January 1997

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its fourth quarter 1996 worldwide operations had record subscriber growth, adding more than 85,000 net new cellular subscribers. The company had a total of …

ATLANTA-National Data Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile to provide transaction processing services for Bell Atlantic Nynex customers who want to use credit cards …

The Federal Communications Commission terminated 402 paging applications and licenses held by MobileMedia Corp. because the company failed to build sites under the license terms, which require construction to be …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among …

WASHINGTON-Tempering her replies with the caveat that she was speaking only for the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau and not for the full Federal Communications Commission, bureau chief Michele Farquhar in a …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is giving high marks to the FBI’s new, less ambitious plan for digital wiretap capacity requirements, but legal, financial and technical problems remain. The FBI last week …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communication Services Inc. signed a contract to provide its roamer administration service to personal communications services provider Western Wireless Corp. GTE TSI also will provide settlement and exchange …

Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry’s attention was focused on high-profile scraps between two other competing technologies. Universal Wireless …

SEATTLE-Innova Corp. received an initial purchase order from Simtel for 23 GHz XP4 digital microwave radio systems to be deployed in Caracas, Venezuela. The systems will be integrated into data …

NEW YORK-Under an agreement with BellSouth Corp. that became effective Jan. 1, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has become the first cellular carrier doing business in the Carolinas to collect call …

NEW YORK-Depending on who wins the battle of wills at the May 1 annual shareholders meeting of Metricom Inc., the public company might be sold. Metricom, headquartered in Los Gatos, …

NEW YORK-PageStar Inc. is ramping up for full-scale production this Spring of a new generation of wireless vehicle location devices designed to put car owners in the driver’s seat when …

WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the last of the broadband spectrum that …

Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications …

BRUSSELS-Belgacom Mobile said it will appeal a court ruling that requires the operator to suspend a sales promotion for its Proximus cellular service. The Global System for Mobile communications carrier …

ST. LOUIS-A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard nearly four hours of argument from opponents and proponents of currently stayed federal interconnection rules …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc., a wireless components and sub-system solutions provider, released its GaAs MMIC passive mixer products. The company said the mixers are ideal for use where high level radio …

Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings …

WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems will provide voice-activated dialing for customers of Sweden’s Telia Mobitel AB. Brite values the contract at $2.3 million. Voice dialing allows users to initiate a mobile …

A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not Bart Simpson, but a new cellular …

The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn’t intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp. “Look how many have exited in recent years, like Clarion, Sharp, …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Aerial Communications Inc. selected Red Brick Systems Inc.’s Red Brick Warehouse to analyze and support its customer and demographic data to identify and market products and services. The …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces …

WASHINGTON-Republicans have suggested the illegally taped cellular phone conversation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and top GOP leaders late last month may be part of a broader Democratic conspiracy, …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has introduced “Populous,” a new cellular phone that runs interchangeably on disposable alkaline batteries, rechargeable nickel cadmium or nickel metal hydride batteries. The Populous weighs about 8.2 …