BROWSING: MCI
GOEKEN RESIGNS AS HEAD OF IN-FLIGHT PHONE CORP., BAKES AT COMPANY HELM
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-John "Jack" Goeken announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive officer at In-Flight Phone Corp., the air-to-ground telecommunications service he founded in 1989."Now that most of the major challenges associated with a start-up company have been solved and strong partners have...
FAMILIAR NAMES HEAD LIST OF PCS LICENSE CANDIDATES
WASHINGTON-He's baaack!Craig McCaw, founder of the cellular empire that AT&T Corp. bought for $11.5 billion, will bid for broadband personal communications services licenses Dec. 5.The wireless entrepreneur is one of 74 applicants seeking 99 licenses to operate next-generation pocket telephone systems across the country....
NEXTEL ORDERED TO SELL CHANNELS TO BUY CERTAIN MOTOROLA ASSETS
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. said its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department will not interfere with plans to build a nationwide wireless network."While we do not agree that restrictions on our 900 MHz operations were at all necessary, the decree does not place any meaningful...
PEOPLE
GTE Mobilnet named two new general managers in its florida region. Doug Meyn manages the north area of the state, while Jane Clements manages the south area. Each of the general managers is responsible for sales distribution and service in their repecttive areas, including...
HOLLINGS PULLS TELECOM BILL’S PLUG, PUTS BLAME ON BELLCOS AND DOLE
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 Hollings, D-S.C., pulled the plug on his information superhighway bill late last month, blaming some...
AT&T-MCCAW COMPLETES LARGEST WIRELESS MERGER
It's a done deal.AT&T Corp.-the nation's largest long-distance telephone company-and McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.-the biggest cellular operator in the land-are now one.The two firms closed the $11.5 billion merger Sept. 19, following conditional approval by the Federal Communications Commission earlier the same day. The...
NEXTEL SAYS IT IS CAUTIOUS ABOUT GETTING PARTNERS AFTER BREAK-UP WITH MCI
Nextel Communications Inc. says it isn't anxious to jump into another relationship or alliance, and has money enough of its own until 1997."In the aftermath of a broken engagement, we don't want to operate too much on the rebound. We're not rushing, but are...
VIEWPOINT
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 victim itself in all of this as a result of a considerable amount of back-shoving...
NEXTEL TRYING TO CALM INVESTORS AFTER MCI QUITS ALLIANCE PLANS
Nextel Communications Inc. is in search of a strategic partner to help finance its nationwide wireless communications network. But since MCI Communications Corp. backed out of its relationship with Nextel, the wireless operator has spent considerable time trying to calm Wall Street.Analysts dialed into...
PCS LIKELY TO ACT AS A CATALYST FOR MORE MERGERS IN WIRELESS
What's behind the recent wave of wireless mega-mergers and alliances?First, AT&T Corp. launched its bold acquisition of cellular leader McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., and MCI Communications Corp. responded by attempting to purchase a stake in enhanced specialized mobile radio operator Nextel Communications Inc. More...