1997

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Paging Network Inc. selected Digital Link as its wide area network access vendor to supply Simple Network Management Protocol products for the backbone network of PageNet’s VoiceNow paging service. …

PHILADELPHIA-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. recently presented the city of Philadelphia’s Office of Emergency Management with free cellular phones as part of its Disaster Relief and Preparedness Program. The Disaster Relief …

DENVER-CommNet Cellular Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Arnold C. Pohs has been elected chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the wireless industry’s trade association. “Throughout the past 14 …

Poland has opened a tender for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license. Interested companies are expected to submit offers by mid-July. Sources in Poland report that Minister of Telecommunications …

As any business owner stuck with cartons of obsolete business cards and letterhead can attest, “portability”-at least in terms of a phone number-can be a real headache. That’s because changing …

The Portuguese government said it plans to open a tender for a personal communications services license this month and issue a third mobile phone license by the end of this …

Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two …

After network difficulties hampered Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s projected launch of “15 to 20 markets” by the end of 1996, the company last week finally launched its premiere New York market. …

FRANKFURT, Germany-WorldCom Inc.’s wholly owned German operating company signed an agreement to interconnect its public network with that of Deutsche Telekom. The agreement, which includes all technical, operational and commercial …

PARAMUS, N.J.-Wireless Telecom Group Inc. received an initial order for satellite test systems to be used in the ICO Global Communications satellite network. The company values the agreement at $1.5 …

In the beginning, it was Reed Who? But by last week’s resignation announcement, the only question was, When? Arguably the most controversial, yet most constructive Federal Communications Commission chairman in …

Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a division of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., reduced its temporary work force in response to a planned transition to new product lines, automated production methods …

DALLAS-DSC Communications Corp. reached an agreement to purchase Texas Instruments Inc.’s Telecommunications Systems Division in a cash transaction. Additional financial details were not disclosed by the companies. DSC said it …

TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. signed a handful of new roaming agreements with European operators, and announced its Fido personal communications services network will be active in Toronto starting next week. Microcell …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Audiovox Corp. acquired a 20 percent equity interest in Bliss-tel Company Ltd., a Bangkok, Thailand-based distributor of cellular, cordless and corded telephones. Audiovox acquired the interest for 250,000 shares …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc. selected DSC Communications Corp. to supply equipment and software for the company’s 1998 launch of a high-speed data communications service for consumers using Asymmetric …

WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications services licensee NextWave Telecom Inc. went through another round of downsizing last week, but would not disclose anything more than that the cuts were nationwide and that …

DALLAS-DSC Communications Corp. said it will demonstrate products designed to meet the requirements of the telecom act this week at SuperComm ’97 in New Orleans. Products designed to solve problems …

SAN DIEGO-General Instrument Corp., a supplier of end-to-end digital transmission systems, signed a letter of intent to co-produce digital DVB satellite receivers in China with joint venture partners Xi’an Yellow …

WASHINGTON-Lockheed Elementary School in Marietta, Ga., became the 100th school involved in the ClassLink program, which evolved from a challenge issued by U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich to the wireless …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reached agreements with several Latin American companies while participating in a trade mission in Brazil, Argentina and Chile. William Daley, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, led …

MOSCOW-Globalstar L.P. and Rostelecom JSC, Russia’s largest telecommunications operator, signed an agreement to form a joint venture company that will provide mobile satellite services in Russia. Globalstar Space Telecommunications (GlobalTel) …

Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and …

The announcement of a proposed merger between a large New York investment firm and CommNet Cellular Inc. increased CommNet’s already high profile in the rural cellular market while boosting the …

MINNEAPOLIS-Personal communications services licensee WirelessNorth introduced its “Wireless Partners Program” during the North Dakota Telephone Association’s 35th Annual Tri-State Telephone Operations Conference last month in Fargo, N.D. The program defines …