Monthly Archives: December, 1997
21ST CENTURY GROOMING FIRST PACS DEPLOYMENT
21st Century Telesis Inc. said it is making a significant step toward becoming the first U.S. wireless carrier to commercially deploy Personal Access Communications...
KG TELECOM KICKS OFF PCS IN TAIWAN
MONTREAL-Bell Canada International Inc. announced that its Taiwanese consortium, KG Telecom, launched personal communications services in the northern region of Taiwan.KG Telecom is the...
PAGING PARTNERS JOINS MASS MARKET VENTURE
FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. entered its first mass marketing venture through a reseller distribution agreement with P.C. Richard & Son, a northeast electronics and...
SOUTHWESTERN BELL GOKIT INTRODUCED TO RETAILERS
DALLAS-In response to a recent study finding that nearly half of potential wireless users want to purchase phones from more familiar retail outlets, Southwestern...
UNIDEN’S SILVERBERG PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY
FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. promoted Al Silverberg from vice president of sales to president of the company. As president, he will oversee the...
USF FEES TO START JAN. 1 IN CONTINUED CONTROVERSY
WASHINGTON-The government is expected to begin collecting subsidies from all eligible telecommunications providers this week for the universal service fund.The Federal Communications Commission recently...
VANGUARD TO BUY NATIONPAGE
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the assets of NationPage for $28.1 million cash.NationPage is a regional...
D.C. NOTES
My New Year's resolution is the same every year: find some way to stay in this business and make more money. However, this time, I...
WORLD BRIEFS
Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group won a supply agreement from Sweden's Comviq to install a Digital Cellular System at 1800 MHz, which will be...
ECONOMY PREDICTED TO GROW `STRONGER FOR LONGER,’ ANALYST SAYS
NEW YORK-Twenty years ago, her parents-both civil servants-gave Rosanne M. Cahn, chief economist of equities for Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, a cartoon...
CALIFORNIA MICROWAVE TO SELL DIVISION TO L-3
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. has agreed to sell its Satellite Transmission Systems division to L-3 Communications Corp. for $27 million in cash, the...
IMPACT BRINGS NURSES WIRELESS CARDIAC MONITORING
Hospital staff soon may use paging technology to do more than alert doctors. Marquette Medical Systems Inc. introduced the IMPACT.wf system, an automatic alarm...
CPUC APPROVES FEE GTE MUST PAY FOR CELL SITE VIOLATION
SAN FRANCISCO-The California Public Utilities Commission recently approved an $800,000 settlement between its Consumer Services Division and GTE Mobilnet Inc. to end its investigation...
VIEWPOINT
Theory works so much better than reality. President Clinton proclaims a grand plan to make sure that American school children, as well as libraries...
ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET EXPECTED TO REACH MORE THAN 200 MILLION
The Asia-Pacific market will by far be the world's largest regional wireless telephony market by 2002, said a new study released by The Strategis...
QUALCOMM TECH. RELEASED TO U.S.
Qualcomm Inc. field technician Richard Bliss, who had been detained in Rostov, Russia, since his arrest Nov. 25 for spying, reportedly was released to...
OMNIPOINT SELLS 9000I IN ITS RETAIL LOCATIONS
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint last week announced the availability of the Nokia 9000i Communicator in its retail stores.The digital handset allows users to browse the...
FRONTIER SELECTS INET GEOPROBE
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Inet Inc. announced that Frontier Advanced Service Technologies selected the Inet GeoProbe system to monitor and troubleshoot its Signaling System 7 network...
CENTURY TELEPHONE COMPLETES PACIFIC TELECOM ACQUISITION
MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, the largest in its history, and another acquisition of additional ownership...
DYNATECH PLANS RECAPITALIZATION
GERMANTOWN, Md.-Dynatech Corp. said it intends to implement a $900 million recapitalization plan.Under the plan, public shareholders of Dynatech will receive $49 per share,...
CHILE TELECOM FIRM TO PURCHASE REMAINING STAKE IN STARTEL S.A.
NEW YORK-Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A., a multiservice telecommunications company, announced it will purchase from VTR S.A. the 45-percent stake it doesn't already...
INTERVOICE READY FOR GROWTH SPURT IN ENHANCED SERVICES MARKET: COMPANY PROMISES CHEAPER BUNDLING
NEW YORK-Bundling of multiple prepaid wireless and wireline services is about to get easier and cheaper for small and large carriers, according to InterVoice...
SMR CARRIER INTEK ISSUES SECURICOR SERIES A STOCK
NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., a Princeton, N.J.-based wireless carrier and equipment manufacturer, announced Dec. 22 the terms of an agreement to issue a new...
CONXUS’ POCKETALK IS ACTIVE IN FLA.
FORT WORTH, Texas-Conxus Communications Inc. rolled out its Pocketalk narrowband personal communications service in Miami, West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week.Conxus'...
CELLSTAR GAINS EQUITY IN TOPP
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. recently announced the expansion of its prepaid operations with the completion of an equity investment in Topp Telecom Inc.Topp's prepaid phones,...