GTE Corp. has opted to spend $224 million to purchase the remaining shares of Contel Cellular Inc. it doesn’t already own. As part of the deal, GTE will spend $22.50 …
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.-A group of investors looking to form alliances among personal communications services providers have changed the name of their company in hopes of appealing to a broader consumer market. …
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DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. posted record net revenue for the second quarter of 1994, ended June 30, and increased its number of pagers in service by more than 43 percent compared …
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WASHINGTON-The number of people who use cellular telephones in the United States is nearing the 20 million mark, with more than 17,000 new cellular customers added daily. In its semi-annual …
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Clarification A story on page 6 of the Aug. 1 issue of RCR should have stated that Sprint Cellular Co. will be a distributor for American Mobile Satellite Corp.
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SUNNYVALE, Calif.-A subsidiary of California Microwave Inc. recently won a $2.2 million contract to provide satellite communications technology to China’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The subsidiary, Satellite Transmission Systems …
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has completed its merger with FirstPAGE USA Inc., increasing the company’s total pagers in service to more than 585,000. During the company’s initial public offering in July …
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WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen will head the new wireless trade group created by the anticipated merger of the National Association of Business and Educational Radio and the Personal Communications Industry Association. The …
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NOGALES, Ariz.-U S West Cellular announced it has expanded its cellular footprint in Arizona through the recent purchase of a rural license there. U S West has purchased a license …
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Who’s the Federal Communications Commission fooling with all this talk of “designated entities,” or providing incentives-and frequencies-for small businesses, women and minorities in the upcoming PCS auctions? The FCC, a …
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LEESBURG, Va.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. has been awarded a joint supply contract for the EC-6000 digital echo cancellers by Sweden’s Telia AB, and Telia’s sister company, Telia Mobitel AB. Coherent …
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Death, taxes, and for potential PCS licensees, microwave relocation are issues no one wants to face. Yet, like the first two, the consequences of ignoring the issue could be devastating. …
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it will conduct its first Code Division Multiple Access digital technology trials outside of the United States with Compania de Radiocomunicationes Moviles of Argentina. Installation …
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LOS ANGELES-Unpredicted demand for wireless telephone numbers in the Los Angeles area has forced Pacific Bell to introduce an overlay area code. In September 1995, new cellular and paging customers …