WASHINGTON-Comments were due late last week on the draft proposal forwarded by the Public Safety Wireless Advisory Committee, which contained recommendations by five subcommittees regarding ways to fill the country’s …
TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. has developed a system that will allow subscribers to roam all over the world with a special cellular phone. Customers buy or rent a Worldwide …
WASHINGTON-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. and the Personal Communications Industry Association won their fights to become designated clearinghouses that will administer the Federal Communications Commission’s microwave-relocation cost-sharing plan. “We are …
A government summary outlining the reclassification of specialized mobile radio operators “may pose more questions than it answers,” said SMR organization leader Alan Shark. “Reclassified operators are being thrown into …
Free marketers are giving voice to a rising chorus of demands to privatize electromagnetic spectrum and overturn the 60-year-old regulatory regime enshrined at the Federal Communications Commission. At its heart, …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a license agreement for VLSI Technology to develop, manufacture and sell Application Specific Integrated Circuits to Qualcomm’s subscriber equipment licensees. VLSI is the third announced supplier …
The article on page 2 of RCR’s Aug. 12 issue should have stated that 3607 Communications Co.’s Code Division Multiple Access digital handsets provide 48 hours of standby time.
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Personal Communications made a phone call from Malaysia to Germany last week with the Planet 1 phone, using the Inmarsat-3 satellite operating over the Indian Ocean. Comsat developed …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to mull the fate of the Phoenix license won by CH PCS Inc. during last month’s re-auction of 18 C-block personal communications services licenses; the …
FORT WAYNE, Ind.-Centennial Cellular Corp. has introduced a new call package plan to its customers in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. In addition to bundling a number of minutes into a …
AUGUST 19-20 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by Motorola Inc. San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, San Francisco. (800) 771-2012. 19-21 Wireless Communications Conference, by The Microelectronics Society. Regal Harvest …
Preferred Networks Inc. said it has signed an agreement with NationsBank for a $20 million revolving credit facility. The money will be used primarily to finance the acquisition of paging …
ZK Celltest Inc. announced narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service measurement capability on the ZK-SAM/DX, a system access monitor. The company said the device interfaces with Motorola Inc.’s MicroTac dual-mode NAMPS …
Gearing up for the influx in demand for customer care and billing, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. and American Management Systems announced the expansion of their businesses. CBIS said it …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division is set to complete the first digital cellular network in the Ukraine for Bancomsvyaz, the local operator. The system, which will operate …
Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. has named Andrew Sukawaty chief executive officer. Sukawaty is known for his work helping launch a personal communications services network in the United Kingdom. Sprint …
ATLANTA-Skywire Corp. and Federal Express Corp. have signed a multiyear agreement to provide FedEx with thousands of SmartBoxes. The SmartBox continually monitors the status of its contents and lets the …
LONDON-The International Mobile Satellite Organization Council agreed to open regional offices to represent Latin America, South and East Asia and Africa. “Inmarsat opened its first regional office in Beijing, China, …
Some of the nation’s most powerful industries said they have been “too quiet, too long” about the U.S. government’s auction hunger, and have formed an alliance to make sure businesses …
