TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-A proposal made earlier this year by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles to tax the state’s cellular customers for distance learning and 911 services is defunct. Gail Sittig, a spokeswoman …
NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to expedite the entry of public utility holding companies into the telecommunications industry. The NPRM seeks to implement part …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group reported $1.4 billion in revenue for the quarter ended March 31. The figure is a 25 percent increase from the same period a year …
Tessco Technologies Inc. said it has obtained an Ex Parte injunction enjoining Andrew Corp. from terminating its Distributor Agreement with the company. The Sparks, Md.-based distributor disclosed in its earnings …
When MCI Communications Corp. asked him to build a radio tower on top of a mountain using a helicopter, 21-year-old wireless newcomer Michael Budagher said yes. Fifteen years later, his …
NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group have filed jointly a request that the California Public Utilities Commission review their proposed merger. Under the merger proposal, Pacific Bell, the …
Cable television infrastructure is making a comeback as a solution to help companies mix-and-match architectures to deliver personal communications services in the face of community resistance to tower build-outs. Cox …
Steinbrecher Corp., which was recently acquired by Tellabs Wireless, announced the MiniCell Wireless Access System, a complete cellular system utilizing software-programmable radios with remote and local transceivers. Based on industry …
WASHINGTON-With the huge capital costs of spectrum, infrastructure and marketing playing a major part in the rollout of new personal communications services, PACS technology may become an attractive option for …
How much is too much for specialized mobile radio spectrum? Once again, deep pockets prevailed in the recent government auction for 900 MHz SMR spectrum. The biggest license winners were …
CHARLOTTE-Metrocall Inc. announced it has launched nationwide One Touch service using Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Modular Voice Processing System platform. The system will allow Metrocall to provide voice and fax messaging, …
VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. has reached an agreement with MobileComm that will allow CWI to introduce CWI-branded paging service to its long-distance customers during this second quarter. CWI focuses …
MCI Communications Corp. is breaking out as an early favorite in the race to market with a one-bill offering. Washington, D.C.-based MCI has launched a one-number, follow-me service that includes …
Lightbridge Inc. recently activated two new weapons for fighting subscription and true identity cellular fraud. Fraud Sentinel is the complete package including Postalpro, Fraud Detect and the company’s hallmark product, …
JACKSON, Miss.-Hewlett-Packard Co., SkyTel Corp. and Etak Corp. announced they have joined forces to help visitors coming to Atlanta for the Olympic Games to get travel information faster and easier. …
MAY 6 The Emerging Market for Wireless Location-based Products and Services, by Telestrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 6-9 Inside Washington: Business and Public Policy Focus …
BOSTON-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the introduction of its digital mobile business communications system in the Boston area. The network, similar to those recently introduced in New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and …
The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where …
WASHINGTON-Incumbent microwave operators who have been less than forthcoming in their relocation negotiations with A- and B-block personal communications services licensees will be subject to third-party inspections of their facilities …
