1996

SEATTLE-McCaw International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc., announced it has purchased a 30 percent interest in Infocom Communications Network Inc., a wireless company in the Philippines. …

Micronetics Wireless Inc. is close to receiving patents for its MicroCal Module, a recently developed integrated circuit that facilitates self-monitoring in wireless equipment, reported the company. MicroCal’s alarm circuitry monitors …

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

WASHINGTON-Principals of the Code Division Multiple Access advocate North American Wireless Inc. are deep in discussions to decide if the organization has a future in the personal communications services arena. …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and federal regulators have promised the public safety community a chunk of TV channels 60-69 in exchange for supporting efforts to free up that spectrum soon for …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has assigned Prime-1 short-term ratings to a planned commercial paper program by Nokia Corp. and two of its subsidiaries. Nokia and its two guaranteed subsidiaries, …

Talk is cheap. Take the Federal Communications Commission’s grandiose pronouncements over the past two years on behalf of women, minorities and small businesses. Most disappointing recently is the agency’s refusal …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week called for the creation of a commission to develop a national policy to protect telecommunications networks and other infrastructures from sabotage. The action follows recent testimony …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. said it will spend a total of $125 million in separate contracts with Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to purchase infrastructure equipment and subscriber units …

Comcast Cellular One has named David S. Levine director of marketing communications. Levine will be responsible for all marketing functions for the Cranbury, N.J.-based cellular provider, including advertising, promotion, public …

Forget cellular. Personal Technology Services Inc.’s PCS business will compete with the phone company, said Colin Buckingham, PTS’ president and chief executive officer. The company is seeking spectrum in the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a multimillion dollar, royalty-bearing subscriber equipment license with Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Rolm Communications. The agreement allows Siemens to develop, …

The prospect of taking SkyTel 2-Way messaging service from a workable technology to a marketplace product is at the crux of John Stupka’s new role as president and chief executive …

WASHINGTON-A group of 310 C-block personal communications services licenses should be issued within the next two weeks, but it is doubtful that those won by NextWave Personal Communications Inc., PCS …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has favorably settled a class action lawsuit filed by a shareholder in November 1994. The shareholder claimed the company and its former …

Cellular One of Washington, D.C./Baltimore is introducing an off-the-shelf, no-contract cellular service package called Speak Easy. The package costs about $200, includes Motorola Inc.’s TeleTac phone and a free one-year …

SOUTHPORT, Conn.-EDR-Wireless Group, a division of Environmental Data Resources Inc., announced it will market a new tool designed to decrease the amount of time and money typically spent on wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is on a collision course with Congress over encryption policy, as policymakers try to balance law enforcement and national security needs with privacy and commercial interests. The …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has signed an order for a turnkey Global System for Mobile communications system with Scancom in Ghana, Africa. With an initial capacity of 8,000 subscribers, the GSM …

WASHINGTON-Following what they characterized as an unsuccessful meeting with Wireless Telecommunications Bureau personnel last week, three personal communications services small-business concerns filed a petition for reconsideration regarding revised D-, E- …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services announced the commercial availability of ChurnManager following a successful beta test with GTE Mobilnet Inc. The system gathers information on a daily basis from a database …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division has signed a $45 million contract to deploy two digital cellular phone systems for BPL/U S West in India. Motorola said it …

Photocomm Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been awarded a $3 million contract from Motorola Inc. for 831 solar electric systems to power a wireless communications project in Indonesia. Photocomm said …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Independent Telecommunications Network and US Intelco Networks announced they have changed their name to Illuminer. The two companies merged earlier this year. The new name reflects the company’s focus …

NEW YORK-Hanwa American Corp. has introduced a battery charger that it says can re-energize cellular phone batteries in 20 minutes. The Logical Power Charging System was originally developed for military …