December 1996

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will supply Sony CM-D500 handsets for GTE Inc.’s launch of Code Division Multiple Access digital service in Austin, Texas. The …

NEW YORK-Horizon Cellular Group, a Malvern, Pa., wireless carrier, is getting out of the cellular business, but its top management is seeking a new play in personal communications services. Backed …

Bill Clinton is fond of telling us he feels our pain. His compassion is seemingly endless, a surface virtue that sells well with core Democrats and swing voters. His detractors …

Bouygues Telecom chose the partnership of Nokia Telecommunications and Dassault A.T. of France to provide a DCS 1800 cellular system in northern France. Nokia and Dassault will provide base stations, …

Tektronix Inc. added an Advanced Mobile Phone Service option for its CMD80 digital radio communications test set. The AMPS Option 17 makes the CMD80 a “one-box” test solution for digital …

CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. rolled out its Precedent 2000 customer care and billing solution for PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P.’s personal communications services launch in 16 markets. Earlier this year, …

CRANBURY, N.J.-Comcast Cellular One, a division of Comcast Cellular Communications Inc., opened retail stores in North Brunswick and Edison, N.J. The company said it expects the new outlets to generate …

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the first two years. Lucent will not …

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Systems Inc. will provide statement presentment services to Metrocall, according to a five-year agreement. Metrocall will use IBS’ statement design, graphics and targeted inserting capabilities …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, …

Hewlett Packard Co. announced it has made enhancements to its parallel cell/traffic generator and analyzer system, designed to speed up the verification process of asynchronous transfer mode designs. The HP …

ARDMORE, Pa.-A class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court of New Jersey against MobileMedia Corp. and certain of its former and current executives. It is the second …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc. is discontinuing its enhanced directory assistance service to GTE Mobilnet Inc. subscribers in San Diego. The phase-out will be completed in January. Metro One originally …

ATLANTA-Electromagnetic Sciences Inc.’s wireless division will provide its DualPol antennas throughout Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The DualPol antenna uses polarization diversity to provide the performance equivalent of …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton, with help from Japan, Canada, Australia and the European Union, snatched victory from defeat in winning support from Asia-Pacific leaders to end tariffs on telecommunications and information technology …

WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he’s irked by the Federal Communications Commission’s 2.3 GHz auction plan. “It’s a real serious problem,” said Tauzin, in an interview …

CARMEL, Ind.-Ritron Inc. and Trident Micro Systems announced plans to codevelop and jointly market trunking products and systems. The alliance will integrate Trident’s PassPort npNTS trunking protocol and LTR expertise …

NEW YORK-The flow of venture capital into domestic companies in wireless-related industries reached $192 million during the third quarter, a $30 million increase compared with the prior quarter, according to …

FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise. Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when customers sign up for wireless …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. categorically denied it surpassed the federal rules regarding foreign ownership caps and outside control in a letter answering questions regarding its fitness to become a personal …

Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of Business SignalSoft Corp. Olympic Venture Partners $1.9 million First Wireless location software & services Boulder, CO Pathnet Inc. Corman Foundation …

Mapping software, such as that offered by MapInfo Corp., has become a core component in many radio frequency monitoring and propagation modeling programs. “Since our product is being used as …

NEW YORK-MDSI Mobile Data Solutions Inc., based in Richmond, British Columbia, went public in the United States Nov. 26 with an offering of 1.725 million shares of common stock at …