More than 50 million people in the Asia-Pacific region will be subscribing to cellular services by the year 2004, and as many as 66 million will be carrying pagers, according to a new report from London-based CIT Research Ltd.In "Mobile Communications in Asia &...
BEIJING-Nokia Corp., the giant Finnish mobile telephone company, plans to form its sixth manufacturing joint venture in China under a contract, initially valued at $10 million, with the Chinese Posts and Telecommunications Industrial Corp.The partnership, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd., will produce Global System...
The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to allow bundling of cellular telephones gives the commission a card to play as it seeks permission from the Federal Communications Commission to maintain control of cellular rates."It is one way we can show that California...
Arch Communication Group Inc. said it has acquired Professiona Paging & Radio Inc., a privately owned paging business with operations in Florida, for $3 million in cash. PoePage's operations will become a part of Arch Southeast Communications Inc. TEh acquisition incresases Arch's total cousomer...
Many a garried employee trying to fill out paterwork to comply with Federa Communications Commission regulations probably agrees wholeheartedly with the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a high-tech think tank studying a plan to replace the FCC with a drastically scaled-down version of the agency....
U S West Inc.'s recent move to create two classes of common stock not only attracts a new kind of investor, but highlights the company's emphasis on maintaining cohesiveness for the future convergence of voice, video and data services."We can expect to see more...
A new venture company is introducing a technology designed to increase channel capacity for two-way radio networks and other wireless communications systems.Irving, Texas-based Unique Wireless Developments L.L.C. is a partnership formed in February by Unique Technologies International L.L.C. and Wireless Systems Ltd., a Bristol,...
FORT LEE, N.J.-As part of the company's plan to offer nationwide service, paging service provider Tri-State Radio Co. said it intends to purchase satellite uplinking equipment and receivers from Skydata Inc., valued at $2 million.Beginning next month, Tri-State's service will included redundant uplinking hubs...
Cristina Battista has been named managing editor of RCR Publications Inc., replacing Tracy Anderson Ford, who recently was promoted to editor of RCR.Battista previously was managing editor of Business Geographics magazine, published by GIS World, Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., where she worked for five...
WASHINGTON-Telephone Electronics Corp., prompted by a deal with PCS PrimeCo L.P., last week dropped its legal challenge to auction rules, clearing the way for the sale of digital pocket telephone system licenses to women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies this summer.The surprising...
Culminating seven years of development and fine-tuning, American Mobile Satellite Corp. has launched the country's first satellite for mobile communications, giving lift-off to a new form of wireless services.Hughes Communications Inc., a division of GM Hughes Electronics, built AMSC's geostationary satellite, supporting mobile voice...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, ending the first phase of a long-range spectrum plan, projects land mobile communications services will require an additional 119 megahertz over the next 10 years.The National Telecommunications and Information Administration, a unit of the Commerce Department that advises the president on...
With the heavy lifting on telecommunicatins reform legislation nearly complete, it's all politics from here on out.The Senate bill, engineered by Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler, R-S.D., is ripe for floor action as early as next week. In the House, Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Jack...
Wall Street is cautiously optimistic about Craig McCaw's ability to work wireless wonders for Nextel Communications Inc., whose quest to convert radio dispatch systems around the country into one nationwide digital network has been fraught with technical, financial and legal problems in recent years.Despite...
As cellular carriers attempt to roll out nationwide coverage with new mobile data services, Los Gatos, Calif.-based Metricom Inc. is focused on establishing its Ricochet data network in two major computer industry centers-Silicon Valley and Seattle.The company just completed an agreement with the city...
SEATTLE-McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. has visibly initiated its transition into AT&T Corp. with a few name changes. Its cellular businesses in Washington and Oregon, previously called Cellular One, and the U.S. operations of McCaw's in-flight communications company, Claircom, now are being marketed under the...
JACKSON, Miss.-In a partnership venture with Telemalta Corp.-the Republic of Malta's state-owned telecommunications operation-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. has launched a satellite-based wireless messaging service to the country.The agreement gives Washington, D.C.-based Mtel a 15-year license to provide nationwide and international wireless messaging services to...
Lin Broadcasting Corp. can take until mid-May to accept or reject the latest offer by AT&T Corp. to buy the last 48 percent of Lin for about $3.3 billion.The $127.50 per share price was assessed by Wasserstein Perella & Co., the third appraisal group...
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. is extending its paging coverage in the Caribbean to meet the demand of travelers in the region, the company said.Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas soon will receive new or expanded paging service from PageMart Inc. "Pick-Your-Cities" allows tourists and...
AirTouch Communications, a partner in Globalstar L.P. - one of three low-earth-orbit statellites recently licensed by the government is pursuing satellite-based mobile communications in Japan through a joint venture with Japanese trading company, Itochu Corp. AirTouch has globalstar service provider rights in several countries...
OLYMPIA, Wash.-U.S. Intelco Wireless Communications Inc. and Northern Telecom Ltd. announced an agreement to develop a business relationship in the personal communications services marketplace.Opportunities being examined by the two companies include extending the use of existing network infrastructure to provide PCS and procuring Code...
Two industry associations have asked the Federal Communications Commission to modify the freeze placed on intercategory sharing in the 800 MHz band, suggesting it only apply to specialized mobile radio operators or other groups interloping into industrial/land transportation, business or public-safety pools.The freeze, announced...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association donated $50,000 worth of advanced telecommunications testing equipment to the U.S. Secret Service as part of an ongoing industry-government effort to crack down on wireless telephone fraud by small hackers and organized crime alike.The high-tech gear will be used...
The European Commission is considering a recommendation that would accelerate by two years the 1998 deadline set to end state monopolies of mobile communication services in the European Union.The proposal under consideration would require EU member governments to offer full liberalization of new telecommunications...
