homas Gutierrez, David LaFuria Could it be that the C-block auction is too successful? After overcoming numerous pre-auction challenges, both from the industry and the Supreme Court, a new and …
WASHINGTON-With telecommunications reform behind it, Congress now wants to overhaul the Federal Communications Commission. “The key issue is whether a regulatory agency-the Federal Communications Commission-devised in the 1930s based on …
WASHINGTON-“Let’s not fool ourselves-the number one issue is money,” said Carl Thompson, the new president and chief operating officer of Vienna, Va.-based North American Wireless Inc., who pulled no punches …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is at a crossroads. Either the ever-popular mobile phone used by more than 35 million people today will remain forever a nice little extra for business …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Mark Warner knows how he’d market Virginia, one of America’s booming high-tech hotbeds, if elected to the Senate this fall. He’d have a picture of Thomas Jefferson sitting at …
WASHINGTON-For commercial mobile radio services carriers, passage of the Telecommunications Reform Bill of 1996 contains both good and bad news. The good news is that CMRS operators can provide local …
Toll Free Cellular is rapidly building a profitable business by marketing its #800 number service to the businesses cellular users want most to but are least likely to call because …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Marubeni Corp., a Japanese general trading company, have signed a joint venture agreement to market and distribute Ericsson phones in the Japanese market. Ericsson said the …
ARLINGTON, Va.-United States exports of telecommunications equipment grew to $16.3 billion in 1995, an increase of 26 percent from 1994, reported the Telecommunications Industry Association. The top two export markets …
Last month’s passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry’s most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are …
During the last 100 years, spectrum primarily has been used as a way to transmit entertainment and information in the form of television and radio, and more recently for communication …
ReadyCom field trials garner 46 paying users ReadyCom Inc. announced it has completed the first phase of its two-way voice messaging market trial. From the 43 participants recruited for the …
NEW YORK-While wireless enterprises pose risks for and depress the credit ratings of their parent telecommunications companies, they also expand the overall market to the benefit of both entities, according …
Telex Communications Inc. has introduced a lightweight headset specifically for cellular phones and other mobile applications. The company said its Telex Nomad Headset is a lightweight, ear-worn device with an …
Ron Boillat is now vice president of sales and Lee Sarbo has been named director of sales for the Eastern region at Frontier Cellular, the wireless subsidiary of Frontier Corp. …
FORT MEYERS, Fla.-Palmer Wireless Inc. announced it has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire the Georgia 1 Rural Service Area cellular telephone license from United States Cellular Corp. The license …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. has allied with CompuServe to offer e-mail messages to CompuServe members who carry PageNet pagers. The service is the first of several wireless messaging services the two …
Like parallel rails that run straight into the distance but seem to touch at the horizon, wireless telecommunications and mobile computing have each made great strides into the future. Now …
REDMOND, Wash.-Data Critical Corp. announced it has been awarded two patents for its Data-Through-Paging technology. One patent covers the “packetizing” component of the company’s protocol, whereby textual and/or graphical data …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-A total of 33.8 million people were cellular customers in the United States at the end of 1995, a 40 percent rise compared with the 24 million customers reported …
