June 1997

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.’s Communication Test Equipment division and Grayson Electronics, a division of Allen Telecom, Inc., have announced a collaboration that will focus on Grayson’s drive test technology and the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group won a contract to expand the analog cellular Total Access Communications System in China’s Shandong province. Motorola values the contract at more than …

DALLAS-ProNet Inc. has received a contract to provide paging services for the Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp. The three-year agreement, which begins immediately, will make services available to more than 340 Columbia …

SAN DIEGO-The OmniTracs division of Qualcomm Inc. announced the sale of its Decision Support Software, Trucking Operation System Local Area Network and TL2000 software products to Sabre Decision Technologies, ITS …

I’ve been to some pretty big communications shows-the NAB annual shindig in Las Vegas, where exhibits and seminars were spread across the city and local podiatrists were raking in more …

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. offered free cellular phones to lifeguards on New Jersey and Delaware beaches in an effort to make the Memorial Day holiday a safe one, said …

NEW YORK-Surfing the Internet from a wireless Global System for Mobile communications handset is about to get easier and smarter, according to Nokia Inc. and TeamWare, a unit of Fujitsu …

WASHINGTON-Lockheed Elementary School in Marietta, Ga., became the 100th school involved in the ClassLink program, which evolved from a challenge issued by U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the wireless …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reached agreements with several Latin American companies while participating in a trade mission in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, led …

MOSCOW-Globalstar L.P. and Rostelecom JSC, Russia’s largest telecommunications operator, signed an agreement to form a joint venture company that will provide mobile satellite services in Russia. Globalstar Space Telecommunications (GlobalTel) …

Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and …

The announcement of a proposed merger between a large New York investment firm and CommNet Cellular Inc. increased CommNet’s already high profile in the rural cellular market while boosting the …

MINNEAPOLIS-Personal communications services licensee WirelessNorth introduced its “Wireless Partners Program” during the North Dakota Telephone Association’s 35th Annual Tri-State Telephone Operations Conference last month in Fargo, N.D. The program defines …

LEESBURG, Va.-Nokia Telecommunications signed a three-year extension to a contract with Coherent Communications Systems Corp., which calls for Coherent to supply Nokia with its echo canceler product. Coherent’s echo cancelers …

CHICAGO-Andrew Corp.’s board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 5 million shares, or approximately 5 percent, of the company’s outstanding common stock. Shares will be repurchased from time …

BEACHWOOD, Ohio-Allen Telecom Inc. made an investment in Littleton, Mass.-based Windata Inc., which is developing a line of millimeter wave point-to-multipoint radio systems targeted to the competitive access provider market …

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. and CellStar Corp. have reached an agreement that will allow CellStar to distribute Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular and personal communications services phones. CellStar …

WASHINGTON-The United States and the European Union late last week were close to a major trade agreement on streamlining product certification governing telecommunications-information technology equipment and other goods, a move …

WASHINGTON-Congress is slowly backtracking on spectrum auctions as a source of revenue in the bipartisan balanced budget plan, a retreat spurred by recent falling wireless license prices and financial troubles …

HOUSTON-Corsair Communications Inc. began deploying its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in the Houston metropolitan area for Houston Cellular Telephone Co. The PhonePrint system uses radio-frequency fingerprinting to detect and …

WASHINGTON-Amid swirling rumors about a possible general counsel’s seat at Microsoft Corp. or something similar at Intel Corp., Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt announced May 27 that he will …

Globalstar L.P. announced at a signing ceremony it has placed purchase orders by the partners that comprise Globalstar’s limited partnership for 35 Globalstar gateways to be installed around the world. …

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile is currently working with AirMedia to develop and market software and messaging service packages. The products, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile Text Messaging Software and Bell …

NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile and AirMedia are working together to develop and market software and messaging services packages. AirMedia is assisting Bell Atlantic Nynex in its efforts to design …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement to provide short-term cellular phone rental services to American Airline’s domestic and international passengers. Rental phones will be available in the United …