1997

DALLAS-DSC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Celcore Inc. for about $145 million in cash and the assumption of Celcore’s outstanding stock options. The total purchase price is an estimated …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it will acquire Ipsilon Networking Inc., a company that develops open Internet Protocol routing platforms, in a $120 million transaction. Nokia has held a minority interest …

A new company led by former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Michael Buhrmann has developed a client-server operating platform designed to let wireless carriers segment their customer base by offering …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Put four analysts up on a podium, ask them what they think and while their answers don’t always agree on specifics, their big picture themes often seem similar. That’s …

ST. CLOUD, Minn.-Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud said it will become one of the first operators in the United States to offer customers a choice of Code Division Multiple Access, …

WASHINGTON-After 235 rounds of bidding, Nextel Communications Inc. ended up paying $88.8 million for 475 licenses covering 97 percent of the country in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction. …

Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones. Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced two Code Division Multiple Access microcellular base stations. The SC 614 and SC 614T base transceiver stations support operators in both the …

PHOENIX-American Paging Inc. has installed TekNow Inc.’s Internet paging gateway, PhenX, to support its Internet-based paging programs in 15 U.S. markets. The IPG receives e-mail and World Wide Web-based messages …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world’s first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 …

Well, here it is only a couple weeks from the holidays and folks are getting frazzled. Imagine kicking out the First Lady’s luncheon pal, gossip columnist Cindy Adams, for making …

NEW YORK-A year after enactment of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995-designed to prevent frivolous shareholder lawsuits-the caliber of the federal cases brought is improving, but the overall …

Pagerola Corp. announced that it changed its name to GoComm Wireless Corp., pursuant to an undisclosed agreement with Motorola Inc., which had threatened to sue for trademark infringement, according to …

WASHINGTON-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the politician whose fight to retain local and state oversight of antenna siting and whose small Northeast state is leading the grassroots revolt against federal pre-emption …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. says it introduced the industry’s smallest Code Division Multiple Access base transceiver stations for cellular and personal communications services networks. The QCell 519e and 508e BTSs are …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. has chosen Lyndon Daniels as the company’s new president and chief operating officer. Daniels replaces former President C. Edward Baker, who will remain Arch’s chairman …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. and Dun & Bradstreet plan to offer the Wireless Telecommunications Industry Score, a software tool that assesses risk of doing business with new and existing accounts in …

MAIDENHEAD, United Kingdom-Northern Telecom Ltd. and Cellnet announced the start of a joint project to bring next-generation information and communication services to Cellnet’s mobile telephone users. Cellnet will be offering …

GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network …

DTS Wireless unveiled its Wireless InBox addition to its line of ZAP-IT wireless messaging services. The product is a one-mailbox solution that enables seamless wireless access to existing local area …

PHILADELPHIA-Grupo Iusacell, Bell Atlantic Corp.’s communications venture in Mexico, plans to launch Mexico’s first Code Division Multiple Access network as part of a $200 million upgrade beginning in Mexico City …

NEW YORK-U.S. Digital Communications Inc., Calabasas, Calif., is a classic example in action of the old saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” After seven years of …

DE PERE, Wis.-Cellcom announced it has activated two new towers in the Green Bay, Wis., area. One is located on the west side near Austin Straubel Airport, and the other …

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched its PrimeTravel service, which allows subscribers to roam throughout the nation using dual-mode/dual-band handsets manufactured by Sony Corp. The company also announced it has implemented …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee, claiming its probe of the Federal Communications Commission’s relocation to The Portals is being deliberately thwarted, is considering subpoenaing the Portals developer who paid $1 million …