November 1997

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it will not offer 2.5 million shares of its common stock for sale to the public. Lightbridge had previously announced its intention to file a registration …

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wi-LAN Inc. signed an agreement with Hutton Communications Inc. calling for Hutton to distribute Wi-LAN’s Hopper wireless modems and Hopper Plus wireless Ethernet bridges in the United States, …

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 …

MONTVALE, N.J.-The New Jersey Department of Transportation plans to use two software programs provided by Geotek Communications Inc. to assist stranded motorists more quickly and effectively. By using the Geotek …

MADISON, Wis.-Cellular One of Wisconsin and Northern Illinois recently introduced Cellular ONE-4-U, a prepaid wireless service that allows consumers to purchase airtime without a credit check, contract, deposit or monthly …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the commercial launch of a Frequency Hopping Multiple Access network in Seoul, South Korea. The network will be operated by national licensee Anam Telecom under …

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 …

SAN DIEGO-ADC Wireless Systems and interWave Communications International Ltd., which provides digital microcellular network systems worldwide, announced they have reached an exclusive agreement to sell microcellular systems in China, strengthening …

MONTREAL-The Canadian telecommunications industry has initiated number portability trials that eventually will allow consumers to switch phone companies without having to change their phone number. One of the major components …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its personal communications services network in Ohio’s Cleveland-Akron-Canton market using infrastructure provided by Lucent Technologies Inc. The network uses Time Division Multiple Access technology, …

Corsair Communications Inc. released a follow-on product to its PhonePrint fraud product designed to target subscriber handset problems that could lead to churn. Called PhoneCheck, the product pulls data from …

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 …

PROVO, Utah-Nact Telecommunications Inc., a provider of telecom applications switching systems, announced it will resell the Aculab Groomer Integrated Access Device with its STX tandem switching system. The STX tandem …

CANCUN, Mexico-Northern Telecom Ltd.’s Proximity T-LTX, which allows operators to offer fixed wireless services from a wireline switching system, is now commercially available, announced the company at Mexico’s Wireless ’97 …

A Denver-based company has caught the attention of price-sensitive mobile phone carriers as well as some big manufacturers. Cactus Integration Group, incorporated Aug. 1, provides integrated, turnkey site development solutions …

SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed a paging infrastructure contract with Express Telecommunications Co., a regional paging carrier in the central region of Taiwan. The contract, …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China. An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia …

NEW YORK-A New York City in-state reseller of long-distance wireline services did an about face with the advent of telecommunications deregulation here, changing its name and its mission to Russian …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-MobileMinutes, Bell Atlantic Mobile’s prepaid wireless service, now is available in the New York metropolitan and Philadelphia areas. The prepaid service has no monthly fees and does not require …

CHICAGO-Responding to demand for its digital wireless service in Chicago and Detroit, Ameritech Cellular Services Inc. said it accelerated deployment of its ClearPath service in additional Midwestern markets. During the …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. announced it will begin selling its wireless, wireline and Internet telecom services by phone 24 hours a day and seven days a week through its local business …

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 …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Saville Systems and Coopers & Lybrand signed a strategic agreement to provide end-to-end convergent billing to telecommunication service providers worldwide. Saville will provide customers with the convergent billing system …

The International Mobile Telecommunications Association announced it is launching a campaign to oppose the regulations proposed by the cellular and personal communications services industries worldwide to restrict the commercial trunked …