Yearly Archives: 1996

HARRIS SUPPLIES RADIOS FOR GROUP CS PROJECT

MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada-Harris Farinon Canada announced it has signed a letter of intent with Group CS Inc. under which Harris will supply $15 million...

CELLSTAR READY TO UNLOAD ITS SAM’S KIOSK BUSINESS

CellStar Corp. said it has a tentative Fortune 500 buyer for its kiosk business located in 347 Sam's Club stores nationwide, the expenses of...

TRADE ACCORD IS REACHED BETWEEN U.S. AND CHINA

WASHINGTON-The United States and China last week averted a high-profile trade war over intellectual property rights that threatened to cut into wireless telecommunications commerce...

CLARIFICATION

RCR's June 17 article on Page 5 should have indicated that Glenayre Technologies Inc. and other manufacturers affiliated with the Coalition for a Competitive...

CELLCOM BETA TESTS CONDUCTUS SYSTEM

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has completed a beta deployment agreement with Cellcom, a rural cellular company based in DePere, Wis.Under the agreement, Cellcom...

CONTENT REGULATION ISSUE SLINKS INTO TELECOM TRADE

WASHINGTON-The regulation of content could become a major issue for the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years as carriers in an increasingly competitive market...

LOCAL LOOP SALES

Local loop sales-Allied Business Intelligence predicts that advanced technologies will account for 12 percent of the local-loop equipment sales of the $10.5 billion market...

PNI TO PURCHASE BIG APPLE PAGING

Preferred Networks Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Big Apple Paging Corp. for $2.6 million.About...

GLENAYRE ANNOUNCES NPCS TRAIN ING CLASSES

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies' Glenayre Technical Training Institute has developed computer-based training modules and formal training classes specifically oriented to narrowband personal communications services.The modules...

QUALCOMM PE RACKS UP $850M IN HANDSET PACTS

Qualcomm Personal Electronics has won significant handset contracts from Sprint Spectrum L.P. and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., with a combined value of $850 million.The...

FCC HASN’T WARMED TO BILL-AND-KEEP INTERCONNECTION PROPOSAL

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, growing increasingly concerned about whether proposed wireless-wireline interconnection rules could withstand legal scrutiny, appears ready to change course and address...

ITALIAN OPERATOR TAKES STAKE IN STET

ROME-Telecom Italia Mobile S.p.A. has taken a 12 percent stake in Stet International, for about $156 million.Telecom Italia Mobile is a telecommunications service provider...

PRODUCTS

IBM Mobile & Wireless Systems announced the IBM 2488 Model 800, the latest offering in its line of rugged, wireless handheld computing devices. IBM...

U.S. ROBOTICS BEGINS CAMPAIGN FOR DATA INFRASTRUCTURE ENTRY

U.S. Robotics is mounting a three-pronged campaign for the emerging wireless data industry.The Skokie, Ill.-based company's Mobile Communications division is a leader in PC...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION WARNS CAR RIERS ABOUT SIM CARD LOCK USE

A stern letter from the European Commission has gone out to dozens of wireless operators and phone manufacturers in Europe about the use of...

SNET ANNOUNCES SOFTWARE UPGRADE TO REDUCE FRAUD

MERIDEN, Conn. - SNET Network Services announced it has enhanced its Network Fraud Control System software to reduce the amount of 0+/0- theft for...

SPRINT SPECTRUM TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL CUSTOMER CARE CENTER

FORT WORTH, Texas-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced plans to establish a national customer care center and a regional headquarters for its personal communications services in...

TELEMOBILE TO OFFER RURAL USE PRODUCTS

TORRANCE, Calif.-Telemobile Inc. has joined with Belgium-based Telkon N.V. to provide a series of wireless products for what it calls the Wireless Rural Loop."While...

VCSI SIGNS MERGER AGREEMENT WITH VOICE PROCESSING CORP.

DALLAS-Voice Control Systems Inc. announced it will merge with Voice Processing Corp. in a pooling of interests transaction valued at more than $40 million.VCSI...

VIEWPOINT

Oh, the shifting winds of Washington.The bill-and-keep interconnection proposal has been called the greatest issue facing the cellular industry this year. And when the...

WORLD BRIEFS

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has officially opened its European headquarters in the Netherlands. The company said it opened the office because its cellular...

AMSC COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL SPECTRUM

WASHINGTON-American Mobile Satellite Corp. could receive additional L-band mobile satellite services spectrum if favorable comments are received regarding a June 18 notice of proposed...

AVIC TO IMPLEMENT NEW PAGING SYSTEM FOR CHINESE MARKET

NEW YORK-AVIC Group International Inc. announced it signed a definitive joint venture agreement with Beijing Catch to create a nationwide paging network of at...

BAJA RELEASES PIN CELLULAR SOFTWARE

WEST CHESTER, Pa.-Baja Systems announced the release of its Personal Identification Number Management software.PIN Management allows subscribers to add or change their PIN by...

BELLSOUTH RELEASES NEW IMAGE TO PROMOTE GSM TECHNOLOGY

ATLANTA-BellSouth Personal Communications Inc. has changed its corporate name and unveiled a new logo to promote its Global System for Mobile communications-based PCS-1900 service.The...
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