August 1996

NEW YORK-Shareholders of Cellular Communications Inc., New York, were scheduled to vote Aug. 16 whether to approve the company’s acquisition by AirTouch Communications Inc., San Francisco. Once the merger is …

NEW YORK-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co., Chicago, assigned an investment grade rating of AA- to Pacific Bell’s $250 million issue of 10-year notes sold Aug. 15. The notes were …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it is facing the same problem in Oregon experienced by its personal communications services competitor, Western Wireless Corp.-an attempt by the state to tax its personal …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. has acquired Yankee Group Research Inc., a market research and consulting firm in the communications and computing field. The transaction includes cash payments of $34 million and …

Sprint Spectrum delays offering -5 AT&T, SBC swap properties – 13 Telecel expands service in Africa – 18

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Cnet Inc., a Plano, Texas-based provider of engineering software tools for wireless communications systems. Glenayre said the purchase will …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor’s Service Inc. downgraded certain outstanding debt of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss. The New York-based rating agency downgraded its speculative grade rating to B3 from B2 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS-NetCom GSM, a Norwegian cellular network operator, announced its trial DCS 1800 digital cellular system. The system, supplied and commissioned by Motorola Inc.’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division, follows the …

Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola’s FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai. Guomai has close to 1 million …

L.M. Ericsson’s radio communications sector is responsible for almost two-thirds of the company’s sales in the second quarter, ending the three-month period with $2.7 billion net revenue, a 33 percent …

NEW YORK-After many delays, Brazil’s B-band cellular license auctions, which will be open to foreign bidders, are likely to begin early next year. The Brazil Senate last month ratified telecommunications …

RALEIGH, N.C.-BellSouth Mobility DCS has launched the second phase of its three-year, $500 million network deployment plan to bring personal communications services to the Carolinas and eastern Tennessee. The company …

Paging stocks have been taking a beating lately as ratings agencies and some analysts worry that plain old paging won’t be able to compete in the sophisticated two-way messaging and …

Using cellular and intelligent satellite technologies, Telecel International Ltd. of New Canaan, Conn., is on track to rehaul communications in Africa. The company was first to introduce cellular service in …

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc., a provider of management solutions for the wireless industry, has completed the installation of the first Unix version of SCI’s Intelligent Message Router for Western Wireless …

WASHINGTON-A recently released Federal Communications Commission order now prohibits states from singling out wireless carriers for service- or technology-specific area code overlays. States will be able to institute all-services overlays …

3607 Communications Co. launched its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone network in Las Vegas and is offering the service to new and existing customers. The system, which covers …

MobileMedia Corp.’s board of directors has appointed Michael K. Lorelli chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Previously, he was president of the Americas Division of …

France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system …

SAN DIEGO-NextWave Telecom Inc. has signed a non-binding letter of intent to negotiate the sale of several billion minutes of use from its personal communications services network to Cincinnati Bell …

I’m a 5-foot-3-inch person, but I’m beginning to feel like Gulliver in Lilliput electronics land. Anyone who watched the Summer Olympics probably saw the commercial in which a bunch of …

Although LHS Communications Systems Inc. was formed only a year ago, the company is not new. The U.S. operation, which provides billing and customer care systems to wireless carriers, is …

WAYLAND, Mass.-InfoCellular Inc. said it will supply Sprint Spectrum L.P. with its InfoCell Plus software system, which supports customer acquisition, point-of-sale functions, an inventory control system, a sales management system, …

Germany, one of Western Europe’s most developed mobile telephone markets, is preparing to license a fourth operator to further stimulate competition. Parties interested in the E-2 nationwide 1800 MHz digital …

WASHINGTON – Just before Congress shut down for its annual August recess, retiring Rep. Jack Fields (R-Texas) along with co-signer John Dingell (D-Mich.) presented Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt …