Yearly Archives: 1996

ERICSSON ENTERS $105M CONTRACT

Telecom Finland has contracted with L.M. Ericsson to build a new DCS-1800 system and expand Telecom Finland's existing Global System for Mobile communications network.Ericsson...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Reflection Technology Inc. has completed a $10 million round of private funding from a series of new and existing investors. "This round of financing...

FCC TO RE-AUCTION SOME C-BLOCK LICENSES

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau plans to re-auction 18 C-block personal communications services licenses July 3, following the failure of BDPCS Inc. and National Telecom...

BOSTON PLATFORM USED BY SPRINT SPECTRUM

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. will supply its Access NP Network Services Platform, its value-added services software and the AccessMAX Application Software Environment to Sprint...

CELLULAR STORE HITS INTERNET TO HELP CUSTOMERS CHOOSE WIRELESS

A new retail outlet for cellular is opening nationwide, but there won't be any sales people and you won't find the address in the...

CELLULARONE-CHICAGO OFFERS FREEDOMPLUS

CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago is introducing FreedomPlus one-number service to its cellular customers.Cellular One of Chicago, a subsidiary of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, said...

CS GROUP STOCK OFFER WILL FUND DIGITAL DEPLOYMENT

NEW YORK-Group Communication Services, Canada's second-largest specialized mobile radio operator, plans an initial public offering of common stock to help finance most of a...

WIRELESS IS QUICK FIX TO TELECOM PROBLEMS IN FORMER SOVIET BLOC

It has been about seven years since the disintegration of the Soviet empire. During that time, some former Eastern bloc countries have built a...

CARRIERS TRY TO MANAGE EXPECA TIONS OF NEW SERVICE

Launching new technology into a market involves more than just technological know-how. The expectations of all parties must be managed in order to control...

BELLSOUTH MOBILITY PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR 34TH GSM MOU

ATLANTA- BellSouth Mobility DCS (a subsidiary of BellSouth Corp.), Lucent Technologies Inc. and the Swiss PTT worked together to provide Global System for Mobile...

VARI-L WILL PROVIDE VCOS TO OMNIPOINT

DENVER-Vari-L Company Inc. will supply Omnipoint Corp. with a series of miniature Voltage Controlled Oscillators for Omnipoint's personal communications services systems, the companies announced.The...

VIEWPOINT

So now the Federal Communications Commission is mandated to study market entry barriers faced by small businesses and entrepreneurs, which could lead to reviving...

OPERATORS SIGN LETTER TO ALLOW INT’L ROAMING

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. signed a letter of intent to provide unilateral roaming services in Canada to Hongkong Telecom customers."Hongkong Telecom's...

WORLD BRIEFS

Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co. Ltd. launched commercial service in the Chugoku area of Japan, serving the capital city, major highways and the railway line....

L.A. SMR OPERATOR LOSES FCC BATTLE

WASHINGTON-California specialized mobile radio operator James A. Kay Jr. has lost his 18-month battle against the Federal Communications Commission, at least for the time...

LUCENT ORDER TOPS 1 MILLION PHONES

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. ordered more than one million of Lucent's Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular phones...

GROUPS PUSH SHORTER TIME FOR VOLUNTARY RELOCATION BY DEBRA WAYNE

WASHINGTON-Opinions are split when it comes to shortening the voluntary negotiation period between microwave incumbents and C-, D-, E- and F-block personal communications services...

MOTOROLA SECTOR FORMS NEW DIVISION

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging, Information and Media Sector is forming a new Platform Software Division.The Atlanta-based division is chartered to develop and deliver an open...

LEC GROUP SAYS BILL AND KEEP WILL STIFLE NETWORK INVESTMENT

WASHINGTON-The United States Telephone Association continues to fight against any federally mandated rollback or eradication of interconnection fees that wireless companies must pay to...

D.C. NOTES

effrey Si;va Grumbling in private wireless land. The word is the refarming item that was anticipated for vote this month is being pushed back...

POCKET COMMUNICATIONS IS NEW MONIKER FOR DCR

WASHINGTON-DCR Communications has changed its name to Pocket Communications Inc.The Washington, D.C.-based firm, which walked away from the C-block spectrum auctions with personal communications...

PORTACOM LOOKS TO GROW WITH AAT CORP. PURCHASE

PortaCom Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Los Angeles-based Asian American Telecommunications Corp.PortaCom said it will issue a...

PRONET PLANNING TO SELL STOCK AND BOND ISSUES

NEW YORK-ProNet Inc., one of the top 10 paging companies in the country, planned to sell concurrent stock and bond issues as early as...

SIEMENS WINS AWARD FOR IRIDIUM SWITCHES

MUNICH-Siemens AG won contracts worth $64.7 million from the Iridium mobile phone network. Siemens said that Motorola Inc., which founded and leads the Iridium...

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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