1996

Bill Clinton is fond of telling us he feels our pain. His compassion is seemingly endless, a surface virtue that sells well with core Democrats and swing voters. His detractors would rather Clinton save it, stifle it; they’ve heard it …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. sold its Digital Radio Technology Inc. unit to Harris Corp. Terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Digital Radio Technology was founded in 1994 to pursue opportunities in air-to-ground communications systems using digital radios, the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Communications has halted 900 MHz private wireless licensing in a move that the industry suspects could lead to auctions, according to sources. A representative in the FCC’s licensing division in Gettysburg, Pa., said the agency was “reevaluating …

I’ve noted before that vendors of the personal Air Communications Technology protocol-one of the newest contenders for two-way paging and messaging systems, and being implemented by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. over its nationwide two-way channels-have their work cut out for …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. is discontinuing its enhanced directory assistance service to GTE Mobilnet Inc. subscribers in San Diego. The phase-out will be completed in January. Metro One originally initiated the service in San Diego under a contract with …

Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A-, B- and C-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. Some of the companies have not yet received their licenses from the Federal Communications Commission …

ATLANTA-Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.’s wireless division will provide its DualPol antennas throughout Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The DualPol antenna uses polarization diversity to provide the performance equivalent of several traditional cellular antennas in a single compact enclosure, the …

CARMEL, Ind.-Ritron Inc. and Trident Micro Systems announced plans to codevelop and jointly market trunking products and systems. The alliance will integrate Trident’s PassPort npNTS trunking protocol and LTR expertise with Ritron’s family of RF communications products. The companies plan …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton, with help from Japan, Canada, Australia and the European Union, snatched victory from defeat in winning support from Asia-Pacific leaders to end tariffs on telecommunications and information technology products by 2000. The accord, culminating the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation …

Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of Business SignalSoft Corp. Olympic Venture Partners $1.9 million First Wireless location software & services Boulder, CO Pathnet Inc. Corman Foundation Inc., IAI Venture Capital $700,000 Bridge/Mezzanine Microwave incumbent relocation services …

Mapping software, such as that offered by MapInfo Corp., has become a core component in many radio frequency monitoring and propagation modeling programs. “Since our product is being used as a key component in their products, we want to make …

Hewlett Packard Co. announced it has made enhancements to its parallel cell/traffic generator and analyzer system, designed to speed up the verification process of asynchronous transfer mode designs. The HP E4829B is a verification tool built for the new generation …

Bouygues Telecom chose the partnership of Nokia Telecommunications and Dassault A.T. of France to provide a DCS 1800 cellular system in northern France. Nokia and Dassault will provide base stations, base station controllers, operation systems, cellular transmission equipment and antennas. …

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the first two years. Lucent will not receive an equity position for the investment. Payment terms will …

The FCC said NextWave Telecom Inc. executive Janice Obuchowski illegally lobbied Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Michele Farquhar in connection with 63 personal communications services licenses that were challenged on foreign ownership and other grounds after the firm paid nearly $5 billion …

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he’s irked by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2.3 GHz auction plan. “It’s a real serious problem,” said Tauzin, in an interview with RCR. Tauzin has met with FCC Chairman Reed Hundt …

FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise. Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when customers sign up for wireless service-they were finding out just how handy the derned things …

NEW YORK-MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, went public in the United States Nov. 26 with an offering of 1.725 million shares of common stock at $14.88 each. MDSI stock, which traded on the Montreal and …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, Knoxville, Tenn., Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C. Those are all cities …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Proxim Inc. announced they mutually have agreed to terminate their planned merger. The companies reported declines in the share prices of each company’s stock after a merger was announced, prompted DSPC and Proxim to discontinue …

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Systems Inc. will provide statement presentment services to Metrocall, according to a five-year agreement. Metrocall will use IBS’ statement design, graphics and targeted inserting capabilities to provide easy-to-read statements to its paging customers. “After a …

WASHINGTON-Commenters on both sides of the issue regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to kill its finder’s preference programs have one thing in common-their arguments all come down to money. Many of those who oppose the commission’s plan first to …

WASHINGTON-Despite recent findings that some Federal Communications Commission employees have been using commission-owned cellular phones for their personal use at taxpayer expense, apparently none will be charged for hundreds of dollars of non-business calls made between October 1995 and May …

A new Phantom low profile antenna was introduced by Antenex. The antenna has a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern. It also has an element that reduces dropped calls and dead spots, the company said. It comes with Antenex’s …

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada-Teklogix International Inc. was awarded a contract by Montreal-based Canadian National Railways to provide it with narrowband wireless data communication networks. The networks will include the Ethernet Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol connectivity and 85 vehicle-mounted data terminals. They …