February 1998

NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood’s idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often is stranger and scarier than fiction. …

VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. signed an agreement to supply Qualcomm Inc. with its patented interface card for Qualcomm’s fixed wireless terminals. Telular’s Borscht Daughter Card will enable Qualcomm’s fixed wireless …

Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education. What I was referring to …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Global System for Mobile communications base station for in-building networks, the smallest and lightest base transceiver station to date for GSM microcellular …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced that GTSI, a government reseller in the United States, will resell the Ricochet wireless line of products and services. The Ricochet wireless modem and Internet …

NEW YORK-Two Denver companies joined forces this year as Liberty Telecom L.L.C., which they formed to fill a void caused by the paucity of financial institutions offering capital lease financing …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Telecommunications Techniques Corp. plans this quarter to release new test software that is client/server-based, enabling carriers to test their entire network from the network operators center. The product is …

For several years, there has been an international mission to create a modernized, global satellite navigation and location system distinctly for civilian use. Such a system could bring massive improvements …

WASHINGTON-While the mounting Asian financial crisis cuts into the booming wireless business worldwide, the threat of a longer-term impact depends on whether a workable rescue plan can be implemented by …

Envision an all digital baseball stadium that allows its patrons to use their digital wireless phones to determine which parking lots are full, to order food and have it delivered …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the operations and related assets of Atlantic Cellular’s Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts cellular telephone licenses. The cellular …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced that 1997 showed an 8-percent increase in revenues, earnings growth of 12.3 percent and 15-percent growth in net income over 1996. It was the fifth consecutive year …

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Inc. announced plans to introduce its multiprotocol platform designed for smaller and rural networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Wireless ’98 convention in Atlanta this week. The …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to install a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications system for Tatarian-American Investment in Finance, a mobile operator in Tatarstan, Russia. Ericsson values …

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. and MovieLink announced a strategic alliance to bring nationwide movie listings to two-way paging subscribers. Under the agreement, users of the Research in Motion Inter@ctive pager and …

PHOENIX-Novatel Wireless Inc. plans to exhibit at the Wireless ’98 show in Atlanta a handheld personal computer with a built-in Cellular Digital Packet Data wireless and landline modem. This is …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported a net loss of $121.5 million, or $2.01 per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net gain of $16.7 million, …

EUREKA, Calif.-United States Cellular Wireless Communications announced it implemented a new emergency phone number to allow operators of fishing vessels and other boats to report weather conditions along the Pacific …

PARIS-Alcatel, Schlumberger and Sendit introduced a wireless application, based on the Global System for Mobile communications smart card, for adding Internet e-mail capability to mobile phones, said the companies. The …

To the Editor: I cannot believe the deafening silence from the wireless community with regard to MobileMedia Corp.’s plan to extinguish the equity in the company. If the industry has …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said brisk sales during the holiday season helped its mobile telecommunications subscriber base surpass the 2 million mark. The total number of customers among companies in …

NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, N.J., has created a venture capital subsidiary to identify and invest in emerging technologies. Henry Schacht, who retired Feb. 18 as chairman of the …

NEW YORK-Intek Diversified Corp., Princeton, N.J., has signed an agreement allowing use of its patented linear modulation technology by Kukjae Electronics Ltd. Co., Seoul, one of South Korea’s leading mobile …

CERRITOS, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. said it teamed up with the American Association of Retired Persons, Retired Senior Volunteer Persons and a host of celebrities and local dignitaries to …

NEW YORK-Australian telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced Feb. 18 that its net profits for the six months ended Dec. 31 rose by 117 percent from the same period a …