1997

1996 1995 Rank/Company Name % Change Revenues (000) Revenues (000) 1 DSP Communications Inc. 117.53% $88,899 $40,867 2 Qualcomm Inc. 110.51% $813,850 $386,612 3 WinStar Communications Inc. 104.35% $68,048 $33,300 …

Startel, a wireless network operator in Chile, launched digital service on its network using Interim Standard 136 Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service technology provided by L.M. Ericsson. The new digital …

With the advent of competition in the wireless marketplace, many carriers are focusing on building networks or protecting and acquiring their customer bases. A white paper released by Arthur Anderson …

CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. signed letters of intent to acquire all of the capital stock of Microcell Communications of America Inc. and Ellis Tower Co. Inc. in exchange for …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Wuhan Research Institute established a joint venture company in China to develop, manufacture and market synchronous digital hierarchy transport network systems for the Chinese market. Production …

WASHINGTON-With last week’s House vote supporting presidential renewal of most-favored-nation trading status for China, the focus shifts to Hong Kong-and its huge wireless-driven telecom export market that falls under Beijing …

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ameritel Communications Inc., said it successfully sold its paging services over the QVC television program in the first of an Ameritel series on QVC. …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. won a one-year renewable contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Wireless Data Division to supply its Cellular Digital Packet Data smart phones. The phone combines …

Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000) 1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,000 2 NEC Corp. $41,174,000 3 Motorola Inc. $27,973,000 4 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,000 5 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone …

Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000) 1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,000 2 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,000 3 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,152 4 NEC Corp. $718,000 5 Nokia Corp. $654,460 6 …

WASHINGTON-With industry consolidation increasing and prospects for greater facilities-based competition diminishing, new life has been breathed into the wireless resale debate. Most recently, San Francisco-based AirTouch Communications Inc. has come …

WASHINGTON-Electric power deregulation is forcing monopoly utilities to look at wireless telecommunications as a revenue-generating means to capitalize on existing infrastructure and to diversify in a new competitive environment. Though …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission granted four additional 38 GHz licenses to Winstar Communications Inc., covering Las Vegas, Honolulu, Mobile, Ala., and Denver. The company filed for the licenses before …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. reached an agreement to carry Philips Consumer Communications’ Cobalt numeric pagers. The Cobalt pager has a three-button interface, large backlit display screen with 20-digit message, 12-digit display …

Once the industry’s dynamic duo of distribution, the relationship between paging carriers and paging resellers is no longer the love fest it once was. In paging’s early days, resellers were …

Bad hair week for the Baby Bells and smut police. A near miss for wireless. The Justice Department last Wednesday recommended against Ameritech’s foray into the Michigan long-distance market. So …

Espoo, FINLAND-Nokia Corp., L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Unwired Planet Inc. will work together to define a common protocol for wireless data technologies. The initial proposal to consolidate the technologies …

WASHINGTON-Comments submitted last week by NextWave Telecom Inc. to the Federal Communications Commission regarding proposed changes to the established C- and F-block personal communications services repayment plans smacks of a …

BearCom Inc., a two-way radio equipment dealer, acquired a portion of Motorola Inc.’s Radio Products Group rentals business, commonly referred to as Motorola Rentals. The business will be consolidated into …

The whisper on Wall Street is turning into a roar. Suddenly, telecom stocks are “hot” again, springing back to life in recent weeks following a painful and prolonged two-year slump. …

WirelessNorth selected CellStar Ltd. to provide customer fulfillment for personal communications services handsets, accessories and packaging for WirelessNorth’s markets in North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota. WirelessNorth said it …

WASHINGTON-The June 23 adoption of the Second Report and Order regarding the Phase II rules governing the future of 800 MHz specialized mobile radio and related auctions by the Federal …

Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Carrier Services has teamed up with Metrocall Inc. to launch a calling party pays numeric paging service. The four-month trial service will be available to residents of …

When Mark Feighner took the reins as president of GTE Wireless Corp. a little more than two years ago, his goal was to profitably grow the company in line with …

At an unprecedented gathering earlier this month, a number of prominent specialized mobile radio equipment suppliers temporarily set aside competitive interests to draft a historic action plan. Their goal: selecting …