God weighed in on the budget debate between Congress and the Clinton administration last week, dumping two feet of snow on the nation’s capital shortly after negotiators agreed to end …
Cost
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">D.C. NOTES >
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">PAC BELL TO OFFER PCS HANDSET THAT ROAMS ON CELLULAR SYSTEM >
Wanting to leave no market unserved in the new age of pocket telephony, Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it will introduce a personal communications services telephone that offers a dual …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">START-UP FIRM LOOKS FOR FINANCING TO RUN RUSSIAN PAGING NETWORKS >
There may well be a vast geographic and cultural divide between Russia and the United States, but Mikhail Bogdanov, owner of Moscow-based EcoSoft GTCO, said he is impressed by the …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">STALL IN C-BLOCK AUCTION GAINS SOME GRUMBLES FROM BIDDERS >
Bidders seeking C-block personal communications services licenses will bring mixed sentiments to the table tomorrow, when the Federal Communications Commission plans to resume the auction. “The way this is being …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BELLCORE, UNISYS ALLY FOR NEW FRAUD CONTROL PRODUCT >
Bell Communications Research Inc. and Unisys Corp. have joined together to help fight what once was simple theft but increasingly is becoming a carrier service nightmare-telephone fraud. The companies formed …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">COMPANIES TRY TO CASH IN ON BUSI NESS OF AUCTIONS >
Even though the personal communications services auctions are designed to make money for the government, some entrepreneurs are finding their own ways to financially benefit from the auctions-by packaging auction …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BUSINESS USE OF WIRELESS ONLINE TRANSACTIONS TO INCREASE >
The worldwide market for wireless online transaction terminals and systems is forecast to grow from $487 million in 1995 to $1.9 billion by 1999, with wireless partially displacing wireline for …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NOKIA’S STOCK REBOUNDS FROM MID-DECEMBER DROP >
NEW YORK-Industry analysts remain confident in the outlook for Nokia Corp., despite the mid-December drubbing its American Depository Receipts took after the Finnish electronics manufacturer announced poor profit performance in …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">CASH IS CONSTANT STRUGGLE FOR PCS PLAYERS >
NEW YORK-For successful bidders in the government’s C-block auction for personal communications services, “the good news is you’ve got a license; the bad news is you’ve got a license.” So …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">DEALERS LOOK AT TELECOM FUTURE AND HOW NEW TECHNOLOGIES FIT >
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Private carriers are not the only entities wrestling with an uncertain competitive future. Dealers from large to small are wondering what role they will continue to play as …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">GOVERNMENT PLAN SAYS ALL PCS WILL SHARE BURDEN OF RELOCATION >
WASHINGTON-A government plan for personal communications services licensees to share microwave relocation costs has received qualified support from both carriers and fixed users, while providing the two warring factions a …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">WIRELESS BUREAU CHIEF PLEDGES TO IMPROVE WIRELESS COMPETITION >
WASHINGTON-In a bold speech with profound and far-reaching policy implications, new Federal Communications Commission Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Michele Farquhar said she will pursue policies to help wireless carriers compete …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">THE WORLD >
Ameritech Corp. announced it has formed a consortium with Singapore Telecom and Tele Danmark to pursue a partnership with Belgacom S.A., the national telecommunications operator in Belgium. The Belgian government …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">BALANCED BUDGET BILL WILL FORBID FUTURE LICENSES ISSUED BY LOTTERY >
WASHINGTON-Congress, in the face of an impending veto and resumed fighting with the White House over government spending that could lead to another government shutdown next week, approved a Republican …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">ORBCOMM TO OFFER GEO-TRACKING AND DATA SERVICES VIA SATELLITE >
With plans to offer commercial tracking services in North America in February, Orbcomm Global L.P. has two satellites in orbit and is beta testing its global data-only communication system. The …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">TURNKEY MESSAGE CENTER INTRODUCED BY RADIOMAIL FOR CELLULAR CARRIER USE >
SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. said it is taking new initiatives to extend and enhance its two-way gateway messaging service for both cellular carriers and its own subscribers. The San Mateo, …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">STUDY SAYS WIRELESS IS SOLUTION TO RURAL TELECOM PREDICAMENT >
A new study issued by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration said wireless telephone service may be a desirable alternative to wireline service in some rural areas because of cost …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">PCS SERVICE BEGINS IN NATION’S CAPITAL >
WASHINGTON-The future is here. Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">WYND OFFERS INTEGRATED SERVICE TARGETING THE MOBILE EMPLOYEE >
Wynd Communications Corp. is pursuing the wireless data market with an integrated messaging and information service for the mobile professional called WyndMail. San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Wynd is a subsidiary …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">VIEWPOINT >
Well, it’s finally here. American Personal Communications, doing business under the Sprint name, has introduced personal communications services in the Washington, D.C., market. Broadband PCS is a reality. One small …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NEARLY 400 PCS APPLICANTS FILE SHORT FORMS FOR C-BLOCK AUCTION >
About 370 short-form applications were filed by deadline for the C-block personal communications services auction set to begin Dec. 11, but the federal government shutdown, which has rendered the Federal …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">IN-BUILDING COVERAGE IS BREAKING NEW GROUND IN CELLULAR INDUSTRY >
Two kinds of private, in-building wireless systems are seeking the attention of today’s large business customers-stand-alone systems that provide portable extensions of employee desk phones, and stand-alone systems that provide …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">NORCOM NETWORK AIMS FOR NICHE IN SEGMENTED TRUCKING INDUSTRY >
While neophytes view the commercial vehicle industry as a homogeneous market, Norcom Networks Corp. sees a way to provide a high-speed, packet-data communications network to transportation companies in a way …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">TWO COMPANIES REDUCE PRICING ON PDA ITEMS THROUGH HOLIDAYS >
Two Motorola Inc. wireless communicators, Marco and Envoy, will be offered from now until Dec. 29 at a reduced cost through a holiday-season marketing promotion by Motorola’s Wireless Data Group …
-
< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AMERITECH DEPLOYS CDPD IN ST. LOUIS METRO AREA >
ST. LOUIS-Ameritech Corp. said it has deployed its wireless packet data service, based on the Cellular Digital Packet Data standard, in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Ameritech said the new …