Yearly Archives: 1996

WORLD BRIEFS

L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications...

SMR INVESTORS AT 220 MHZ FORM COALITION

The 220 MHz specialized mobile radio industry seems to be gaining strength in numbers. About 40 220 MHz investors and managing partners who represent...

RISING COMPETITION SPARKS AFRI CAN CELLULAR GROWTH: 11 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS EXPECTED BY 2000

The number of cellular subscribers in Africa and the Middle East increased 76 percent between 1990 and 1995, reported Pyramid Research Inc. in a...

PAGENET, EX MACHINA BEGIN AIR MEDIA LIVE!

CHICAGO-Paging Network Inc. and software developer Ex Machina Inc. announced the rollout of a wireless, Internet-based news, entertainment and messaging network called AirMedia Live!PageNet...

AKM SEMICONDUCTOR RELEASES SMALLER, STRONGER PCS CHIPS

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AKM Semiconductor Inc. said it has introduced a third-generation chipset for wireless telephones and other communications devices that is less than half...

ARRAYCOMM BOLTS INTO WLL MAR KET WITH PATENT AND PRODUCT

ArrayComm Inc. announced it received a U.S. patent for its Spatial Division Multiple Access intelligent antenna technology-the brains behind the company's IntelliCell products. The...

PAGING RELIEF EXPECTED SOON

The Federal Communications Commission was expected late last week or by today to give local and regional paging companies further relief from the paging...

BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX REPORTS CDPD PRICING

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said it has introduced new AirBridge Cellular Digital Packet Data price plans, reducing usage charges by more than 70...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Tessco Technologies Inc. said it has acquired Cincinnati-based Cartwright Communications for cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The transaction is valued at $3.8...

BUDGET DISPUTED

Dear Editor: Once again it is necessary to correct the misinformation which you are giving your readers regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's efforts relative...

METRICOM SELECTS KOLL FOR APPROVALS

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. selected Koll Telecommunication Services to aid Metricom in receiving the governmental approvals it needs to install the Ricochet data communications...

MOBILEMEDIA PLANS PRIVATE STOCK OFFER

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. is planning a private offering of convertible preferred stock. The company said it is expecting the offering will raise between...

D.C. NOTES

Everybody's reacting to high-tech.Take Fed chairman Alan Greenspan, who in a recent speech hit on something profound yet obvious yet little understood (understandably so)...

PCSI UNVEILS CHIPS FOR PHS AND PACT

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. announced its second-generation personal handyphone system and personal Air Communications Technology chipsets.The five-chip PHS set includes a highly integrated...

POLISH COURT REJECTS GRIEVANCE FILED BY 2 CENTERTEL PARTNERS

A Polish court has rejected complaints filed by Ameritech International and France Telecom concerning a digital cellular license the two companies say the Polish...

CTIA AUTHORIZES $6.7M FOR STUDIES

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's board of directors authorized $6.7 million for the current fiscal year 1997 for a five-year study of possible health...

SIEMENS TO PROVIDE PCS PRODUCTS IN U.S.

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Stromberg-Carlson announced it will offer D1900 products-based on the PCS 1900 standard-for the personal communications services market in North America.The Boca...

SMALL PCS WINNERS PURSUE WIRE LESS DREAM

Smaller C-block licensees with only a handful of permits say they're confident of making a profitable business from the properties they have, disregarding naysayers...

RCR TOP 20 CELLULAR MARKETS (21-40)

Editor's Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by the total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area.Most...

360 WILL ACQUIRE ICN CELLULAR ARM

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EQUIPMENT DEALERS!

The July 15 issue of Radio Communications Report will feature the Top 20 Wireless Equipment Dealers. Inclusion will be based on gross product sales...

TRANSYS NETWORKS ANNOUNCES SOLUTION FOR SATELLITE FAXING

MONTREAL-Transys Networks Inc. said it has developed a fax solution that lets mobile and remote workers send faxes through satellite networks. The product, Mobilis,...

OU DISTRIBUTES REPORT ON MEDICAL DEVICES

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are distributing a report advising hospital administrators and clinical engineers how to manage electromagnetic interaction between wireless devices...

WIRELESS SERVICES NOT SIGNIFICANT IN UNIVERSAL SERVICE PROGRAM

WASHINGTON-Wireless services still haven't figured into the unserved, underserved, high-cost and rural area matrix in a significant manner when it comes to universal service.Meeting...

GAS TAX REPEAL BILL ALSO AUTHORIZES FCC TO HOLD MORE AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-The House GOP strategy to reach out to voters this election year by repealing a 4.3 cents gasoline tax hike and underwriting forgone federal...
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