SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Paging began service in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C., region and turned on service in several mid-Atlantic cities, including Wilmington, Del., York, Pa., and Charlottesville, Norfolk and Richmond, Va. With …
WASHINGTON-The United States and Japan will resume talks this fall in hopes of heading off a full-blown trade dispute concerning foreign access to Japan’s booming next-generation pocket telephone business, which …
San Diego-Westlink Paging Inc. announced completing its acquisition of Telecomm Systems Inc., a Eugene, Ore., paging company. The purchase forms the nation’s largest privately owned paging company in terms of …
The cellular industry is getting ready to enter its teen years and-just like human counterparts-is expected to be affected by growing pains, although they’re more likely to be technological than …
FORT LEE, N.J.-Tri-State Radio Co. announced deployment of Motorola Inc.’s FLEX high speed paging protocol on its East Coast and West Coast regional paging networks. “The rapid growth of our …
KAZAN, Republic of Tatarstan-Hughes Network Systems has installed a digital fixed wireless phone system in the Republic of Tatarstan valued at $48 million. It will initially serve Tatarstan’s capital city …
MIAMI-The Systems Consulting Group of Miami announced it was selected by the Wireless Data Division of AT&T Corp.’s McCaw Cellular Communications unit as the first systems integrator in the country …
SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. has reduced usage fees for its two-way wireless messaging and information service operating on RAM Mobile Data USA L.P.’s network. RadioMail service is now available for …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile, the new company comprised of the cellular operations of Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp., announced it reduced roaming charges to 59 cents per minute …
WASHINGTON-The United States will seek additional spectrum for voice and data low-earth-orbit global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference this fall in Geneva. “We’ve worked closely with the private …
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunications Services issued a new version of its ACCESS roamer billing system that distributes information to GTE’s member cellular carriers through a flexible client-server architecture. ACCESS previously operated …
No one can dispute the convenience of carrying a cellular phone, but should cellular phone users be prevented from accessing-for free-those wonderful and convenient 1-800 toll free numbers that landline …
As a continuing national success story, the cellular telecommunications industry for 12 years has enjoyed phenomenal growth in a duopoly market-highlighted in 1994 by 50 percent growth, 24 million subscribers …
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. said it will offer paging services to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems under a strategic alliance. Under terms of the contract, Southwestern Bell Mobile first will offer numeric paging …
Applying its linear fiber optics technology, Ortel Corp. is providing wireless networks a vital supplement for communicating in environments that are limited by physical barriers, like underground transit. Together with …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Omnipoint Corp. has licensed its composite Code Division Multiple Access/Time Division Multiple Access technology to JRC International Inc. to produce personal communications services handsets. Omnipoint said its CDMA/TDMA …
WASHINGTON-New telephone number policies embraced by federal regulators will benefit the wireless telecommunications industry, which accounts for two of every three new telephone numbers established. The wireless community previously has …
Hughes Space and Communications International was selected by the International Mobile Satellite Organization’s Inmarsat-P affiliate to build 12 satellites. The deal is valued at $1.3 billion, announced London-based Inmarsat-P. Hughes …
While voice transmissions over the cellular network have reached a certain degree of maturity in the marketplace, data transmissions continue to alternately attract and frustrate carriers, manufacturers and end users. …
SEATTLE-Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc. announced it will retain Daiwa Securities America Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., to support its plans for expanding operations in the …
