SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its cellular ventures in Hokuriku, Tohoku and Hokkaido, Japan, have launched commercial service. Digital Tu-Ka Tohoku and Digital Tu-Ka Hokkaido each launched within the last …
While the GOP-led Congress and the White House gush on about making nice in the 105th/Clinton II, rumblings of cyberpolicy war are growing louder. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the …
MONTREAL-Dataradio Inc. purchased E.F. Johnson Co.’s Data Telemetry Division and formed the Johnson Data Telemetry Corp. to focus on the wireless data communications sector. “This combination will have a tremendous …
A statement by minority owner Lee McDonald in a Jan. 27 story in RCR about the class action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services should have read, “The 1996 settlement proposal …
DALLAS-CommNet Cellular Inc. has agreed to market National Telemanagement Corp.’s SmartPay prepaid wireless service for customers in CommNet’s nine-state service area. Customers establish an account at any SmartPay authorized CommNet …
WASHINGTON-The escalating Democratic fund-raising scandal has moved from the Commerce Department to the White House, with President Clinton last week saying “mistakes were made” in the face of congressional and …
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Celcore Inc. opened an office in Singapore to serve the Asia Pacific region and appointed Eric Greenop vice president of Asia Pacific to head the office. Greenop has more …
NEW YORK-CCPR Services, the principal subsidiary of Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, was expected to privately place last week a $175 million issue of senior subordinated notes. The deal was …
SAN DIEGO-At the CDPD Forum’s membership meeting here last week, proponents of Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, industry analysts, customers and potential customers agreed that CDPD needed a stronger presence …
WASHINGTON-Commenting on a petition regarding moratoria on siting issues, the Personal Communications Industry Association last week submitted to the Federal Communications Commission a laundry list of criteria that should be …
The Antenna Co. announced it has officially changed its name to Andrew Wireless Products Group. Andrew Corp. acquired the company last year. The transition marks a stronger direction for the …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. said Public Service Company of Colorado installed its one millionth Itron automatic meter reading module in the Denver area. Public Service Co. contracted with Itron in August …
NEW YORK-Esat Holdings Ltd., Dublin, plans to sell privately about $85 million in debt securities, partly to help finance buildout of a Global System for Mobile communications system that will …
I remember when I was getting ready to go to college. I planned to be a famous writer and I thought I might study literature or English. I remember my …
WASHINGTON-Utility and energy companies want a federal court to force the Federal Communications Commission to process 50,000 multiple address system applications pending since 1992, a delay regulators say is necessary …
While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media Group’s cellular division, is slated to …
WASHINGTON-Unlike most of the other auctions sanctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, the sale of 14 unserved cellular areas concluded Jan. 21 with no fanfare after 35 rounds and only …
The first half of 1997 is full of promises for narrowband personal communications services, and as a few industry leaders fix and fine tune, Wall Street waits to see what …
NEW YORK-To address a widely acknowledged shortage of wireless technicians and appropriate training schools, the State University of New York at Canton hopes to launch in September a two-year degree …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Arguments will begin Thursday in the appeal by InterDigital Communications Corp. of its 1995 patent infringement case against Motorola Inc. InterDigital’s patent protection arm, InterDigital Technology Corp., …
