Yearly Archives: 1996

IN-VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS KEEP DRIVERS AND CARS CONNECTED

You may never need, or want, to leave your car once it is equipped with an in-vehicle navigation and communications system. Hitting the market...

CDMA WAITING CONTINUES ON

Code Division Multiple Access has been touted as a success story in Seoul, South Korea and in Hong Kong. Many U.S. personal communications services...

DIGITAL ARRIVALS ARE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY

NEW YORK-For Coherent Communications Systems Inc. of Leesburg, Va., the new digital arrivals on the wireless communications scene represent a golden opportunity for its...

CORRECTION

The MCI One initial package that includes one-number service, free long distance, Internet services and a calling card is offered for $4.95 a month,...

WIRELESS SAFETY WEEK HONORS QUICK THINKING CELLULAR LIFESAVERS

WASHINGTON-According to a public service announcement aired nationwide in conjunction with National Wireless Safety Week, "Rescue 911" host William Shatner pointed out that more...

CTIA COMMENTS

Dear Editor: Your article in Monday's RCR is a great disappointment in which you misled your readers.Somehow you have turned a story about differences in...

D.C. NOTES

As it was pointed out to me time and time again during the aftermath of last week's C-block broadband personal communications services auction, in...

FCC AGREES TO REDUCE 900 MHZ BID PENALTY

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has agreed to reduce bid withdrawal penalties faced by Atlanta Trunking and MAP Wireless, bidders in the recent...

INFERNO OFFERS INTERNET ACCESS TO INFORMATION VIA ALL NETWORKS

It was one book in Alighieri Dante's 14th century classic Divine Comedy trilogy that inspired the name for Lucent Technologies Inc.'s new software program,...

VIEWPOINT

Who are these guys? It's a question that has popped into my mind repeatedly after 20-plus years as a journalist now covering the wireless...

SPRINT SPECTRUM'S MEDINA SITE HALTED

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place...

HUGHES, BELLSOUTH WORK ON MIGRATION

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced that BellSouth Mobility Inc. has successfully moved over commercial cellular traffic in Nashville, Tenn.,...

TRUE GOALS OF WTR QUESTIONED BY INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Alcatel Network Systems and Sprint Corp. have completed a network upgrade with a five-node synchronous optical network in Fayetteville, N.C. The ring, with a...

WORLD BRIEFS

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will...

ADVANTAGE CELLULAR OPENS UP STORES THROUGHOUT COLORADO

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado...

COMSAT’S NEW UNIT TO FOCUS ON MSS

Comsat International Communications is creating a business unit to focus solely on mobile satellite communications. Comsat Personal Communications initially will concentrate on Comsat's Planet...

BRITE VOICE SERVICE RECOGNIZES SPEECH

WICHITA, Kan. - Brite Voice Systems has introduced a cellular phone enhanced service designed to improve the safety of mobile phone use in automobiles.The...

CABLE & WIRELESS DISCUSSIONS WITH BRITISH TELECOM HALTED

LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school...

WINNERS CELEBRATE AS BIDDING CLOSES

WASHINGTON-"This is the most exciting day of my life," exclaimed Allen Salmasi, chairman and chief executive officer of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., which by...

STANDING BY CDMA: ANALYSIS, PART 1

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal...

CHADMOORE GROWTH FROM WORKING WITH OPERATORS

After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming...

CTIA FOUNDATION IMPLEMENTS PUBLIC SERVICE WIRELESS PROJECTS

One mission of the CTIA Foundation for Wireless Communications is to undertake innovative wireless projects, like the one beginning today in Minnesota.The Cellular Telecommunications...

VIEWPOINT

Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged...

DIGITAL COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION SLOWED BY CONCERNS ABOUT LIABILITY

WASHINGTON-Differences over liability continue to slow digital copyright legislation in Congress, keeping wireless and wireline carriers in limbo about whether they will be held...
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