February 1997

NEW YORK-Potential investors in BellSouth Corp. may soon be able to buy its common stock directly from the company under a new plan the Atlanta-based telecommunications company announced Feb. 18. …

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The March 17 issue of RCR will feature the Top 20 Cellular Resellers. If you would like your company included in our survey, please fax the following information to Lynnette …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, bowing to congressional and wireless industry pressure, scaled back a budget-driven proposal to raise $3 billion this year from the sale of flexible 2.3 GHz wireless …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced what it claims is the smallest and lightest digital microcellular base transceiver station at the GSM World Congress. The M-Cellcity weighs 66 pounds. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Canadian Satellite Communications Inc., AirTouch Satellite Services and Loral Space & Communications formed a joint venture to provide fixed and mobile wireless services throughout Canada using the Globalstar L.P. …

KELOWNA, British Columbia-Globus Cellular & User Protection Ltd. said it will investigate the specific absorption rate levels of cellular phone and antenna products available in North America. SAR measures the …

NEW YORK-Global telecommunications deregulation may be auspicious, but on behalf of bondholders, Moody’s Investors Service Inc. remains suspicious. A day before negotiators at the World Trade Organization approved Feb. 15 …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector said it is volume shipping its 68175 FLEX chip paging protocol IC worldwide. The FLEX chip IC processes information that has been received …

CINCINNATI-GTE Wireless launched its personal communications services network in the Cincinnati major trading area, which covers greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The network uses Code Division Multiple Access technology. GTE …

The laws of physics cannot be persuaded by politics, pricing or PR. And some economic principles are equally unyielding. Hence, economics and engineering considerations are both important to a sound …

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. plans additional financing to help build and launch 56 low-earth-orbit satellites for digital wireless voice and data service covering most of the world by mid-to-late 1998. …

CORK, Ireland-Motorola Inc.’s GSM Products Division will hire 300 software engineers at its Global System for Mobile communications facility in Cork, Ireland. The expansion project is billed at more than …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Group will expand the Global System for Mobile communications network in the United Arab Emirates for Etisalat. The expansion, which is scheduled to …

WASHINGTON-Just as Dustin Hoffman was told to consider plastics as a way to fortune in the movie “The Graduate,” attendees at the Federal Communications Commission’s “FCC Auctions ’97” seminar Feb. …

PARIS-Next month, France Telecom Mobiles announced it will launch a prepaid cellular Subscriber Identity Module service called Mobicarte. Mobicarte kits can be purchased for about $45, which entitles users to …

Aerial Communications Inc. will use Metrica Inc.’s network performance management technology to control large amounts of data generated by its six-region network. Aerial is in the process of testing its …

JARKARTA, Indonesia-Lucent Technologies Inc. has signed a supply contract with PT Komunikasi Selular Indonesia. The agreement is valued at $105 million and is Lucent’s first Code Division Multiple Access contract …

Motorola Inc. has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Robotics Inc. in a Boston federal court, alleging infringement of patents pertaining to advanced, high-speed data modem technology. The companies said they …

Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. reported the first profitable year in the company’s 11-year history last week, although the victory was accompanied by a fourth-quarter net loss due to investments in …

FEBRUARY 23-25 Mobile Insights ’97, by Mobile Insights Inc. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (800) 640-6497. 24 The Wireless Buildout-Pacific Northwest, by RCR Publications Inc. and the American Planning Association. …

This is the fourth installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association is sponsoring the first China-America Telecommunications Conference April 20-24 in Dalian, China. The U.S. Department of Commerce is co-sponsoring the event. The Commerce department and …

WASHINGTON-While calling for campaign finance reform amid Justice Department and congressional investigations of Democratic fund-raising irregularities, President Clinton unapologetically mingled with high-rolling contributors at the lavish town house of wireless …

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. introduced its SuperFilter family of receiver filter subsystems. The SuperFilter offers advantages over conventional filter technologies in the areas of interference protection, range extension and …