Yearly Archives: 1999

TELCOS WANT TO BE RID OF SEPARATE WIRELESS SUB RULE

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will decide next month whether mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers must continue to have a separate subsidiary to offer wireless...

JAGUAR TO USE MOTOROLA TELEMATICS

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with car manufacturer Jaguar to develop a telematics system called Jaguar Assist as an option on all 2000 model-year...

IN KOSOVO, CELLULAR PHONES OFFER HOPE, RELIEF

In recent weeks, U.S. and European telecommunications companies have been pooling their resources to provide wireless phones, airtime and money to the refugees, relief...

NEXTEL WANTS TO WRITE RULE BOOK

Dear Editor: In a March 29 letter in RCR from Daniel F. Akerson, chairman and CEO, Nextel Communications Inc., Mr. Akerson states "what we are...

COMPLAINTS AGAINST NEXTEL SOUR GRAPES

Dear Editor: I am reading with great interest the "war of words" being conducted in your editorial section concerning Nextel's attempt to vacate a 1995...

FOLLOW UP ON BML SITE VALUES

Dear Editor: I read the Opinion section by Jeffrey Silva in the April 12th issue of RCR News. It finally exposes a railroad company spinoff...

LHS TO ACQUIRE PRIORITY CALL

FRANKFURT-LHS Group Inc. announced it signed an agreement under which it will acquire Priority Call Management Inc. for 5.2 million fully diluted shares of...

DIGITAL WIRELESS DRIVES DSP MARKET

After coming off one of its worst years in history, the semiconductor industry continues to show signs of recovery.The industry finished last year with...

NY STATE STUDIES UNIFORM SITING BILL

NEW YORK-The New York Wireless Carriers Coalition is hoping for passage this spring of a bill that some group members believe would be the...

SMARTLINK ENTERS COMSPACE PACT

APEX, N.C.-SmartLink Development Network Inc. said it signed a deal with ComSpace under which SmartLink will be allowed to incorporate ComSpace's digital channel multicarrier...

CONGRESS WORKS TO STRENGTHEN SPACE LAUNCH INDUSTRY

WASHINGTON-Congress last week continued taking steps to strengthen a weak and noncompetitive U.S. commercial space launch industry that has forced mobile satellite firms to...

SINGTEL OFFERS MTV PAGER

SINGAPORE-As part of the continuing trend in the paging industry of marketing to the youth segment, SingTel Paging is offering an MTV pager from...

D.C. NOTES: HELLO TO NATO, GOODBYE TO EVERYONE ELSE

As a resident of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area since 1986, I have had the privilege of seeing some pretty cool events, with the...

NEW 3COM UNIT HAS WIRELESS FOCUS

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. announced it created a new business unit designed to achieve faster growth, improved customer focus and higher profitability.The Personal Connectivity...

FCC DELAYS, CELLULAR OPPOSITION AFFECT AIRCELL BUSINESS

The recent battles at the Federal Communications Commission between AirCell Inc. and the cellular carriers that oppose its air-to-ground communications system may be starting...

S&P RATES ALLTEL DEBT

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's assigned a preliminary single A- rating to Alltel Corp.'s $500 million senior unsecured debt shelf registration, with proceeds anticipated to...

AIRNET TO EQUIP ONQUE WITH GSM

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. signed a contract to supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure equipment to OnQue Communications Inc.The equipment is expected to...

AT&T MOVES TO FIX CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. says it is on track to fix network capacity problems associated with high demand for the digital one-rate...

CHINA BACKPEDALS ON TRADE COM MITMENTS

WASHINGTON-China reportedly is backpedaling on market-opening telecom trade commitments that the Clinton administration believed were agreed to during Premier Zhu Rongji's visit here recently.Robert...

BAM TO SELL INET SPIDER CDPD WIRELESS MODEM

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile said it will sell Inet's Spider Cellular Digital Packet Data modem for use with Bell Atlantic Mobile's AirBridge wireless data...

90 BIDDERS APPROVED FOR LMDS RE-AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has qualified 90 bidders to compete in the re-auction of 161 local multipoint distribution services licenses on April 27.Seven LMDS...

CLINTON ADMINISTRATION SUPPORTS TRUTH-IN-BILLING RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's recent adoption of truth-in-billing practices was endorsed by the Clinton administration before the vote was taken and it appears many...

WIRELESS PROVES KEY SAFETY TOOL IN TRAGEDY

DENVER-Columbine High School students last week used wireless technology as a lifeline to the world from within the confines of their Littleton, Colo., school...

UWCC STEPS UP PROMOTION OF TDMA

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-Let the lobbying wars begin. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium is stepping up efforts to promote Time Division Multiple Access technology around...

SBC IMPLEMENTS RIGHT RATE PLAN

CHICAGO-SBC Communications Inc. introduced its Cellular One Digital Edge Right Rate minute packs that eliminate long-distance charges for calls placed from Cellular One's home...
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