April 1996

LISLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment manufacturer Tellabs Inc. announced it has acquired all of the outstanding share capital of Steinbrecher Corp., a Burlington, Mass.-based provider of wideband wireless communications systems, for about …

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. named Kenneth Millard president and chief executive officer. Millard also will serve as a member of the board of directors. Prior to joining Telular, Millard served …

A new flurry of rumors regarding a full-blown marriage between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp. circulated last week with rumblings that the two former Bells are on the verge …

The Telecommunications Industry Association wrote the standard for authentication technology five years ago and in March 1995, Tom Berson, a noted cryptologist and president of Anagram Laboratories, completed a study …

Rapid progress to market for Canada’s personal communications services licensees is marked by Industry Canada’s recent release of license conditions and Bell Mobility’s announcement to use Code Division Multiple Access …

WASHINGTON-After reaching an exhausting seven rounds per day, the 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auctions finally ended last week, with the predicted big spenders-Paging Network of America, Geotek Communications Inc., …

WASHINGTON-In a long-awaited study, two Clinton administration economists say flaws in Federal Communications Commission bidding rules forced firms to pay relatively more for less populated markets in the first broadband …

WASHINGTON-Before disadvantaged and rural customers can take advantage of existing and emerging telecommunications services, the Federal Communications Commission and its adjunct Federal/State joint board have to decide how to revamp …

L.M. Ericsson announced its order intake during the first quarter has continued to increase for the eighteenth consecutive quarter, and by 11 percent compared with the same period last year. …

WASHINGTON-Public alarm over potential health risks from mobile telephones that reached fever pitch in the United States several years ago may be about to seize Great Britain, following publication in …

NEW YORK-DSP Communications Inc. priced Thursday for sale Friday a common stock offering of 3.5 million shares at $26 each. The new add-on issuance is the company’s first since its …

Dear Editor: Your April 8th issue, which uses anonymous sources to question the relevance of the Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. scientific program, is incorrect and misleading to a consuming public …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it plans to create a telecommunications equipment company to develop, manufacture, market and license advanced communications systems and products based on its Frequency Hopping Multiple …

NEW YORK-Six class-action lawsuits have been filed seeking to block the proposed merger between Cellular Communications Inc., based in New York, and AirTouch Communications Inc., headquartered in San Francisco. CCI …

DALLAS-The Toronto-based subsidiaries of Paging Network Inc. and PageMart Inc., both headquartered in Dallas, started offering paging services in Canada. PageNet said this is its first entrance into a market …

L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed an agreement with the Guangdong Post and Telecommunications Administration for the installation of intelligent networks in the Guangdong province, China. Ericsson said it will …

L.M. Ericsson and Motorola Inc. say they don’t expect to pull workers out of Lebanon at this time, where two digital wireless phone networks are under construction, despite escalating violence …

Sales of wireless network equipment in the United States grew more than 72 percent in 1995 to $5.44 billion, up from $3.16 billion the previous year, according to a new …

Nextel Communications Inc. said the 177 licenses it won at auction are a “relatively small thing” considering the enormous holdings it has already. Nextel has been quiet for the last …

So there they were on one panel, George Gilder, Nicholas Negroponte and Peter Huber-the creme de la creme of spectrum seers-brought before the Senate Commerce Committee last Thursday to enlighten …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. will supply Omnipoint Corp. equipment for its New York-based personal communications services network, the companies said. The equipment is configured with Omnipoint’s Interim Standard-661 and Ericsson’s PCS …

NEW YORK-Operating outside the limelight cast by telecom deregulation and the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction for personal communications service, the paging sector is pursuing its own profitable agenda in …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., the wireless partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. and U S West Inc., initiated the first digital wireless phone call …

DALLAS-ProNet Inc. and Teletouch Communications Inc. announced a definitive agreement to merge the two paging carriers in a transaction they value at about $181 million. Under the terms of the …

Expenses were significant for Qualcomm Inc. in the second quarter, deeply affecting its earnings and sending its stock down 10 points. The San Diego company said it expects to build …