June 1997

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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-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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

PHILADELPHIA-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. recently presented the city of Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Management with free cellular phones as part of its Disaster Relief and Preparedness Program. The Disaster Relief …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Paging Network Inc. selected Digital Link as its wide area network access vendor to supply Simple Network Management Protocol products for the backbone network of PageNet’s VoiceNow paging service. …

WILMINGTON, Mass.-Priority Call Management Inc. said it optimized its ORYX platform with a short message service application, resulting in an application that provides one number, prepaid calling and enhanced messaging …

MILAN-Omnitel Pronto Italia announced it has restructured itself into two divisions, which separately will address the needs of individual and corporate users. Each new division will have commercial, marketing, product …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pyramid Communications recently purchased the Nextel Communications Service Shop in Greenwood, S.C., and the Nextel Communications Sales and Service Shop in Albermarle, N.C. Both stores provide a full …