Yearly Archives: 1996

IRIDIUM ANNOUNCES CONSTRUCTION CREDIT

WASHINGTON-Iridium Inc. announced Chase Securities Inc. and BZW will be responsible for structuring and arranging the international syndication of a credit facility to complete...

ISOTEL TO PROVIDE CELLULAR SOFTWARE

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Isotel Research and Steinbrecher Corp. announced Isotel has been selected to provide digital cellular software based on the North American Interim Standard-136...

LETTERS

Editor: I must take very strong exception to the comments in the April 15, 1996 issue of RCR under the heading D.C. Notes by Jeffrey...

METROCALL AGREES TO BUY RADIO COMMON CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-Alexandria, Va.-based Metrocall Inc. made good on its promise to "add strategic geographic and synergistic acquisitions during the first half of the year" by...

MIC VENTURE GETS CAMBODIA LICENSE

NEW YORK-International telephone operator Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced Cambodia GSM Ltd., a joint venture between the Cambodian Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and...

RINGGOLD ACQUIRED BY CENTURY TELEPHONE

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it has acquired Ringgold Telephone Co. in exchange for cash, common stock and convertible preferred stock.Century has headquarters...

MOTOROLA AWARDED BRAZIL CONTRACTS

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division announced it has been awarded contracts valued at more than $30 million for the expansion...

D.C. NOTES

If only Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber suspect accused of blowing up those he believes responsible for polluting America with high technology, had gotten out...

BELL ATLANTIC NYNEX MOBILE SUCCESS INSTRUMENTAL IN AGREEMENT

NEW YORK-The success of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile played a key role in prompting the recent merger agreement between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex...

HIGH COURT PONDERS LAWSUIT FOR MEDICAL DEVICE MALFUNCTIONING

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court's consideration of whether manufacturers of medical devices that malfunction can be sued in state court potentially adds a new twist to...

PARTIAL END TO LICENSE FREEZE DOESN’T PLEASE PAGING OPERATORS

WASHINGTON-Local and regional paging operators lambasted the Federal Communications Commission for declining to completely lift the three-month-old paging application freeze last week, and vowed...

BILL COULD DELAY FUTURE AUCTIONS

WASHINGTON-The recently signed Contract with America Advancement Act (H.R. 3136) has made some waves at the Federal Communications Commission because it could push the...

GTE AIRFONE INTRODUCES AIRLINE FLAT-RATE CALLS

May day, May day! Air-to-ground communications has just flattened out. That is, GTE Airfone Inc. is introducing flat rate pricing of $15 per call...

AVIC TO DEVELOP NETWORK IN CHINA

NEW YORK-AVIC Group International Inc. and the Government of Hebei Province jointly announced an agreement to develop and construct a 1.6 million subscriber fixed...

BARTON RESOLVES TO CONTINUE WIRE LESS RESALE FIGHT

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has pledged to continue fighting for expanded wireless resale, saying his position on the issue has been reinforced over the...

1996 APPROPRIATIONS SIGNED FRIDAY

WASHINGTON-President Clinton signed appropriations legislation Friday to fund the Federal Communications Commission and scores of other government agencies for the rest of fiscal 1996,...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

VoiceTech Communications Inc. announced it has been granted patent approval for its VoiceCue Directory Assistance Call Completion, an application that offers cellular customers fast,...

SMALL MARKET BIDS CONTINUE AS C-BLOCK ACTIVITY DWINDLES

WASHINGTON-There are amazing parallels between last week's auction of the late Jacqueline Onassis' possessions and bidding decisions being made by certain small players in...

MARKET PENETRATION FOR CANADIAN PAGING OFFERS ROOM TO GROW

Opportunity looms for the Canadian kin of PageMart Inc. and Paging Network Inc. Both companies recently activated service in Canada where market penetration is...

CCPR AUTHORIZES SHARE REPURCHASE

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc.'s board of directors has authorized the repurchase of up to an additional 750,000 shares of CCPR's common...

CLEARNET REGISTERS FOR PUBLIC OFFERING

NEW YORK-Clearnet Communications Inc., a personal communications services licensee based in Pickering, Ontario, announced April 22 it had registered to sell a cross-border public...

DENMARK TO ISSUE 1.8 GHZ LICENSES

COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Denmark's national telecom agency plans to issue invitations to bid for personal communications licenses at 1.8 GHz, reported the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen.The...

THREE-SIXTY REPORTS $7M IN NET INCOME

Three-sixty Communications Co., in its first earnings announcement as an independent company since its spinoff from Sprint Corp., reported a first quarter net income...

FCC TRIES TO SPEED RELOCATION

WASHINGTON-Incumbent microwave operators who have been less than forthcoming in their relocation negotiations with A- and B-block personal communications services licensees will be subject...

COMMUNICATIONS AND COMPUTERS MUST CONNECT FOR PDA REALITY

The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets...
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