May 1996

LG Information & Communications Ltd. of South Korea is wagering its hand in the U.S. personal communications services market with plans to begin large scale PCS technology and equipment manufacturing in San Diego in the second half of this year. …

Geotek Communications Inc. is a new kid on the block, not tied to any traditional distribution system and not bound by “this is the way we’ve always done it” thinking. Unlike its two-way radio competitors, Geotek has no previous customer …

It is said that when you provide a valuable service at a fair price, you’ll always have customers. Such is the personality of paging. In the last year more than ever, the industry has recognized that two-way paging and other …

WASHINGTON-Paralleling the start of authentication service in several markets, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association issued a Request for Information to wireless equipment manufacturers, fraud security vendors and other CTIA members for establishing a national authentication center. The center’s aim is …

The paging industry is undergoing a major regulatory overhaul. The question is why? As the most competitive sector of the wireless telecommunications industry, it is not clear whether sweeping changes are being made to accommodate the federal government and large …

Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want small devices, low-cost service and they want to know if …

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java Software Platform and Java Powered chips into its future telephones for residential, enterprise and wireless applications. Java is an Internet programming language. Java Powered chips are specialized microprocessors optimized to …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has successfully completed two additional rural field tests of its ultra-low-noise receiver subsystem for cellular base stations. The Conductus subsystem is designed to provide enhanced range, improved coverage and improved signal quality in rural cellular …

While Republicans and Democrats argue about encryption policy, the Pentagon is getting hacked up. The General Accounting Office says up to one-quarter of a million attempts possibly were made last year to infiltrate Defense Department computer networks and, of that …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging, a subsidiary of AirTouch Communications, said it has begun service in Albuquerque, N.M., and its surrounding communities. “Albuquerque is a key market for us because of its strategic southwestern location,” said Charlie Jackson, president and chief executive …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it has been awarded a $107 million contract by Escotel to build and maintain a Global System for Mobile communications network covering India’s Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala regions. The new wireless network will be fully …

WASHINGTON – C-block personal communications services auction winner BD-PCS Inc. has several legal channels open to it before it is forced to give up the 17 markets it won at auction because it could not meet a $37 million down-payment …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The Personal Communications Industry Association has elected William L. Collins III chairman of its board of directors. Collins is president and chief executive officer of Metrocall. “Bill Collins is a dynamic executive leading a dynamic company,” said …

DALLAS-Geotek Communications Inc. reported the commercial start-up of its Frequency Hopping Multiple Access digital wireless communications network in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. The new network mirrors those it recently introduced in Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and Florida. The Texas …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has completed the installation of five Modular Voice Processing Systems for Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s cellular subscribers in North and South Carolina and Virginia. Glenayre said Bell Atlantic Nynex will use the MVP System …

The newest arrival in one of cellular’s newest markets-prepaid-is Go Wireless International Ltd., led by an entrepreneur banking his dollars on consumers with damaged credit. The company is venturing new approaches to selling service. Go Wireless debuted in Florida a …

Motorola Inc. has been contracted to build a Global System for Mobile communications network in the Czech Republic for operator Radiomobil. The deal is valued at $100 million. The network is scheduled to be launched in September to initially cover …

NEW YORK-Rogers Cantel Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc., sold an $800 million debt issue May 22 to refinance at lower rates outstanding indebtedness that had an interest rate of 10.75 percent. The new issue …

NEW YORK-In its first application outside paging, Motorola Inc.’s FLEX chipsets will be used in Ex Machina Inc.’s AirMedia Live information services product, the companies announced. AirMedia Live will allow computer users to access Internet services without going online. For …

MAY 27-28 High Speed Information Services: Strategies to Win the Race to the Home, by ICM Conferences. The Mart Plaza, Chicago. Call Thomas Serafine at (312) 540-5698. 29-31 Canadian Wireless ’96, by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Metro Toronto Convention …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it has completed the purchase of an additional 1.7 million common shares of PCS Wireless Inc. based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. With this investment, ADC now holds 3.3 million shares of PCS Wireless, representing 10.6 …

New protocol-based paging technologies may not only alleviate carrier capacity problems but also may transform the nature of service offerings from “cheap beeps” to “paging on steroids.” Alphanumeric paging, the first “enhanced service” to be offered by carriers, ran smack …

NEW YORK-Mentor Graphics Corp. plans this summer to begin selling a new generation of electronic design automation software, developed with Nokia Corp., that officials of both companies say will dramatically speed time to market for new electronics products. Known as …

BALA CYNWYD, Pa.-The Associated Group Inc. and Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. announced they will launch a trial this summer in New Jersey of the TruePosition Cellular Location System. The service trial will span a 50-mile stretch of the New Jersey …

While Motorola Inc.’s FLEX paging technology begins to dash across the globe, POCSAG remains the de facto standard in the international paging world, said Ann Lynch, an analyst with the Yankee Group. However, compared to mobile telephony, traditional paging is …