BEDMINSTER, N.J.-The ability to transmit video over cellular will give two U.S. television stations the edge in receiving breaking news from remote sites, according to two cellular carriers. Bell Atlantic Mobile said it has teamed up with cable station Newschannel …
Superconducting Core Technologies of Golden, Colo., believes it has developed an industry first-a superconductor that is automatically tuned by microprocessors to allocate frequencies and improve channel re-use. “We are committed to demonstrating that so-called virtual manufacturing companies can efficiently work …
As the dust settles from the recent double-header, pre-auction alliance ballgame, another Mighty Casey is in position to crack the bat at December’s auction of broadband personal communications services licenses. Sprint Corp. recently announced a grand slam alliance with three …
Seeking a bigger slice of the telephony pie, Cybertel Cellular is slashing prices for its new digital cellular service in Hawaii. Cybertel, a subsidiary of Ameritech Cellular Services, is offering customers airtime rates as low as 3.7 cents per minute …
Overlapping markets and conflicting decisions on digital technology are two issues the new quartet of Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp., U S West Inc. and AirTouch Communications has to address. But the potential conflicts are all manageable, said company leaders. …
WASHINGTON-The industry created two decades ago to foster dispatch wireless communications in the United States stands at a crossroads as regulatory, technological and market forces conspire to put mom-and-pop two-way radio businesses out to pasture. Nextel Communications Inc., the largest …
DENVER-Kelly Pate has joined RCR Publications Inc. as a news reporter. Before coming to RCR, Pate was a writer for Cactus Communications, a Denver-based advertising agency. A Denver native, Pate graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder with a …
LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson GE Mobile Communications Inc. has introduced the Private Communications Network, a specialized mobile radio technology with integrated voice and data capability. Called PCN, the technology is a stepped-down version of the company’s Enhanced Digital Access Communications System, according …
GTE Mobilnet named two new general managers in its florida region. Doug Meyn manages the north area of the state, while Jane Clements manages the south area. Each of the general managers is responsible for sales distribution and service in …
BURNSVILLE, Minn.-E.F. Johnson Co. delivered its first system of narrowband 220 MHz radio equipment using linear modulation technology to dispatch operators in Southern Florida. The radios are for the first phase of a 60-channel system that will be networked together …
ATLANTA-The CDMA Development Group has completed specifications for Code Division Multiple Access asynchronous data and short message services. Services conforming to these standards are expected to be among the first offerings available when CDMA is rolled out in 1995, CDG …
A new age of global wireless telecommunications is beginning as barriers to competition fall and innovative satellite technologies move from the drawing board to the heavens. For developing and underdeveloped countries, mobile satellite communications could become a key component of …
RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to invest in Corporacion Mobilcom S.A. de C.V., a Mexican specialized mobile radio operator, and share frequencies along the U.S.-Mexico border. Nextel said it will invest $107.5 million, which could increase …
CHICAGO-Seven large wireless communications companies have united to provide seamless, uninterrupted cellular service between the United States and Mexico. The Pan American alliance is open only to B-band licensees. Initial members are Alltel Mobile, Ameritech Cellular Services, BellSouth Mobility Inc., …
WASHINGTON-He’s baaack! Craig McCaw, founder of the cellular empire that AT&T Corp. bought for $11.5 billion, will bid for broadband personal communications services licenses Dec. 5. The wireless entrepreneur is one of 74 applicants seeking 99 licenses to operate next-generation …
ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Corp. has reorganized its international business unit, naming Alexander H. Good president and chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic International Inc. Good, a former assistant U.S. secretary of commerce, was senior vice president of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies …
In efforts to achieve compatibility of mobile communications systems among public-safety agencies, several manufacturers contributing to the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International Inc.’s Project 25 have encountered communication snags of their own. Motorola Inc.’s Land Mobile Sector and E.F. Johnson …
(INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS ARE IN ITALICS.) 1. ALAACR Communications (Craig McCaw) 2. AT&T Wireless PCS 3. Advance Telecommunications Systems 4. AirLink 5. Allied Communications L.P. 6. American Portable Telecommunications (TDS) 7. Ameritech Wireless Communications 8. Associated Ve nCap Corp. (Associated. Communications.) …
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. will launch the new Flex Signaling System nationwide early in the first quarter of 1995. Flex is able to increase the number of pagers a transmission channel can accommodate, enhance the reliability of paging signals and Flex pagers …
MINNEAPOLIS-Racotek Inc. said its board of directors has adopted a stockholder rights plan designed to protect the long-term value of the company during any future unsolicited acquisition attempt. The company said it is not aware of any efforts to acquire …
Oct. 8, 2022. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian exhibit on the Age of Multimedia: 1994-2008 opened for public viewing in the Gore Digital Museum complex located in the old Department of Agriculture Building. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the …
ussell H. Fox, Esq. My intent, in writing an article in RCR, was to analyze the Federal Communications Commission’s decision in the Docket No. 93-252 proceeding, which addresses the new rules governing commercial mobile radio service providers. The new rules, …
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-It’s no secret that people don’t like paying bills, so the mobile communications industry is taking part in a nationwide trend that aims to help retain customers by using electronic funds transfer. Some cellular and paging operators are testing …
The price GTE Corp. is offering for publicly held Contel Cellular Inc. shares was set arbitrarily, does not take into account that the company’s profits are expected to increase and places an artificial lid on the market price for the …
Alcatel has received approval from Satelindo PT. Satellite Palapa Indonesia to implement the second phase of its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular infrastructure deployment plan, which will cover 18 major cities in Indonesia and offer a capacity of …
