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04-01 0000
DECISIONLINE: Telecommunications
USA TODAY Update
April 1, 1992
Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network
    
MCI CHANGES 900 POLICY:
   MCI said Tuesday it is cracking down on the operators of 
900-numbers. MCI won't provide billing services for 900-numbers 
that promise callers help getting credit, credit cards, loans or 
improving credit standing. The new policy starts Tuesday. 
Previously, MCI stopped billing for adult-oriented 900-numbers.
    
BELL, U. OF TENNESSEE SIGN DEAL:
   South Central Bell and the Institute for Public Service, a 
division of The University of Tennessee, Tuesday finalized an 
agreement as founding partners of the Telecommunications 
Applications Partnership. TAP is designed to help public and 
private institutions work together to advance telecommunications 
technology and economic growth in Tennessee.
(For more, see special Partnership package below.)
    
M:A-COM BUYS GREENPAR:
   M:A-COM Inc. said Tuesday it has completed its acquisition of 
Greenpar Connectors Limited. Greenpar Connectors, a manufacturer 
of coaxial connectors and cable assemblies, is located in Essex, 
England. Approximately 90% of Greenpar Connector's business is 
with commercial customers. M:A-COM makes radio frequency, 
microwave and millimeter wave semiconductors, components and 
subsystems.
    
METROMEDIA GAINS CONTRACT:
    Metromedia Communications Tuesday said it has signed a 
contract with Carolina Freight Carriers Corp. to carry the major 
portion of that company's voice and data traffic. The contract is 
worth more than $4 million over three years. The services involved 
in the contract are for switched and dedicated voice traffic 
(outbound and 800) and a nationwide data network.
    
INGRES, NETWISE TEAM UP:
   Ingres, an ASK Company, and Netwise Inc. Tuesday announced a 
cooperative selling agreement. Ingres and Netwise will offer joint 
solutions to firms that need seamless information integration 
between mainframe systems and high-performance Ingres 
applications. The Netwise System simplifies the construction of 
complex network communications code in client:server business 
systems.
    
DESCRAMBLERS SOLD SEPARATELY:
   The VideoCipher Divsion of General Instrument Corp. Tuesday 
said it has expanded its existing license agreement with Channel 
Master, of Smithfield, N.C. It allows Channel Master to 
participate in a new VideoCipher open-distribution program. The 
program allows satellite signal descrambler modules to be sold 
separately from Integrated Receiver:Descramblers (IRDs).
    
NEWBRIDGE, SIEMENS MAKE DEAL:
   Newbridge Networks Corporation and Siemens AG Public 
Communication Networks Group of Munich, Germany, have signed a 
development cooperation agreement, the companies said Tuesday. The 
agreement covers joint development based on Siemins' MainStreet 
products. This is a line of intelligent multiplexer:cross-connect 
products offering an efficient network management system.
    
SCRIPTEL TO SUPPLY DAUPHIN:
   Scriptel Corp. announced Tuesday a long-term OEM relationship 
with Dauphin Technology Inc., a developer of mobile computers, to 
provide the company pen-based products and technology. Scriptel 
will provide Dauphin with components for future hardware 
development plans. Mobile computers have the capacity to transmit 
data to other computers using cellular technology.
    
SPECIAL PACKAGE ON PARTNERSHP:
    
GROUP WILL DESIGN SOLUTIONS:
   The University of Tennessee's Telecommunications Applications 
Partnership will initiate a series of selected projects to 
demonstrate telecommunications applications in distance learning, 
computer integrated manufacturing, health care and government 
services. It will coordinate the design and implementation of 
telecommunications solutions.
    
NET FOR DISABLED PLANNED:
   The Telecommunications Applications Partnership has already 
begun developing a number of projects. They include information 
networks for the aging and disabled, a medical information 
network, a state-wide library network and an initiative to prepare 
Tennessee to connect into the national supercomputer network 
funded recently through legislation sponsored by Sen. Albert Gore 
Jr., D-Tenn.
    
BELL JOINS PROJECT:
   South Central Bell said Tuesday it would participate in the 
Telecommunications Applications Partnership. "Through this 
partnership we hope to bring together organizations and funding 
sources ... to meet information needs in new ways," said DeWitt 
Ezell Jr., president of South Central Bell in Tennessee.
    
GRANTS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED:
   The partnership has already assisted two groups in developing 
proposals submitted to the New American Schools Design Concept. 
The groups, comprised of coalitions of schools and universities in 
middle and east Tennessee, have submitted proposals seeking grants 
in excess of $5 million to improve education in their regions.
(End of package.)
    
Telecommunications Editor: Ed Kelleher. (1-919-855-3491) Making 
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