1997

WASHINGTON-In a surprisingly candid admission, the head of the cellular industry’s cancer research project said he will leave the six-year, $28 million program in mid-1999 without conducting either short-term or …

AAR Electronics Inc. Mountain SMR Group Advanced Comm. and Electronics Nextel License Acquisition Corp. Alpha Communication Sites Inc Niles Radio Communications Arthur Patrick, dba Lawton Comm. North Site Communications Inc. …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the first step in the regulatory review for its merger with ProNet Inc. has been completed successfully. The merger has received the necessary antitrust clearance now …

L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in China. The first contract, signed with …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. reported a net income of $211.7 million, or 49 cents per share, during the third quarter, compared with net income of $312.4 million, or 72 cents …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission decided early Oct. 16 to move forward with refarming implementation as planned for Oct. 17, thus derailing any stay that had …

WASHINGTON-Most of the wireless industry still has not seen the entire Federal Communications Commission report to Congress on spectrum auctions, released Oct. 9, but those who have agree the commission …

WASHINGTON-National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Larry Irving called the first U.S.-China telecommunications summit “a resounding success,” an appraisal that belies the Clinton administration’s growing frustration with Chinese trade barriers …

NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., designer and manufacturer of information security products for land mobile radio telephony, last Wednesday sold an add-on offering of 4.5 million shares of …

Beating other U.S. personal communications services carriers to the punch, Western Wireless Corp. announced Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd.’s intention to invest about $248 million in its Global System for …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it has launched a high capacity fixed cellular network in Bolivia During the next three years, the network could ultimately serve more than 100,000 …

Espoo, FINLAND-The Quadrant Consortium, which is comprised of British Telecommunications plc, Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and TRW, has been authorized by the British government to begin work on the specification …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it delivered Code Division Multiple Access baseband processor samples to original equipment manufacturer customers for use in subscriber handsets. At the same time, DSPC and …

PanaVise Products Inc. introduced a combination mounting kit designed to keep cellular phones secure while driving, but quickly release the phone for easy removal from the vehicle. The PortaGrip 2000 …

The contentious and controversial tender for a pair of much-wanted personal communications services licenses in Argentina became even more rowdy last week when two companies with strong ties to the …

NEW YORK-To get a sense of where the narrowband personal communications services industry is headed in the United States, picture this: The presidents of American Paging Inc., Arch Communications Group, …

SAVANNAH, Ga.-Powertel Inc. has begun offering personal communications services in Savannah, Ga. The carrier said it now provides commercial PCS in 20 metropolitan areas throughout its 12-state license region. Powertel’s …

DALLAS-Mobile Systems International announced it received a contract to supply software and services to Indian network operator Escotel Mobile Communications Pvt. Ltd. MSI plans to help Escotel extend its Global …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will join with Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc., Northern Telecom Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. to speed up the development of Wideband cdmaOne Third Generation …

“The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.” (Maybe not for the mice, in this case. I doubt they were consulted). Wireless Technology Research head Dr. George …

WASHINGTON-InTouch USA Inc. announced it has taken its wireless equipment rental service worldwide, primarily to offer carriers with holes in their roaming capabilities access to foreign networks. The company said …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty-bearing license agreement with Hitachi Ltd. of Japan, which grants Hitachi a license to manufacture and sell subscriber products for wireless applications based on the …

The personal communications services industry saw its second top management change in less than a month as Pacific Bell named John Polumbo president and chief executive officer of its PCS …

NEW YORK-Vulcan Ventures Inc., the investment organization chaired by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul G. Allen, announced Oct. 14 it would increase its stake in Metricom Inc., a wireless data and …

NEW YORK-China Telecom (Hong Kong) Ltd., the major cellular carrier in the populous Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, priced its initial public stock offering at HK$11.80 per share Oct. 16, Goldman …