OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet, a consortium of telecommunications companies formed to take advantage of volume buying prices, signed an agreement with Harris Corp.’s Farinon Division, a provider of microwave radio equipment and …
NEW YORK-Legislation to require hands-free cellular telephone use while driving is scheduled for a hearing in the California Senate Transportation Committee April 15. In Illinois, a similar bill was scheduled …
GTE Airfone Inc. announced its in-flight phone service soon will be available using prepaid calling cards, provided by Frontier Communications and GTE Card Services Inc. Kathy Harless, president of GTE …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Messaging Group said it began testing its two-way data paging system with PageMart Wireless Inc. PageMart recently selected Glenayre to build its second ReFLEX25 narrowband …
NEW YORK-In response to numerous inquiries by investors, Geotek Communications Inc. said April 7 it knows of no fundamental reason for the recent decline in its stock price. Geotek stock, …
Dear Editor: Any fair assessment of the “unraveling” of Wireless Technology Research’s research program on health effects of radio frequency fields requires consideration of the goals it set out to …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-The state of Florida along with Motorola Inc. announced 12 more counties will be added to the state’s trunked two-way radio communications network operating at 800 MHz. The system …
The extension phone business may be returning from a lull. Recent advertising by California Grapevine Communications states, “Don’t let the carriers violate your rights. The cellular monopolies and their lobbyists …
The technology wars aren’t over until the new universal, third generation worldwide standard is developed. Two prominent institutions are pushing the development of such a standard-the International Telecommunication Union in …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two contracts with the Jiangsu Post & Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communication System networks in China. Ericsson …
CUPERTINO, Calif. – DSP Communications Inc. signed a strategic agreement to supply Code Division Multiple Access subscriber equipment to Kenwood of Tokyo. The Interim Standard 95 baseband processor chipsets will …
WASHINGTON-Pentagon officials, in a highly public break with the Clinton administration, say further transfer of federal government frequencies to the private sector will compromise military combat capability. That the Department …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Stromberg-Carlson agreed to supply Global System for Mobile communications network equipment and services to DigiPH PCS Inc., which holds licenses in the Florida panhandle, southern Alabama and …
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. agreed to supply paging products and services to RadioShack. PageMart said it already is shipping products to more than 3,700 RadioShack stores, which will begin selling pagers …
2 names forwarded to fill FCC slots Activities surrounding the future makeup of the head table at the Federal Communications Commission heated up late last week with some congressional endorsements …
Can’t we all just get along? I mean really, what with House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and David Obey (D-Wis.) shoving each other and Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott …
WASHINGTON-Margaret Tutwiler was appointed senior vice president of public affairs and communications for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Her responsibilities at CTIA will include oversight of the group’s communications and …
As equity capital markets have become weary for the wireless industry, carriers large and small are challenged to cut costs and increase per subscriber revenues. Larger, nationwide carriers hold the …
Due to incorrect information supplied to RCR, the following entries used in a chart in the April 7 issue should have indicated that: Mercury PCS L.L.C. has not chosen a …
Satellite giant Comsat Corp. said it “questions the reasoning” behind the proxy fight that has been launched by two of its investors. Guy Wyser-Pratte and Herbert Denton/Providence Capital claim the …
