November 1997

NEW YORK-Telecom Analysis Systems, Eatontown, N.J., said Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, has implemented the TAS Code Division Multiple Access Automatic Test System for testing software in its cellular and personal …

ANAHEIM, Calif.-Odetics Telecom announced it has received more than $3 million in orders for its K-Star II and PCS-GPS wireless synchronization systems from LG Information and Communications Ltd. Odetics telecom …

NEW YORK-Robust would be an understatement in describing the third-quarter venture capital market, both overall and for telecommunications in particular. The wireless and wireline telecommunications sector is one of the …

ALEXANDRIA, VA.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced that the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Communications Society’s Wireless Communications Conference will be held in conjunction with PCIA’s Personal Communications Showcase …

It’s always uneasy when a new group of people in power take over, whether it’s at the local city council, Congress or the Federal Communications Commission. Certainly the people in …

TORONTO-Northern Telecom Ltd. announced several senior management changes intended to strengthen the company in three key areas of its operations. Jim Long was appointed executive vice president and president of …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has received commitments from two cellular operators to deploy its multiple ClearSite receiver subsystems in the carriers’ base stations. Conductus will deliver the systems during …

WASHINGTON – PathNet Inc. announced that it closed out its third round of financing by securing an additional $30 million in capital investments to the company. PathNet is set to …

ATLANTA-Two cellular cloning suspects were arrested last month in the culmination of an investigation dubbed “Operation Cottontail,” a cooperative effort between three wireless communications carriers in the Atlanta area. Price …

While it may feel cathartic at times, screaming at your computer monitor in blind rage rarely does much in terms of actual productivity. The problem is the silly thing simply …

NEW YORK-Equipment vendors, `maxed’ out from lending money so carrier customers can afford their network infrastructure, are finding a solution-not to say salvation-in elaborate lease arrangements to lay off debt. …

DALLAS-Mizar Inc. and Loughborough Sound Images Ltd., both suppliers of computing products for the real-time signal and image processing markets, signed a definitive merger agreement. According to the proposed agreement, …

As wireless industry leaders continue to tout convergence as the next frontier for the industry, one Southeastern carrier has quietly pulled itself ahead of the game. Alltel Communications Inc. significantly …

LAS VEGAS-NDC Voice Corp.-an affiliate of Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, The National Dispatch Center Inc. and Oi Electric Co. Ltd.-announced it has developed a prototype voice pager that operates …

CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. announced PageMart Wireless Inc. has placed a $350,000 follow-on order for paging amplifiers. The order brings to $700,000 the value of paging amplifier orders received by …

NEW YORK-Sandler Capital Management purchased 750,000 shares of Price Communications Corp. in a private transaction during October, announced Price Communications. “Harvey Sandler is a successful media money manager and we …

LANCASTER, Pa.-PCS One, a joint venture of D&E Communications and Omnipoint Corp., launched personal communications services in Central Pennsylvania, which the operator said is the first PCS service in the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced users of the AccessLink two-way data messaging pager, made by its recently acquired wholly owned subsidiary Wireless Access Inc., can connect to 3Com Corp.’s …

NOVEMBER 29-3 Asia-Pacific Telecom ’97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Jakarta Fairgrounds Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia. 62 21 4204300. DECEMBER 1-2 Wireless Business Telephone Systems Seminar, by Alexander …

NEW YORK-Telstra Corp. Ltd. debuted with a bang Nov. 17 on the Australian Stock Exchange, and trading began on the New York Stock Exchange a day later. The hugely oversubscribed …

SALT LAKE CITY-World Wireless Communications Inc. announced it has acquired the business assets of Gonic, N.H.-based Austin Antenna Ltd., as well as all the outstanding capital stock of TWC Ltd., …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Innova Corp. to distribute private label digital microwave products worldwide. The company said the agreement will broaden its current product portfolio …

HOUSTON, Texas-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. and Telescan Inc. have signed an agreement to offer Telescan Direct, a customizable wireless service that helps consumers keep track of their investments anytime via …

NEW YORK-Let’s Talk Cellular and Wireless Inc., Miami, was scheduled to go public Nov. 21, raising funds to fuel its construction of new stores and its role as a consolidator …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) asked Attorney General Janet Reno to launch a criminal investigation into the financing and lease arrangements connected with moving the Federal Communications Communication …