German wireless phone operators continue to drop prices and restructure calling plans following the award of a fourth mobile phone license and growth in the consumer market. Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s second report and order that codifies new auction rules for common carrier and private carrier paging along with partitioning of geographic licenses follows in most cases …
WALTHAM, Mass.-Reflection Technology Inc. announced it is manufacturing and shipping interface cables to connect its FaxView personal fax reader to Motorola Inc.’s StarTac cellular phone. Motorola has authorized Reflection, a …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Motorola Inc. will use Microtec’s VRTX real-time operating system, optimizing C and C++ compilers and XRAY debugger to speed development of the application software in Motorola’s Code Division …
MEXICO CITY, Mexico- The Mexican government plans to resume auctioning of radio spectrum this year after defining frequency blocks for services that include personal communications services. According to the Mexican …
NEW YORK-In a record-breaking year for domestic mergers and acquisitions, telecommunications transactions accounted for four of the five largest deals announced or concluded in 1996. This year also promises a …
NEW YORK-McLeod Inc. is expected to sell publicly $200 million in debt by early March, some of which will be used to build out the 26 personal communications services licenses …
ATLANTA-MCI Communications Corp. introduced cellular service to Tampa-St. Petersburg and Orlando, Fla. The company recently began local wireline service in the area. The Tampa Bay cellular area covers Clearwater, New …
LYNCHBURG, Va.-L.M. Ericsson recently supplied a digital trunked radio system to the city of Las Cruces, N.M. The 800 MHz system provides the city’s police officers with encryption technology that …
WARREN, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will use Agile Networks’ data networking products to allow telecommunications service providers to combine voice and data services over a single public network. Lucent will combine …
LaBarge Inc.’s telecommunications unit has found a way to offer its products and services to several parts of the wireless industry. The St. Louis-based company concentrates on designing and manufacturing …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals reached an agreement with IDG Books Worldwide to publish a user guide for its new personal communications services handset. IDG Books is known for its …For …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-ICG Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of ICG Communications Inc., is offering $100 million of senior discount notes and $100 million of exchangeable preferred stock. The company said the senior …
WASHINGTON-While Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt ratchets up pressure on local governments to break antenna siting gridlock around the country, regulators are working behind the scenes to craft guidelines …
SAN FRANCISCO-Hughes Network Systems Inc. completed interoperability tests with subscriber terminal suppliers for its enhanced full-rate voice coder for Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access technology. The company is …
ESSEX, Vt.-Huber+Suhner AG realigned its Radio Transmission Product division to focus on personal communications services, cellular, wireless local loop, wireless data and other wireless access markets. The wireless division will …
RESTON, Va.-Spot Image Corp. and Istar, a digital cartographer based in Sophia Antipolis, France, introduced HotSpots, a catalog of map packages containing satellite image maps, digital elevation/terrain models and clutter …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. will use T-Netix Inc.’s Voice Verifi-Air speaker verification technology to help fight fraud, according to a contract entered into by both of the companies. Englewood, …
SAN FRANCISCO-GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. announced it will begin distributing AccessLine Technologies Inc.’s personal one-number services. “This is the first time personal number services like AccessLine have been made available …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed a three-year agreement with a Romanian operator to deliver equipment and build a nationwide cellular network. MobiFon is a joint venture between TIWC of Canada …
