The price GTE Corp. is offering for publicly held Contel Cellular Inc. shares was set arbitrarily, does not take into account that the company’s profits are expected to increase and …

ussell H. Fox, Esq. My intent, in writing an article in RCR, was to analyze the Federal Communications Commission’s decision in the Docket No. 93-252 proceeding, which addresses the new …

Preliminary service for the first commercial paging system based on the European Radio Messaging System standard has begun in Paris, according to AirTouch Communications. Infomobile, a joint venture 18.5 percent …

Arch Nationwide Paging says it has built a nationwide paging network without constructing one. Last fall, Arch announced its intention to offer paging service in every major U.S. city by …

DALLAS-Omnipoint Corp. announced it has signed a five-year, $100 million agreement with Northern Telecom for a public, digital personal communications services network to serve the New York major trading area. …

Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole, R-Kan., whose strong-arm tactics helped kill telecommunications reform legislation in the 103rd Congress, has given the country a sneak preview of what they might expect …

WASHINGTON-With the number of people using mobile telephones increasing each year, federal regulators want to improve 911 emergency service for calls made over the airwaves, and could force carriers that …

WASHINGTON-Construction of the Clinton administration’s much ballyhooed information superhighway is likely to be delayed, following the death of telecommunications reform legislation in the 103rd Congress. Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ernest …

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. is introducing nationwide wireless messaging in Peru through a joint venture with Tele 2000, called SkyTel del Peru. Mtel International owns 45 percent of SkyTel …

SEATTLE-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group has introduced a new radio telephone system called INReach that keeps people connected in large industrial facilities, airports or convention centers, using cellular telephones rather …

ARLINGTON HEIGHT, Ill.-The African states of Tanzania, Zaire, Nigeria, Ghana and Angola have contracted with Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group to receive analog, digital and wireless local loop cellular telephone …

GREENLAWN, N.Y.-Nextel Communications Inc. has agreed to purchase the Phazar Intelligent Antenna System by Hazeltine Corp. over a two-year period. The contract has a potential value of $20 million, according …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week sent Congress trade legislation that includes a new plan for three companies awarded pioneer’s preferences to pay for personal communications services licenses. Under a compromise …

Horizon Cellular Group has acquired the Georgia 2 rural service area in northeast Georgia from Southern Cellular Inc. This addition brings Horizon’s total population equivalents up to approximately 2.9 million …

HARTFORD, Conn.-Message Center USA is teaming with Continental Paging Corp. of Canada to offer an integrated North American paging service between Canada and the United States on their common 900 …

House and Senate Judiciary committees late last week approved digital wiretap legislation, improving chances for passing a bill before the 103rd Congress adjourns for the year. Meanwhile, House Budget Committee …

With three new investors injecting a fresh $310 million into its low-earth-orbiting satellite project, Iridium Inc. said it has completed its planned equity financing. That means the Motorola Inc.-led international …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. reported a 50 percent increase in net income for fiscal year 1994, ended June 30 for a record $15.1 million, or $1.20 per share. Fiscal 1994 …