SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. reported net income of $2.8 million, or 20 cents per share, for the third quarter fiscal 1995, period ended Dec. 31, compared with a net loss of $25.4 million, or $2.03 per share, the same period last year.Net sales...
The road to wireless telecom headquarters these days seems to lead to the nation's Lone Star state. Dallas, the eighth largest city in the country, has captured the interest of some of the industry's largest players.Nokia Corp. is said to be looking for a...
WASHINGTON-Are rumors of the Federal Communications Commission's impending demise exaggerated?Perhaps, perhaps not. The FCC is unlikely to go anywhere today, tomorrow or the next day. But a few years down the road, as the transition in the telecommunications industry from regulation to competition takes...
The day when the typical commuter will speed through toll booths at 60 miles per hour, nimbly maneuvering through traffic with the aid of radar-based warnings of possible dangers, now is much nearer, thanks to recent actions taken by the Federal Communications Commission.Specifically, the...
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...
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...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif.-AirTouch Teletrac introduced new messaging plans for its communications and vehicle location system, designed to save users time and free radio waves for more specific communications.For $28 per month per vehicle, dispatchers and drivers receive unlimited communications such as vehicle location and...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications, a partner in Globalstar L.P.- one of three low-earth-orbit satellites 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 including the...
Editor's Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released March 29. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and summaries about other publicly traded telecommunications companies as a service to our readers.Cellular Communications Inc., which rated 2M (outperform, medium...
Editor's Note: Portions of this article will be submitted to the Federal Communications Commission in a White Paper by the Industrial Telecommunications Association.I have been reading Fred Day's book, "Policies and Practices in the Regulation of Private Radio Communications Systems," lately. My favorite chapter is...
FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Satellite Paging and its sister company Message Network announced their reorganization plan has been confirmed in federal court. The companies filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in December 1993."The companies restructured debt will be about 40 percent of pre-organization levels," said Chief...
PLANO, Texas-ProNet Inc. signed letters of intent to purchase the paging assets of four privately owned companies for a total of $9.5 million.The companies are Lewis Paging Inc. of Georgia, Gold Coast Paging Inc. of Florida, Denton Enterprises Inc. of Virginia and MetroTones Inc....
WASHINGTON-The 800 MHz Industry Coalition has asked the Federal Communications Commission to re-process the backlog of applications for 800 MHz licenses because a glitch found in the FCC's computer software was creating allocation errors.The FCC released a Grant of Applications list for 800 MHz...
APRIL25-27 International Wireless Communications Exposition, by Argus Trade Shows. Sands Exposition Center, Las Vegas. For information call (800) 828-0420.MAY1-5 International Symposium on Integrated Network Management '95, by the International Federation for Information Processing and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Red Lion...
PHOENIX-U S West Inc. launched a new service in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., that makes it easier and more economical for mobile customers to access their office information from remote locations without having a cellular modem back at the office.U S West Cellular Modem...
With plans to target the corporate market, Swedish telecommunications operator Telia and Ericsson Inc. are testing a new dual-mode telephone that will allow users to seamlessly switch from private wireless networks to the public cellular network.Telia and Ericsson said they are jointly testing a...
Recently, the Senate Commerce Committee approved "The Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995," which included the following provision: "Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary*...*an electric, gas, water, or steam utility, and any subsidiary company, affiliate or associate company of such a...
WASHINGTON - Bell Atlantic Mobile President Dennis Strigl predicts that wireless data will account for a greater proportion of system operators' business in coming years, but cautioned industry against over reaching itself."Frankly, I don't think most people have any idea of what we have...
Editor's note: After only a little more than a year as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Reed Hundt has spearheaded some of the most dramatic changes ever for the wireless communications industry. He has, in effect, redesigned an industry by creating a commercial mobil...
IRVINE, Calif. - The CDMA Development Group said it has created a new working division to head up issues in personal communications services based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.The group is in charge of monitoring PCS technology requirements, developing CDMA specifications for PCS,...
GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One of Washington D.C./Baltimore announced a new service that enables customers to make and receive calls using a single telephone number from up to three cellular phones.The service, called FlexPhone, allows subscribers to add two extra phones to their existing cellular service,...
LONDON - Cable & Wireless plc said it will eliminate 2,500 positions at its Mercury Communications Ltd. subsidiary by March in an attempt to become more competitive and increase shareholders' return on their investment.Despite the cuts, the company said investments will be rerouted to...
LYNCHBURG, Va.-Ericsson GE Communications Inc. said it has received an order from Oklahoma Gas and Electric for a systemwide 800 MHz Enhanced Digital Access Communications System network.The network will include 29 trunked radio repeater sites and will feature systemwide dispatching, private branch exchange interconnect,...
