Word: cellular
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...race to bring capitalist know-how to Hungary has produced a contest between two telecommunications companies, Colorado-based U S West and Atlanta's Contel Cellular. In a $10 million joint venture with the Hungarian state telephone company, U S West is installing a cellular-phone system in Budapest that is to begin service by the end of the year. Contel has linked with private Hungarian partners to form a competing $35 million venture that will start service in Budapest by early...
Motorola has been one of the most pugnacious U.S. companies in trying to enter the Japanese marketplace. The suburban Chicago company's efforts paid off last week in a double win. Against a field that included Japanese bidders, Motorola won the $35 million annual contract to install a cellular-phone network for the Tokyo area...
Then Japanese sources surprised even Motorola officials by leaking word that the company had scored a still more prestigious victory. After a fierce six- month competition with Japanese and European rivals, Motorola was selected to provide the digital voice technology for the Japanese telephone network's next generation of cellular equipment. One of Motorola's prime selling points is believed to be its pocket-size Micro-TAC cellular telephone. Introduced last year, the tiny device is already a coveted gadget in Japan. Motorola's breakthrough sent the electronics company's stock to 80 3/4, up 4 1/8 points...
Borne into the U.S. on private jets, inside the scuzzy trunks of old cars or even on flimsy rubber rafts equipped with cellular phones, the shipments of human cargo are surging. The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 was supposed to stem this tide, mostly by beefing up enforcement and nabbing employers who hire these aliens. But the number of illegals apprehended by federal agents, 954,000 in 1989, is suddenly rising sharply. In a perverse way, IRCA has enhanced the smuggling trade by motivating undocumented aliens to plan their trips more carefully. Result: up to half the estimated...
With an elegantly attired airport concierge, burgundy porcelain sinks, an ultra-cellular "Seatfone" attached to every other seat and an in-flight magazine featuring articles on "Collectors Items For Under $10,000" for cost-conscious Yuppies, the Trump Shuttle is the perfect way to arrive at that power lunch in style...