June 1997

NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers are experiencing and causing a lot of taxing questions related to how they are defined-and therefore treated-by tax departments in state and local government. It’s not your …

The consolidation of C-block personal communications services license holders has begun earlier than expected as five licensees have combined to form one partnership. Aer Force Communications L.P., Fortunet Wireless Communications …

DENVER-While presidents from eight countries discussed pertinent topics such as arms control, peace in Bosnia and the global economy, Denver-area wireless carriers worked behind the scenes to provide handsets and …

Editor’s note: Following are five charts ranking major telecommunications carriers according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenue from 1995 to 1996, percentage change in net income from 1995 …

BUFFALO-Sprint Spectrum L.P. officially launched its personal communications services network in western New York. The service in Buffalo completes the initial phase of construction of Sprint PCS’ network in major …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has shipped more than 6 million Mobile Station Modem chips to Code Division Multiple Access handset manufacturers worldwide. Qualcomm’s ASCI Business Unit is producing approximately …

TUCSON, Ariz.-Authentix Network Inc. introduced its Intelligent Agent Technology, a fraud-prevention tool that can communicate with any fraud prevention or detection system including profiler systems, radio-frequency fingerprinting and A-Key authentication …

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL, Minn.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. launched its personal communications services network branded Sprint PCS in the Twin Cities area. Minneapolis and St. Paul mark the company’s 47th and 48th Code …

Consolidation as a means to expansion has been the tradition in the wireless industry. Look no further than Craig McCaw, amassing a wireless fortune one cellular license at a time. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched a multimillion dollar national advertising campaign to help build brand identity for its Code Division Multiple Access subscriber products. The initial campaign includes advertisements in national …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee last week rejected spectrum fees and toll-free telephone number auctions, but embraced lease fees for private wireless licensees in budget legislation lawmakers concede will fail to …

Globe Telecom selected Nokia Corp. to supply infrastructure equipment and wireless local loop subscriber terminals for a fixed telephone project in the Philippines. Nokia’s Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom said its Voice Touch voice-activated dialing service is available to its digital cellular customers nationwide. The service, which allows customers to place hands-free cellular calls, will …

SINGAPORE-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are submitting a statement to the Association of Radio Industries and Business, the Japanese standardization body, backing the proposal of NTT DoCoMo in support of …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. reached a definitive agreement to sell the Fort Myers, Fla., metropolitan statistical area that it acquired during its recent purchase of Palmer Wireless Inc. Wireless One …

Could the Clinton administration be scheming to take down its own Justice antitrust chief nominee, Joel Klein, or just giving him a little wake-up call if he manages to be …

Lucent Technologies Inc., the equipment division spun off by AT&T Corp. last year, and Netherlands-based Philips Electronics N.V., one of the world’s largest electronic companies, announced plans to combine their …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. filed a registration statement for a public offering of 1.8 million shares of common stock to be sold by the company and 2 million shares and 200,000 shares …

Boston Communications Group Inc. reached an agreement with RadioShack to jointly distribute wireless prepaid services. “RadioShack displays a strong commitment toward wireless prepaid services, and because of this, the impact …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s delay in compiling a telecom diversity report could foreclose future female and minority bidding credits because of new anti-affirmative action legislation, which in turn could trump …

Nearly two years after Airtel Movil SA became the second Global System for Mobile communications licensee in Spain, the company and its competitor, Telefonica Moviles, have resolved issues and created …

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Summa Four Inc. said it intends to work with Dialogic Corp. on co-development and co-marketing initiatives. Dialogic manufactures high-performance computer telephony components. Under the name “Project Summa,” the companies …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group broke ground on its manufacturing headquarters in Swindon, United Kingdom, announced the company. The $116 million facility will be dedicated to researching, developing …

BALTIMORE-Statistics have shown that some 70 percent of calls made to 911 operators have nothing to do with life-or-death situations. People have been trained to call the number to gain …

William A. Wilson, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Arch Communications Group Inc., resigned his position to accept a position at another company. His resignation is effective June …