1997

MONEY, MONEY, MONEY, MONNNEEEY, the song goes. That’s what went through my mind after watching and reading about how salivating, sycophantic American business leaders, including some in the wireless biz, …

OAK BROOK, Ill.-Airport Cellular, a retail store located at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport International Terminal 5, will become the first retail outlet to sell GTE Airfone Inc.’s Air-Land prepaid phone cards, …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. said it sold to Citibank its $132 million vendor financing loan facility with Omnipoint Communications Inc. Ericsson is one of two suppliers of Global System for Mobile …

WASHINGTON-The Senate last week confirmed Bill Kennard as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and approved three other agency nominees, but immediately put the new leadership on notice that it …

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. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. signed a purchase agreement with Daewoo Telecom of South Korea for its CloneSafe Interim Standard-41 authentication product. Synacom said it signed a similar deal with …

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 …

Ameritech Corp. announced it will invest $3.2 billion to become a strategic partner in Tele Danmark, helping the company speed up its domestic and international growth. Through a two-step transaction, …

WASHINGTON-Amid an uproar of protest within an earshot of the White House against China’s human and religious rights record and its sale of nuclear technology to rogue states, President Clinton …

LOS ANGELES-Specialized mobile radio carriers AirCom L.L.C., TelAll Corp., Alaska Communications, Cardiff Communications, South Central Radio, Unitel Inc. and Lancelot Holding Corp. agreed in principle to merge their companies and …

WASHINGTON-Perhaps in a long-awaited move to mirror wireless billing practices around the world, the Federal Communications Commission released a notice of inquiry into the possibility of calling party pays in …

PAOLI, Pa.-Conestoga Wireless selected Orga Card Systems, a supplier of Global System for Mobile communications subscriber identity module cards, to provide smart cards for use with its personal communications services. …

DENVER-Dobson Communications Corp. announced an affiliate has acquired 75-percent owner-ship in the Gila River Cellular G.P. through partnership agreements. The interests were acquired from Tohona O’odham Utility Authority and other …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp., the Fisher Pierce Division of Pacific Scientific Co. and Florida Power Corp. jointly announced an agreement to begin testing BellSouth’s Cellemetry Data Service and BellSouth Cellular Corp.’s cellular …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. announced that Neptune Beach, Fla.-based software vendor Synergistic Systems will use its InstantRF wireless middleware architecture in its MobiSyn mobile application. Synergistic Systems specializes in the …

In perhaps the biggest reseller default case ever, Paging Network Inc., PageMart Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Inc. all terminated their service agreements with San Jose, Calif.-based reseller EconoPage Inc., last …

CHICAGO-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. assigned a BBB rating to Aerial Communications Inc.’s $100 million proposed offering of 10-year series B zero coupon notes. The notes are unconditionally guaranteed …

WASHINGTON-If statistics and probability are indicators, the auction of 525 800 MHz specialized mobile radio services licenses that began last Tuesday could be over sometime this week, with Nextel Communications …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. confirmed Monday its speculative grade ratings, all in the `B’ range, on $1.4 billion of debt and preferred stock either outstanding or pending issue by …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service placed the long-term debt ratings of Ameritech Corp., Chicago, and the affiliates it supports under review for possible downgrade. The rating agency announcement, which affects about …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning setback and reversal of fortune for the wireless industry, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.) last week introduced legislation to gut antenna siting pre-emption provisions …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed agreements with voice processing specialists Brite Voice Systems Inc. and Vocalis Group plc to integrate voice-activated dialing services into Ericsson’s total solutions for its …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it has activated service in 32 more markets, bringing to 80 the number of U.S. markets in which the company provides specialized mobile radio …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to expand its existing production plant in Brazil to manufacture base stations for analog and digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service networks. The $11 million investment …

If you don’t believe in the new global economy, you probably aren’t in the market. Last week’s free fall in Hong Kong stock prices triggered a ripple effect worldwide. The …