RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. has launched digital service in parts of New England, expanding its Northeastern region to the metropolitan areas of Boston and Worcester, Mass., Providence, R.I., and Manchester …
Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing office phone system by using very …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division will expand and upgrade cellular phone service in Thailand under a contract valued at $160 million. Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd. …
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Network Ventures Division and Telular Corp. have signed an agreement allowing Telular to become a preferred supplier of fixed wireless subscriber equipment to Motorola NVD’s cellular …
Two Motorola Inc. wireless communicators, Marco and Envoy, will be offered from now until Dec. 29 at a reduced cost through a holiday-season marketing promotion by Motorola’s Wireless Data Group …
DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced it has made the world’s first wireless phone call on a carrier-based personal communications services system using Code Division Multiple Access digital technology at 1900 MHz. …
Tender documents for two new cellular licenses in Poland should hit the table this week, unlocking the door to telecom competition, but an American company is protesting the government’s decision. …
IFR Systems Inc. has named Dr. Samual Kyehung Lee director of business development for the Pacific Rim. He will also be the management contact for all IFR distributors in mainland …
The market for personal digital assistants, personal communicators and mobile companions will more than quadruple to one million units by 1997 and then double to more than two million units …
AT&T Wireless Services has unveiled personal Air Communications Technology, a new open standards-based architecture for two-way messaging that the company expects will become an industry standard for narrowband personal communications …
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry may have to tap into federal government and broadcast spectrum, implement new technologies and share more to meet operational requirements in the future, says a new …
Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will supply equipment for narrowband personal communications services to Paging Network Inc. under a contract agreement. PageNet will use the equipment to beta test its …
MINNEAPOLIS-American Paging Inc. has entered into a comprehensive agreement with Upper Canada Communications Group Inc. of Toronto to coordinate development and use of narrowband personal communications services and conventional paging …
ST. LOUIS-Ameritech Corp. said it has deployed its wireless packet data service, based on the Cellular Digital Packet Data standard, in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Ameritech said the new …
SALT LAKE CITY-AirGo Communications Inc. unveiled the AirGo phone system, a product that integrates a cellular radio and V.32 modem in a single personal computer card. AirGo said that by …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. increased its ownership of Cellular Communications Inc. by about 20 percent, bringing its total ownership of the company to almost 32 percent on a fully diluted …
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-A-Plus Network Inc. said it has completed negotiations on its $25 million, seven-year credit facility with First Chicago Corp. “This agreement will further enable us to move forward aggressively …
WASHINGTON-A broad-based public interest coalition has asked federal regulators to require that mobile telephones provide unrestricted access to emergency 911 service. The Ad Hoc Alliance for Public Access to 911 …
Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. …
Up and coming-Freshman Congressman Rick White is one of only four House Republicans appointed as core conferees to the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform. Like his colleagues, who came to …
