February 1998

NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share. The company, a worldwide distributor of wireless handsets …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has signed another deal with a wireless company in its quest to fill in the missing links of its nationwide digital wireless network. The company …

By focusing on technology strengths and weaknesses, industry veteran Kevin Reynolds believes his newly created consulting firm-PCS Maze Inc.-can safely guide a company through the technical labyrinth that causes so …

IRVINE, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it received orders from Northern Telecom Ltd. for its multicarrier radio-frequency power amplifiers. The orders, totaling $5 million, will be for a Time Division Multiple …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Concepts Inc., one of Cellular One of Washington/Baltimore’s largest dealers in the Washington, D.C., area, filed a lawsuit against the carrier Jan. 29 in Montgomery County (Md.) District Court, …

The California Highway Patrol is trialing an E-911 communications center in Sacramento that it hopes will serve as a model for centers throughout the state to answer all wireless 911 …

NEW YORK-Celumovil S.A., the largest cellular carrier in Colombia, is planning to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, which it said has approved the listing. The company filed …

Ameritel Communications Inc., a subsidiary of USCI Inc., should have ranked ninth on RCR’s Top 20 Wireless Resellers list with 40,000 estimated cellular and personal communications services resale subscribers at …

DENVER-Amy DeVita has joined RCR Publications Inc. as Eastern Sales Manager for RCR and Global Wireless. Her previous publishing experience includes positions at Thompson Financial Services, working for American Banker …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Comcast Cellular Communications will use Metapath Software Corp.’s Ceos software for real-time call detail record collection and subscriber provisioning management. Ceos processes and manages millions of call detail records …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced an agreement totaling nearly $40 million to supply four operators in northern regions of Mexico with Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure. The …

Almost one year after filing for bankruptcy, MobileMedia Corp. announced plans to emerge from Chapter 11 restructuring by mid-year, and as part of that effort has filed a reorganization plan …

NEW YORK-While Asian troubles may obscure the big picture for awhile, international growth and the integration of wireless and wireline telephony will mean plenty of opportunities for wireless manufacturers, according …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Aptel Ltd., recently acquired by Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd., received an order from Arad Ltd. for a wireless automatic meter reading system, Nexus announced. Arad makes water meters. …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Towers Inc. said it purchased 20 towers in Fort Smith and Little Rock, Ark., for $8.7 million from the Texas-based paging company, Teletouch Communications. This acquisition brings Pinnacle’s …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said last week it will not relocate to the Portals unless building security is beefed up. The issue adds a new wrinkle to a controversy that …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s Auctions & Industry Analysis Division held an open forum late last month to gather ideas on how to improve its interaction with future auction hopefuls in …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Signal One Corp. recently started building nine new towers at major interstate locations in Tennessee. Eight locations will have 330-foot towers and the Monteagle location will have a 350-foot …