June 1997

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee approved expanded spectrum auction legislation last week amid an uproar over signs the bill falls well short of the five-year, $26.3 billion target negotiated by congressional …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. completed a $35 million private equity placement to fund continued network buildout of its narrowband personal communications services network. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. served as …

Benbow PCS Ventures Inc., of which Arch Communications Group Inc. owns 49.9 percent, plans to acquire Page Call Inc., allowing Benbow to compete nationwide in narrowband personal communications services. Eureka, …

BOULDER, Colo.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it has entered final negotiations with SCC Communications Corp., which would make SCC the primary vendor to deploy enhanced 911 services in AT&T’s wireless …

BOSTON-People are still slow to adopt wireless mobile data services, the Yankee Group reported. In fact, there has been no significant increase in the number of people who use wireless …

Now that many personal communications services providers are operating in several cities, most are advertising better call clarity than users received with cellular analog service. But will call clarity remain …

BRISTOL, England-Orange plc is introducing a number of communications services packages that address multiple user groups. The new services, which will be available within the next month, include simultaneous voice …

WASHINGTON-TRW Inc. and Motorola Inc. asked the Federal Communications Commission to investigate Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. in connection with alleged lobbying violations aimed at securing industry, congressional and Clinton administration …

NEW YORK-McCaw International Inc., Seattle, plans to exchange for publicly traded debt securities about $461.5 million in 10-year, 13 percent senior discount notes it sold privately in March. The exchange, …

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Wireless Communications Centers Inc., will install sales and customer service centers in high-traffic retail locations in Atlanta, Phoenix, Nashville and Memphis, Tenn., and Birmingham, …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration aggressively lobbied Congress last week for most-favored-nation trading status with wireless export-rich China, with officials warning that doing otherwise could destabilize the communist Asian giant and hurt …

SALEM, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. awarded a contract to Supra Products Inc. to install the TRACcess key control and electronic access management system at AT&T’s cell sites nationwide. Supra values …

L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, …

As a procrastinator from birth, I’m usually not one to point fingers at slackers. During my school years, long-term projects were put on the back burner until the night before …

BALTIMORE-Major investor and creditor Pacific Eagle Investments Ltd. has pledged another $5 million infusion to Pocket Communications Inc. to keep the C-block personal communications services licensee going until mid-December. This …

NEW YORK-Bulking up for the coming battle of the Titans, Excel Communications Inc. announced it planned to acquire Telco Communications Group Inc. for about $1.2 billion in cash and stock. …

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-Wireless reseller DCN Wireless signed a definitive agreement with NextWave Telecom Inc. to resell 600 million minutes of personal communications services airtime to California customers. DCN Wireless is …

NEW YORK-Teligent Corp. is the new name for Associated Communications L.L.C., a company established last year as a broadband wireless competitive local exchange carrier, announced Alex J. Mandl, its president. …

Originally aimed at the on-the-go businessman, the paging industry is now aiming its product toward a new set of users-the on-the-go teen-ager. Studies show that the young adult market is …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless infrastructure market grew 63 percent to $5.3 billion last year, driven largely by the increased spending of personal communications services companies, according to research compiled by …

NEW YORK-In an attempt to raise funds for a worldwide, low-earth-orbit satellite-based digital telecom system, Globalstar L.P. announced plans to sell $200 million of senior notes due 2004 in an …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. recently signed contracts with PT Ratelindo, an Indonesian telecom operator, to expand its fixed wireless telephone network in Jakarta. According to HNS, Ratelindo plans to …

Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent U.S. cellular markets 21 through 40, ranked by total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. Most carriers are unwilling to reveal …

WASHINGTON-A bipartisan bill introduced late last week by Reps. Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.), if passed, could bring competition to the international satellite arena that includes the International …

DENVER-Intercell Corp. announced a preliminary agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiaries, Intercell Wireless Corp. and Cellular Magnetics Inc., for a combined cash and stock value of $3.7 million. Terry …