The world cellular equipment market, including both switching and base station equipment, totaled $14.4 billion in 1994 with plenty of growth still ahead, according to a new study from Northern …
Accelerating consolidation in the wireless industry engulfs yet another prominent company as MobileMedia Corp. agrees to acquire BellSouth Corp.’s MobileComm paging subsidiary and its two-way nationwide narrowband personal communications services …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-The U.S. mobile communications services market is projected to more than triple from $26.3 billion in 1994 to $92.5 billion by the year 2001, according to a new …
Knowing that network efficiency and service quality will be key differentiators in the new arena of wireless competition, and having cut its teeth on the fast-growing digital systems in Europe …
Succeeding plans for a two-year network expansion project, Mercury One 2 One intends to launch a multimillion dollar marketing and advertising campaign today aimed at new customers, with three flagship …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. is expanding the Global System for Mobile communications network of Lithuanian carrier OmniTel, which launched service in March in the cities of Vilnius and Kaunus. OmniTel …
On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the …
WASHINGTON-All the turmoil, chaos and confusion of merging two major trade associations and sponsoring a huge industry conference in a year’s time might drive one to write one of those …
udith St. Ledger-Roty and Lee Rau Inherent in the co-carrier status the Federal Communications Commission has expressly granted the wireless industry, including paging, cellular and personal communications services, is the …
In the nation’s capital, where I work, it’s not uncommon to be approached on the sidewalk by strangers handing out leaflets. Typically, these are advertisements for coupons for local restaurants, …
BURNSVILLE, Minn.-E. F. Johnson Co. said it was awarded a contract for $11.7 million from Chester County, Pa., to provide its 800 MHz Multi-Net II trunked radio system. The new …
Telecommunications officials in India are set to issue the remaining licenses for cellular service in the next few weeks, just as initial licensees are beginning to launch their systems in …
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced the Texas First Court of Appeals unanimously reversed a 1994 verdict against GTE Mobilnet South Texas L.P. obtained by two Houston-based cellular agents who were dissatisfied with …
WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. awarded nearly $185,000 to Dr. Om Gandhi in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Salt Lake City’s University of Utah to conduct studies of portable wireless …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Shinawatra Paging of Thailand has chosen Glenayre Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure equipment for the second phase of its system expansion. Glenayre said it will provide nearly 300 high-performance …
GENEVA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. has introduced a series of transmitters specifically designed for operation in Asia’s 280 to 320 MHz band. The transmitters, GL-T8521 and GL-T8321, incorporate a true digital signal …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Ray Ardizzone pointed to activity in both domestic and foreign markets as responsible for the company’s impressive financial results in the …
A French transportation company is using global positioning system technology to track the locations of its busiest buses, which not only helps dispatchers do their jobs better, but also allows …
The Czech Economics Ministry is firming its plans to issue a tender for companies interested in becoming partners in one of two groups that will hold licenses to operate Global …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. have completed the first field test of a cryoelectronic base station receiver for personal communications services. The station is designed to enable …
