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SEATTLE-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group has introduced a new radio telephone system called INReach that keeps people connected in large industrial facilities, airports or convention centers, using cellular telephones rather than proprietary handsets. INReach interconnects with the building’s private branch …

ARLINGTON HEIGHT, Ill.-The African states of Tanzania, Zaire, Nigeria, Ghana and Angola have contracted with Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group to receive analog, digital and wireless local loop cellular telephone systems. The contracts represent a network expansion in Angola, the …

GREENLAWN, N.Y.-Nextel Communications Inc. has agreed to purchase the Phazar Intelligent Antenna System by Hazeltine Corp. over a two-year period. The contract has a potential value of $20 million, according to Greenlawn-based Hazeltine. The antenna system is designed for enhanced …

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 …

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 …

Houston Cellular Telephone Co. announced that Donald Kovalevich has joined the company as its new president and general manager. He has an extensive sales and market background, the company said, from his brand management experience at Proctor and Gamble with …

WASHINGTON-With the number of people using mobile telephones increasing each year, federal regulators want to improve 911 emergency service for calls made over the airwaves, and could force carriers that fail to meet future government standards to put warning labels …

Preliminary service for the first commercial paging system based on the European Radio Messaging System standard has begun in Paris, according to AirTouch Communications. Infomobile, a joint venture 18.5 percent owned by Walnut Creek, Calif.-based AirTouch, has launched its ERMES …

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, …

Positioning itself for the impending rush on broadband personal communications services licenses, The PCS Group, a Minneapolis-based consulting firm, has formed to offer one-stop assistance to entrepreneurs in this emerging wireless industry segment. The PCS Group President Brian Friedman said, …

WASHINGTON-With huge sums of money expected to be bid on broadband personal communications services licenses later this year, the Federal Communications Commission has adopted a get-tough policy on auction fraud. “It’s really quite simple, we’re going to enforce the rules,” …

While it is significant that William Kennard, general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission, is one of only a handful of African Americans to make it into government’s upper echelon, perhaps just as significant is the fact that he works …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, facing intensified criticism from industry and Congress, has set up a task force to help it decide the fate of thousands of specialized mobile radio applications that await processing. The task force, set up two weeks …

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. and American Mobile Systems Inc. have entered into an agreement to merge operations, Nextel said. Plans call for the entire, fully-diluted equity interest in AMS to be exchanged for an aggregate of 3,700,000 shares of Nextel …

Nextel Communications Inc. says it isn’t anxious to jump into another relationship or alliance, and has money enough of its own until 1997. “In the aftermath of a broken engagement, we don’t want to operate too much on the rebound. …

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United States Paging Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $35 million. Headquartered in Wayne, N.J., U.S. Paging is a reseller of messaging services to …

Other Iridium investors include: Iridium Canada Inc. China Great Wall Industry Corp. Iridium Africa Corp. Iridium Andes-Caribe of Venezuela Iridium India Private Ltd.-a consortium of Indian financial institutions, investing $32 million, one seat on the Iridium board, rights to gateway …

SEATTLE-The Personal Communications Industry Association’s annual meeting started here last Wednesday with a bang but ended with a bust. About 7,000 people attended the three-day Personal Communications Showcase, more than double the attendance of last year’s event. Exhibit and hotel …

Demand for one-number services may become even greater now that the non-geographic 500 area code is available, according to Accessline Technologies Inc., a company in the one-number ball game. “The whole idea of having a personal phone number has become …

Accurate cellular subscriber churn rates continue to be elusive for most people to obtain except those really “in the know” at cellular service companies, which makes it difficult for analysts and consultants to confirm carrier reports that their churn rates …

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 …

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 …