Oklahoma between hearing aids and wireless phones indicates some interference exists but makes no conclusions at this time. “The key …

The telecom reform bill has passed Congress and should soon be signed by President Clinton. The country is embarking upon a brave new world of increased competition-at least in the …

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced …

This year promises to be a transition period for the Latin American wireless market, a year hosting key events necessary to drive the subscriber growth that is projected by the …