As the cellular marketplace prepares to shift from a duopoly to a business where more than a handful of providers may offer service, industry analysts agree competition for wireless customers …
After two years of storm and stress, Nextel Communications Inc. is putting finishing touches on its enhanced specialized mobile radio network and ownership structure-but one early backer has decided to …
WASHINGTON-The first system and billing identification codes for personal communications services have been assigned to AT&T Wireless Services by Cibernet Corp. Cibernet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications …
WASHINGTON-The cellular industry continues to be shaped by the forces of deregulation and regulatory parity mandated in 1993 legislation passed by the then Democratic-controlled Congress and implemented on an on-going …
Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911 calls made from a cellular phone …
ATLANTA-Ameritech Corp. and GTE Mobilnet customers will have access to cellular digital packet data services in each other’s markets, according to an agreement signed by the two cellular carriers. “Ameritech …
CHICAGO-Sprint Cellular announced Cellular Digital Packet Data trial systems now are available in four of its markets. Trial sites include Norfolk, Va., Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C., and Las Vegas, Nev. …
Cellular phone advertisers in Southern California recently received a written warning from legal authorities there about the alleged use of deceptive sales practices, such as large-print misleading statements and bait-and-switch …
JULY 30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300. AUGUST 1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association) and CSIS (The …
HONG KONG-Brite Voice Systems Inc. said it now provides cellular voice dialing in Hong Kong for Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. The system, valued at more than $1 million, is running …
WASHINGTON-Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, plans to hold a hearing in September on competition in the wireless telecommunications industry. Barton has failed …
Cellular technology, which made its shining debut as the working world’s tool for efficiency and productivity, now penetrates our culture in ways well beyond its initial purpose-some necessary or practical, …
WASHINGTON-A walkie talkie-like pocket phone developed by Tandy Corp. that would let family members or groups communicate with one another at shopping malls, sporting events, amusement parks and other outings …
On first examination of the Federal Communications Commission’s private land mobile radio refarming decision, released late last month, one is tempted to ask, “Just how much refarming did the FCC …
Unfortunately, sophisticated criminal activity often is an adjunct of technological innovation. Such is the case for cellular telecommunications. Ramifications include lost revenue from fraudulent phone use-costing the industry nearly $1.5 …
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The paging industry grew 38 percent in 1994, adding 7.5 million subscribers for a new total of 27.3 million users at year end, according to a new market study …
The Asia-Pacific region-comprising more than half the world’s population-may soon realize its potential as a cellular market as it reaches a subscriber base of nearly 80 million users by the …
Years of testing, flip-flopping and hesitation are coming to a close as cellular companies begin to commit to a digital standard for their networks. Driving the need to decide is …
Differential Corrections Inc. has signed a public partnership agreement with the Minnesota Department of Transportation to provide broadcast services for the operational test of an intelligent transportation system. Cupertino, Calif.-based …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week removed race- and gender-based bidding credits for next month’s entrepreneur block auction of 493 personal communications services licenses, despite President Clinton’s impassioned-albeit qualified-embrace of …
