ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS says the new ergonomically designed, 1900 MHz phone it now offers will be more comfortable, easier to use and is “the phone people are calling for.” Northern …
Cellular One launched its Internet service in the Washington/Baltimore region. The service allows subscribers to surf, receive e-mail and browse news groups for $20 a month. Included in the price …
Texas Instruments Inc. announced the availability of its FLEX two-chip chipset, which with its built-in analog to digital converter sets the product apart from others, said the company. Motorola’s Paging …
NEW YORK-Cellnet Data Systems Inc. reported a shareholder has sued the company, alleging it misled investors in connection with its initial public offering last month. The Sept. 26 prospectus for …
WASHINGTON-Chadmoore Communications Inc. may have to wait until December or January to hear if its licensing complaint against the Federal Communications Commission is valid. The FCC last December denied specialized …
SAN DIEGO-The OmniTracs satellite system now allows truck drivers to receive personal e-mail messages via the Internet through a prepaid CabCard. Qualcomm Inc., which owns and operates the OmniTracs system, …
The new telecommunications arm of Black & Veatch is the fastest growing segment of the Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering company, and is expected to bring in 20 percent of the …
WASHINGTON-With net revenues reaching $2.14 billion at the end of Round 100 of the Federal Communications Commission’s D-, E-and F-block personal communications services auction, SprintCom Inc. and AT&T Wireless PCS …
WASHINGTON-Certain parts of the Federal Communications Commission’s interconnection and local exchange rules dealing with negotiations between local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service operators will not be included in …
If ever there was a week when the FCC bore the brunt of everyone’s aggressions, it was last week; I heard Hundt & Co. even was blamed for the Lindburgh …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Dataquest, a global market research and consulting company, predicted the U.S. cellular market will grow 30 percent in 1996, from 32.1 million subscribers to 41.8 million, and could …
In the Oct. 28 issue of RCR, it should have read Affordable Message Center sells numeric service from ProNet Inc. for between $2.45 and $2.95 to their indirect resellers in …
The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue of multimode and multiband wireless handsets. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continued to clear out the backlog of old C-block personal communications services business by finally issuing most of Meretel Communications L.P.’s licenses, save the one property …
MONTREAL-Bell Canada International Inc., with its Indian partner, the Tata Group, launched the first mobile telephony network in Andhra Pradesh, India. The company, operating under the name Tata Communications, has …
WASHINGTON-A major breakthrough to erase telecommunications equipment tariffs by the year 2000 came last week when the European Union won political support from foreign ministers of EU member nations. The …
WASHINGTON-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas chose to trick rather than treat the Federal Communications Commission Oct. 31 when he wrote “application denied” on a request made by that agency …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson reported net sales of $4.28 billion for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, up 19 percent from net sales of $3.59 billion during the third quarter 1995. …
A change in business strategy for Tele-Communications Inc. isn’t expected to shake up the basket of eggs for the wireless venture between Sprint Corp. and three cable companies. “We have …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS opened its Technology and Network Management Center in Lenexa, Kan. The center is home to 120 Sprint PCS employees and will serve as the nerve center …
