1997

WASHINGTON-A NextWave Telecom Inc. plan that would defer interest payments for C-block personal communications services companies for five years was circulating last week on Capitol Hill. The plan would circumvent …

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it won a contract to expand the Time Division Multiple Access network for the Costa Rican national telephone company, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. …

Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Ameritech Cellular Services will deploy Aeris’ MicroBurst technology for short-burst data applications in Ameritech’s cellular territory. The wireless data messaging solution enables mobile telemetry services …

Combining paging technology and personal organizer, PageMart Wireless Inc. announced agreements with Motorola Inc. and 3Com Corp. and with Texas Instruments Inc. to bring messaging capabilities to 3Com’s PalmPilot handheld …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced that the Nasdaq National Exchange has approved listing of the company’s securities on the Nasdaq Small Cap Market. Trading was expected to commence …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) revamped his previously proposed bill aimed at strengthening and clarifying rules against electronic eavesdropping via scanners and other devices to include language that protects all wireless …

TAIPEI, Taiwan-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it deployed the initial phase of Taiwan’s first national Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network, connecting networks for KG Telecom and Tuntex Telecom, …

Dear RCR, I recently was confirmed by the United States Senate to be an FCC commissioner! Although I am excited about my new position, I also am a little worried …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. announced last week the Ronald T. LeMay will return to the company as president and chief operating officer, effective immediately. LeMay left Sprint in July to …

WASHINGTON-Although D-, E- and F-block personal communications services winner Mercury PCS II L.L.C. received most of its 32 licenses earlier this fall, the Federal Communications Commission withheld nine as it …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Worldwide Data Solutions Division announced an agreement that will allow its VersiTAC Integrated Wireless Data Solution to incorporate AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’ nationwide cellular digital packet data …

Following intense negotiations with the United Kingdom’s mobile phone operators, the country’s telecommunications regulator extended to Jan. 1, 1999, its number portability requirement for the mobile phone industry. In August, …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced that it signed a contract to provide a high-speed paging network in the Heilongjiang province of China for its Posts and Telecommunications Authority. Glenayre values the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it signed a $115 million contract with China Eastern Communications Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Technical Import and Export Co. Ltd. to manufacture …

NEW YORK-World Access Inc., an Atlanta-based developer and manufacturer of wireline and wireless switching, transport and access products, announced huge increases Oct. 27 in net income, net income per share …

WASHINGTON-As the end of the first session of the 105th Congress nears, the wireless telecom industry is left hanging with key policy issues unresolved. In limbo are antenna siting moratoria, …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service assigned a low-tier speculative grade rating of Caa1 to Telesystem International Wireless Inc.’s planned issue of $167 million in 10-year senior discount notes paying 10.5 percent …

NEW YORK-Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, said Oct. 21 it had filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering $400 million of “Trust Originated Preferred Securities,” …

ATLANTA-TWS Inc., a developer and distributor of wireless telecom software, announced a deal to offer BellSouth Mobility DCS customers with TWS’ new bulletIN e-mail technology directly on wireless phones. BellSouth …

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it signed a contract with Intermediate Circular Orbit Global Communications of the United Kingdom to supply 2 million Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite …

SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS ’97. In this muggy Emerald City, they found …

U S West Inc. said it plans to split U S West Media Group and U S West Communications Group into separate public companies with separate boards of directors sometime …

LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined …

It is unclear whether the wireless communications industry will be recession proof in the Asia-Pacific region if certain currencies there continue to fall taking economic growth with them. Beginning with …

NEW YORK-TSR Paging Inc., Fort Lee, N.J., announced Oct. 29 it has closed on a new $175 million credit facility, which represents a $50 million increase over its existing facility. …