WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association late last week petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to pre-empt excessive or discriminatory taxation of commercial wireless carriers, calling the growing trend “a profound moral …
In the Sept. 16 issue of RCR, the headline on page 12, “Editor who got free stake in PCS carrier promotes that firm,” was incorrect. While it is unknown how …
TORONTO-Clearnet Communications Inc. has launched its business communications service, a digital wireless telecommunications service that integrates mobile phone, dispatch or group and private call radio, alphanumeric paging and messaging services …
BEIJING-China Telecom, a division of the country’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, has selected Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group to supply infrastructure equipment to implement China’s FLEX national backbone paging …
NEW YORK-Cellnet Data Systems Inc., which provides wireless monitoring networks to utilities, was expected to go public late last week or early this week. The planned initial public offering of …
Centigram Communications Corp. announced it will sell its MobileManager enhanced services platform to Paging Network Inc. for limited testing this year with possible commercial deployment later. Centigram developed MobileManager in …
NEC America Inc. introduced what it believes to be the first in a new class of pagers: The Beacon data pager. The device is a one-way FLEX pager that uses …
ATLANTA-AvData Systems Inc. and NEC America Inc.’s Satellite Communications Division announced at PCS ’96 the introduction of AvData’s Very Small Aperture Terminal Network Infrastructure system. VNI is a high-speed VSAT …
NEW YORK-Following on the heels of Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc., AT&T Corp. announced last week it anticipates lower than expected earnings for the third and fourth quarters of …
A California manufacturer is producing a paging repeater that it believes is unique and will appeal to carriers battling high installation costs. The P450 by AML Communications Inc. has a …
SAN FRANCISCO-Allen Telecom Group President Erik van der Kaay announced at PCS ’96 that the company’s recent and pending acquisitions position the company as a leading global provider of a …
Northern Telecom entered the wireless handset market in North America for the first time by introducing PCS 1911, a personal telephone that supports voice mail and messaging services, the company …
Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa of Poland started its “Era GSM” Global System for Mobile communications service, offered at rates lower than those of existing operator Centertel, announced U S West Media …
Dennis Miller is the new president of Midwest Wireless Communications, the company taking over management of Cellular 2000. The transition between MWC and Cellular 2000’s current management company, Pacific Telecom …
Judging from information provided in Form 175s submitted prior to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licenses, small rural telephone companies-backed by established …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it has established a strategic alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp. to offer paging and messaging services. Bell Atlantic will provide Metrocall paging services under the Bell …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Mobile and Wireless Systems announced an agreement with Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Data Group and Ameritech Cellular Services to provide wireless access for Lotus Development Corp.’s software …
The Latin American cellular and personal communications services market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 16 percent in the area’s major countries, reaching $39.5 billion by …
WASHINGTON-As expected, the Federal Communications Commission refused to stay its recently adopted order regarding local competition and interconnection by denying last week a joint petition filed Aug. 28 by GTE …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and the wireless telecommunications industry are in a standoff over the implementation of the 1994 digital wiretap law, also known as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement …
