The arrival of spring weather in the nation’s capital seemed to coincide with the conclusion of a week filled with grief from the tragic deaths of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, department aides, business executives and two Croatian nationals, all passengers …
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APRIL 14-16 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Grand Kempinski, Dallas. Call David Solomon at (800) 835-3887. 16-18 Universal Wireless Communications International Conference, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center, Singapore. Call Gwen Carlson at (619) 535-9500 …
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WASHINGTON-Congress late last week was expected to introduce legislation to force the Federal Communications Commission to lift the two-month-old paging application freeze, a source told RCR. The legislation likely will take the form of an amendment by Senate Commerce Committee …
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WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is at a crossroads. Either the ever-popular mobile phone used by more than 35 million people today will remain forever a nice little extra for business people and safety-conscious citizens or it will evolve into something …
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MARCH 25-27 Wireless ’96, by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Dallas Convention Center, Dallas. Call Mary Claire Murphy at (202) 785-0081. 25-29 Third Annual Portable by Design Conference and Exposition. Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif. (201) 393-6075. 27 …
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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s new application freeze has created a major rift in the paging industry, the second major wireless sector to feel the big chill from Chairman Reed Hundt’s auction embrace. The latest application freeze, imposed Feb. 9 on …
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Over a cup of coffee one Saturday morning, Jai Bhagat decided to try his luck with a new spinoff company called Mtel. That was eight years ago. Today he is president and chief executive officer of Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp.’s …
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Reflection Technology Inc. has opened two new sales offices in San Jose, Calif., and Sciota, Pa., to accommodate the increasing demand for FaxView personal fax readers, the company said. The offices will position the company for national market distribution of …
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IFR Systems Inc. has named Dr. Samual Kyehung Lee director of business development for the Pacific Rim. He will also be the management contact for all IFR distributors in mainland Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Dr. Lee …
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Allen Telecom Group Inc. announced it has reached a purchase agreement with Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The three-year, non-exclusive agreement allows Pac Bell to purchase Allen’s omni-directional and panel antennas and accessories in preparation for building its personal communications services …
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WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids. Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the …
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WASHINGTON-Many specialized mobile radio operators, convinced-though not supportive-of Federal Communications Commission plans to auction 800 MHz wide-area licenses, are trying to salvage concessions for existing systems forced to relocate frequencies. The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which outlined its latest proposal …
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WASHINGTON-All the turmoil, chaos and confusion of merging two major trade associations and sponsoring a huge industry conference in a year’s time might drive one to write one of those heart-felt country and western songs that Personal Communications Industry Association …
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20-21 Wireless Telecom Values & Finance, by Kagan Seminars. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. For information call Kristen Roelofs at (408) 624-1536. 20-23 PCS ’95, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. For information call (800) …
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PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif.-The Small Business PCS Association announced it will hold a national meeting with the theme “Small Business PCS (personal communications services)-Where are we now?” held in conjunction with the Personal Communications Industry Association PCS ’95 Convention scheduled Sept. …
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For more than 30 years, microwave communications systems have been used by utilities, oil and gas pipeline companies, railroads and municipalities to provide basic services to the American public including energy and transportation services, heating, air conditioning, power and fuel. …
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The road to launching the first commercial personal communications services network in the United States, which American Personal Communications plans to do this fall, began at the Personal Communications Industry Association (then called Telocator) annual convention in Washington, D.C., in …
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WASHINGTON-Industry negotiations aimed at clearing fixed microwave licensees off the 2 GHz band that next-generation pocket telephone systems will soon occupy have begun with a bang. Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen fired the opening discharge late last month, …
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In the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, the Clinton adminstration and Congress are pressing for changes on telecommunications laws to combat terrorism. Clinton ans Senate Majority Leader Robert Doyle, R-Kan., likely combatants in nexy year’s presidental race, each gave …
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WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation in Washington, D.C., or Fortune 500 executives, engineers and policymakers …
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WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation in Washington, D.C., or Fortune 500 executives, engineers and policymakers …
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WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association voted to combine its membership with the National Association of Business and Educational Radio, formally completing months of negotiations between the groups. The new organization will be known as the Personal Communications Industry Association. E.B. …
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SEATTLE-The Personal Communications Industry Association’s annual meeting started here last Wednesday with a bang but ended with a bust. About 7,000 people attended the three-day Personal Communications Showcase, more than double the attendance of last year’s event. Exhibit and hotel …
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PCS LICENSEES WILL SHARE MICRO WAVE MOVING COSTS UNDER PCIA’S PROPOSAL
by rcrwirelessby rcrwirelessWASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said it has urged the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a microwave relocation cost-sharing plan to ease the deployment of personal communications services networks. PCIA’s proposal calls for all PCS licensees that benefit from a …
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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 boards of both associations are expected to approve the proposed …