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 …
InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it has signed a contract valued at $43 million to provide UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless loop systems to the Pakistan Telecommunications Co. Ltd. …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-There were 38.2 million cellular and personal communications services subscribers at the end of June, a penetration rate of 14.5 percent, according to a new survey from the Cellular …
NEW YORK-Glenayre Technologies Inc. recently issued an advance warning that it expects its third-quarter net income to be “significantly below” results posted in the same period last year. According to …
Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications, American Portable Telecommunications Inc., BellSouth Personal …
PARIS-France Telecom, with its Mobil Rom consortium, announced it will participate in a bid for a license to install and operate a new Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson announced the city of Moscow, Russia, will purchase the company’s Enhanced Digital Access Communication Systems private radio system to provide radio coverage for the city and surrounding areas. …
NEW YORK-Pacific Bell Mobile Services announced Sept. 18 an agreement to purchase $50 million worth of PCS-1900 handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. The new phones will operate on PacBell’s …
Oki telecom, one of Oki America Inc.’s five divisions, announced Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. will realign the corporate structure of its U.S. telecommunications group. On October 1, a new …
TRENTON, N.J.-To paraphrase an old Barbra Streisand song, “On a rainy day, you can hear forever,” even when making a call to Colorado from a car parked beneath a water …
SARNIA, Ontario-AVL Information Systems and Cincinnati Microwave Inc. announced the QWaveWriter, a system for cellular carriers that provides a comprehensive tool for monitoring signal strength. The product was developed by …
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. announced a strategic alliance with Comsyst Pty Ltd. of Sydney, Australia, to distribute and support AirNet’s software-based, broadband wireless infrastructure equipment products and systems in the …
NextWave Telecom Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to sell Cellexis International Inc. 5 billion minutes of airtime during the next 10 years from its personal communications services network. Tempe, …
Have a good day, honey … and don’t forget your transponder! Ahh, those loving words our children will someday bark at their spouses as they head out the door for …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group introduced Tango Lite, the newest addition to its family of Tango two-way advanced messaging devices at the PCS ’96 Conference last week. Tango …
NEW YORK-Sygnet Wireless Inc. sold a $110 million issue of 10-year senior unsecured notes Sept. 19 to help finance its acquisition of Horizon Cellular Telephone Co. The notes were priced …
In the vein of 007 and his accessory antics, Seiko Communications of America is making it possible to receive pages, security-coded messages and other information by watch, and soon by …
WASHINGTON-Any previous bets that the auction of the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services licenses would not garner even $1 billion are off. As of Round 25, net …
WASHINGTON-In a formal ceremony Sept. 16 attended by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt and Assistant Secretary of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Larry Irving, the Public Safety Wireless …
