Monthly Archives: January, 1997
BRITE VOICE DEPLOYS VOICESELECT IN LA
WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems deployed its VoiceSelect voice dialing system in Los Angeles Cellular's market and Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc.'s networks on the East...
ASIA/PACIFIC SHOWS 70 PERCENT GROWTH
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-The Asia/Pacific region has experienced cellular subscriber growth rates of around 70 percent, according to a report compiled by Pyramid Research Inc."Growth rates...
D.C.NOTES
Is the Federal Communications Commission setting the stage for new Wireless Telecom Bureau leadership?With Dan Phythyon's return (from Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs)...
AMERITECH BEGINS NICAD RECYCLING
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-Ameritech Cellular and Paging announced a recycling effort for nickel cadmium batteries called Battery Drop Stop. Cellular users can drop off used...
WORLD BRIEFS
ACC Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary ACC TelEnterprises Ltd., signed an agreement with Paging Network of Canada Inc., a paging company affiliated with...
AT DEADLINE: WESTERN WIRELESS GETS ARBITRATION
Western Wireless Corp. said it became the first commercial mobile radio service provider to obtain arbitration decisions from state regulatory bodies implementing the interconnection...
SMART BOOSTS SUBS IN THE PHILIPPINES
MANILA, Philippines-Smart Communications Inc. reported its subscriber base increased 172 percent last year from 113,000 subscribers at the end of 1995 to more than...
BELLSOUTH DEPLOYS PREPAID PROGRAM
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. deployed its Mobile America prepaid calling card program in Bakersfield, Calif., and Mobile, Ala.The program allows consumers to purchase a Mobile...
AT&T EMPLOYEE SETTLEMENT DROPPED
A California federal judge dismissed a proposed settlement between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and minority owners of AT&T cellular markets after the court discovered...
FCC MAY CHANGE SOME 2 GHZ RELOCATION NEGOTIATION GUIDELINES
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, responding to congressional pressure, will likely leave intact microwave relocation rules affecting public safety but change negotiating parameters governing other...
NOKIA TO DELIVER DCS 1800 SYSTEM
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. will supply digital cellular network equipment to Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd. to expand its Digital Cellular System 1800 network...
LUCENT REVENUES EXCEED LAST YEAR
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said its first quarter 1997 revenues exceeded last year's record first quarter revenues which included a significant increase in...
TRANSCRYPT ISSUES TRIMMED-DOWN IPO
NEW YORK-After trimming the size and price of its initial public offering, Transcrypt International Inc. went public Jan. 22 by issuing 2.9 million shares...
KEENEY PULLS OUT OF THE RUNNING FOR OPEN COMMISSIONER SEAT
Federal Communications Commission Common Carrier Bureau Chief Regina Keeney, citing personal reasons, abruptly pulled herself from contention for the open agency seat last week.Keeney,...
AUCTIONS FILL OUT GSM’S FOOTPRINT
WASHINGTON-Global System for Mobile communications technology now has a national footprint in the United States, according to analysis by GSM North America following the...
AUTO INDUSTRY EMBRACES WIRELESS TO HELP HEAD OFF SAFETY ISSUE
"Why does Detroit not design these cars with phone holders, just like cup holders?" asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt when he called...
PCS 2000 LICENSES AWARDED, WITH FINE: FCC CHARGES $1 MILLION
WASHINGTON-On the day before the first anniversary of the bidding error that plunged C-block personal communications services applicant PCS 2000 L.P. into the lion's...
DIGITALCHOICE OFFERED IN THREE NEW MARKETS
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice cellular phone service in Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. DigitalChoice uses 13-kilobit Code Division Multiple Access...
MOODY’S CONSIDERS MCI DEBT UPGRADE
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service Inc. announced Jan. 22 it may upgrade approximately $5.1 billion in MCI Communications Corp. outstanding debt and preferred stock because...
MOTOROLA WINS DEAL FOR THAI NETWORK
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group won a contract to expand Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd.'s narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone...
CLEARNET TO LEASE NEW HEADQUARTERS
PICKERING, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. said it will consolidate its national headquarters into a single building this fall in the Toronto area.The company signed a...
AMS JOINS TWO-WAY MARKET WITH HIGH CAPACITY FLEX ALTERNATIVE
American Messaging Systems Inc. is entering the two-way market with an alternative to ReFLEX that provides high system capacity, quick time to market and...
BUSINESS BRIEFS
The Failure Group Inc. acquired Broadcast Communications Systems Inc., a company that designs, installs and maintains wireless communications networks. Broadcast Communications has erected communications...
DSPC EXPECTS REWARDS FROM WIRELESS BRANCH EXCHANGE SYSTEM
DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless...
ITRON COMPLETES MILLIONTH METER
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. said Public Service Company of Colorado installed its one millionth Itron automatic meter reading module in the Denver area. Public Service...