Yearly Archives: 1996

PTS TEAMS WITH ERICSSON TO BE COME PCS OPERATOR

Forget cellular. Personal Technology Services Inc.'s PCS business will compete with the phone company, said Colin Buckingham, PTS' president and chief executive officer.The company...

SIEMENS TO MAKE CDMA EQUIPMENT

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a multimillion dollar, royalty-bearing subscriber equipment license with Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Rolm Communications.The...

STUPKA TRADES CELLULAR SCENE FOR 2-WAY TASK

The prospect of taking SkyTel 2-Way messaging service from a workable technology to a marketplace product is at the crux of John Stupka's new...

PCS LICENSES ON HOLD FOR SOME AS FCC REVIEWS PETITION CLAIMS

WASHINGTON-A group of 310 C-block personal communications services licenses should be issued within the next two weeks, but it is doubtful that those won...

INTERDIGITAL SETTLES SHAREHOLDER LAWSUIT

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has favorably settled a class action lawsuit filed by a shareholder in November 1994. The shareholder...

D.C. CELLULAR CARRIER INAUGURATES NO-CONTRACT SERVICE PACKAGE

Cellular One of Washington, D.C./Baltimore is introducing an off-the-shelf, no-contract cellular service package called Speak Easy.The package costs about $200, includes Motorola Inc.'s TeleTac...

EDR WILL MARKET PCS DATABASE SET TO FIND TOWER SITES

SOUTHPORT, Conn.-EDR-Wireless Group, a division of Environmental Data Resources Inc., announced it will market a new tool designed to decrease the amount of time...

WHITE HOUSE UNVEILS NEW ENCRYP TION PLAN FOR SOFTWARE INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is on a collision course with Congress over encryption policy, as policymakers try to balance law enforcement and national security needs...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY GSM-BASED SYSTEM TO GHANA OPERATOR

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed an order for a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications system with Scancom in Ghana, Africa.With an initial capacity...

SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS RAIL AGAINST FCC

WASHINGTON-Following what they characterized as an unsuccessful meeting with Wireless Telecommunications Bureau personnel last week, three personal communications services small-business concerns filed a petition...

GTE CHURNMANAGER GOES COMMERCIAL

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services announced the commercial availability of ChurnManager following a successful beta test with GTE Mobilnet Inc.The system gathers information on a...

MOTOROLA NETS PACT TO DEPLOY NET WORK USING GSM IN INDIA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division has signed a $45 million contract to deploy two digital cellular phone systems for BPL/U S...

WORLD BREIFS

Photocomm Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been awarded a $3 million contract from Motorola Inc. for 831 solar electric systems to power a wireless...

ILLUMINER IS NAME OF JOINT BUSINESS

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Independent Telecommunications Network and US Intelco Networks announced they have changed their name to Illuminer. The two companies merged earlier this year.The new...

HANWA INTRODUCES BATTERY CHARGER

NEW YORK-Hanwa American Corp. has introduced a battery charger that it says can re-energize cellular phone batteries in 20 minutes.The Logical Power Charging System...

COX'S CABLE-PCSCONNECTION IS CLOSER TO BECOMING CONCRETE

PCS eyes cable TV's lineCompetitive times call for innovation.During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take...

NEW SOFTWARE PLATFORM ENABLES CELL PHONES ACCESS TO INTERNET

Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a "Killer App" for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular...

POKA LAMBRO PICKS MOTOROLA NETWORK

Poka Lambro PCS Inc. has contracted with Motorola Inc. to supply digital equipment valued at $40 million for Poka's personal communications services networks.Poka Lambro...

DISAPPOINTED DEFEO LAMENTS EXORBITANT PCS PERMIT PRICES

Carriers that were big winners during the last 10 years of cellular growth won't necessarily be successful in this new decade of wireless, cautioned...

ERICSSON TO SUPPLY GSM EQUIP MENT TO TELE DANMARK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Tele Danmark Mobil has signed a contract with L.M. Ericsson for additional development of its Global System for Mobile communications network in Denmark.Tele...

UTILITIES MONITOR PCS AS A MEANS TO MAKE MONEY

NEW YORK-Electric utilities are taking a close look at wireless communications as a means to enhance revenues and operating efficiencies in their recently deregulated...

GROUP LOBBIES FCC TO DELAY PCS AUCTION IN LIGHT OF RULE CHANGES

WASHINGTON-Members of an association representing small and minority-owned businesses have banded together with local attorneys and several C-block personal communications services auction winners in...

WORLD BRIEFS

L.M. Ericsson has signed a three-year contract with JT Mobiles Ltd. to supply digital cellular Global System for Mobile communications systems in India. Ericsson...

ALLIANCE PICKS INFONXX FOR DI RECTORY SERVICE

SAN FRANCISCO-The wireless alliance of AirTouch Cellular and Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has contracted with InfoNXX Inc. to supply directory assistance services in the...
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