Yearly Archives: 1998

UNIVERSAL SERVICE TAX IS ISSUE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

To the Editor: I've watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government's universal service program. Each day brings another news...

INDUSTRY PIONEER FRED LINK DIES

Industry veteran Fred M. Link died last week. He was 93.Link's company from 1931 to 1950-first called Fred M. Link Co. and later called...

ERICSSON TO BUILD INDIAN NETWORK

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected by Srinivas Cellcom Ltd., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in India, to build the largest mobile network...

KENNARD LOBBIES FOR FIXED SERVICE BY MOBILE CARRIERS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, in a critical test of his leadership, plans an aggressive lobbying campaign to win support for a wireless...

MOTOROLA INTRODUCES SOFTWARE FOR LOTUS NOTES

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. introduced its Email VClient software for Lotus Notes Mail, to bring another application to its PageWriter 2000 two-way pager.The software allows...

LUCENT PROGRAM TESTS APPLICATIONS FOR COMPATIBILITY

Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions.Lucent tests applications...

MCI RETURNS TO RESELLING RESIDENTIAL CELLULAR SERVICE

MCI Communications Corp. apparently is selling cellular service to residential customers once again after customer service representatives had told potential customers MCI wasn't taking...

WIRELESS DATA SHOWS TRY A LITTLE DIFFERENT LOOK

Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right "look," industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for...

MICROWAVE POWER DEVICES EXPECTS ROBUST MARKET

NEW YORK-The continuing growth of wireless telecommunications worldwide has expanded both the amount and the types of business opportunities for Microwave Power Devices Inc.,...

MOTOROLA PSG TO USE METASYS SOFTWARE

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG's paging...

BRIGHTPOINT NAMES SEVERAL NEW MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc., a distribution and value-added logistics services provider to the wireless communications industry, today announced the following changes to its financial management team: Thomas...

LAW ENFORCEMENT GIVES LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR PUNCH LIST

WASHINGTON-The Department of Justice and the FBI filed with the Federal Communications Commission a legal analysis of the controversial punch-list items law enforcement says...

CALENDAR

Exploiting CostAllocation Strategies In TelecommunicationsJune 22-23Institute for International Research. Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego. (888) 670-8200 or (941) 365-2914.Wireless Local LoopJune 22-24IBC USA Conferences...

CLEAR ACQUIRES COMDEV SYSTEMS

ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group acquired Communications Development Systems Inc., an engineering and site development construction services provider primarily serving the northeast corridor.Financing for the purchase...

CELLEMETRY SIGNS THREE MORE CARRIERS

ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C., the joint venture between Numerx Corp. and BellSouth Corp., announced it secured agreements with three new cellular carriers.Centennial Cellular Corp., Cellular One...

300-PLUS LICENSES RETURNED

A number of new licenses will be up for grabs early next year as the majority of C-block personal communications services licensees opted to...

VIEWPOINT: `WIRING’ SHORTSIGHTED

The Federal Communications Commission narrowly voted June 12 to keep in place the controversial funding for connecting schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities to...

CTIA UPDATES BROCHURE FOR HEARING-DISABLED

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association unveiled an updated brochure aimed at consumers with hearing disabilities.The brochure, entitled "Access," is intended to help educate...

NYSD ENTERS CONTRACT WITH BELLSOUTH WIRELESS DATA

The New York Society for the Deaf signed a contract with BellSouth Wireless Data to deploy BellSouth's Interactive Paging Service to allow NYSD's employees,...

D.C. NOTES: DINGELL SILENCED

In the end, all he could do from the far front corner of the spacious House Commerce Committee room he once ruled with an...

DIRECT WIRELESS SYSTEM ELIMINATES TRADITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Direct Wireless Corp., a new company based in Houston, has filed patent applications for a wireless communications system that would allow handsets to communicate...

FCC CLARIFIES ULS FORMS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has clarified that paging carriers cannot use Form 900 when renewing their licenses electronically via the Universal Licensing System. Part...

FCC TO STOP ACTING AS CREDITOR

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will no longer act as a creditor for entrepreneurs wanting to join in the wireless revolution, the agency's top lawyers...

CORRECTION

A story in the June 15 issue of RCR should have stated that Nextel Communications Inc. President Tim Donahue said he expected the company...

GEOTEK BOARD MEMBERS RESIGN

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek board members Haynes G. Griffin, Winston J. Churchill, Walter E. Auch and Purnendu Chatterjee resigned, said Board Chairman William Spier, who remains...
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