Under a five-year, $300 million contract, Ericsson Inc. has been named the equipment supplier for Pacific Bell Mobile Services’ B-band personal communications services networks in California and Nevada. PCS service …
Creating a nongovernmental United States Numbering Association to administer phone numbers will offer “an independent administrator, with a neutral governing board for which all carriers will be eligible,” said the …
It is not an understatement to say The Progress & Freedom Foundation’s plan to abolish the Federal Communications Commission within three years and replace it with a smaller office in …
NEWARK, N.J.-The New Jersey State Police arrested three individuals suspected of running a cellular telephone fraud operation. Jose Guzman, Edgard DeAza-Berroa and Nancy Franceschi were arrested May 18 after an …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will vote next week on positions the United States may take at a major international conference in Geneva this fall, amid charges that the microwave and …
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced its One Touch advanced messaging service combining the benefits of nationwide paging services with the flexibility of a single telephone number. The company said One Touch …
The purchase of Nationwide Cellular Service Inc. is a good short-term strategy for MCI Communications Corp., but the nation’s second largest long-distance company will need to acquire some infrastructure to …
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ordered Bell Mobile Communications Inc. to “cease discriminating unjustly” against Invoice Reduction Services Ltd.-a company that wants to offer discounted cellular service to a …
WAYNE, Pa.-A month before the tender application deadline, Comcast Corp. announced its Comcast International Holdings Inc. subsidiary will head a consortium bidding a second cellular license in Ireland. Comcast will …
Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. Most carriers are unwilling to reveal …
Bell Atlantic Corp. formed a joint wenture with the Bombay-based Essar Group to bid for basic and mobile telephone service licenses in India. Bell Atlantic will be a minority partner …
WASHINGTON-American Personal Communications unveiled a new device that helps next-generation pocket telephone firms optimize access to 2 GHz spectrum while they negotiate to move incumbent fixed microwave licensees off that …
DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo, the four-way partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. and U S West Inc., recruited Texas Utilities Co. of Dallas as an equity partner in …
Putting behind what it calls “the roller-coaster year of 1994,” specialized mobile radio operator Pittencrieff Communications Inc. intends to strengthen its market presence and its financial situation by merging with …
WASHINGTON-In a major setback for states, the Federal Communications Commission ruled public utility commissions cannot regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers. The FCC on May 11 rejected petitions from …
Editor’s Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released April 28. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and summaries about publicly traded telecommunications …
Bell Atlantic Mobile and Racotek Inc. have signed a multiyear marketing and technology agreement to integrate BAM’s cellular digital packet data and circuit-switched data capabilities with Racotek’s KeyWare product. KeyWare …
To comprehend the scope of what happened (and didn’t happen) on Capotol Hill last week, one needs to appreciate history. For history repeated itself. Some new ground was broken, too. …
LONGMONT, Colo.-Coral Systems, a provider of UNIX software solutions for the wireless industry, completed equity financing of $4.5 million through four firms with an interest in emerging communications companies. The …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a license agreement allowing Comarco Wireless Technologies Inc. to manufacture and sell test equipment using Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular technology. The worldwide, royalty-bearing …
