February 1998

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. said it deployed a mobile communications solution to the ready-mix concrete industry, designed specifically to meet the industry’s needs. Geotek said it installed a system for …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Election Commission earlier this month gave Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the go-ahead to use campaign funds to sue Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) for allegedly leaking politically sensitive contents …

Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and DeTeMobil of Bonn, Germany, said they are planning to offer Pegasos-QEDesign, a wireless network planning and deployment software suite for multiple technologies, including Code Division Multiple …

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. said it launched the Comcast International Roaming service to provide business customers with communications services in 70 countries. Customers use their existing wireless number, which …

oseph B. Cahill Crain’s Chicago Business CHICAGO-As economies from South Korea to Indonesia convulse, China has become the last line of defense in Asia for Motorola Inc. The importance of …

Imagine a reseller being able to offer paging services to thousands of customers while only paying a carrier for one cap code. Stop imagining. WireLink Communication Inc.-a small pager manufacturer …

Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will have spent two weeks on the road before he returns home to Washington, D.C. Wheeler was scheduled to spend the …

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 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The commercial trunked radio industry in the Czech Republic is showing significant signs of growth and is on pace to reach more than 22,000 subscribers by 2000, according to …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. demonstrated the capability of its local number portability database solution to provide range updates of up to 1,000 location routing number records and 2,000 global title translation …

Mexico Grupo Iusacell inaugurated its new Code Division Multiple Access network with a phone call by the company’s president, Fulvio del Valle, from its headquarters in Mexico City to a …

American Radio Systems Corp. completed its consent solicitation of its 11.38 percent cumulative exchangeable preferred stock with the majority of the stockholders giving the requested consent, ARS announced. ARS entered …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. launched its Responder portable two-way voicemail service in the Research Triangle Park area of North Carolina, said the company. ReadyCom said it has been conducting a …

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 …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Communications Group announced fourth quarter adjusted earnings of 60 cents per share before a $250 million regulatory charge-compared with 63 cents for the same period in …

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced improvements in its financial status following preliminary fourth-quarter results. Consolidated operating cash flow reached $20 million in the quarter ended Dec. 31, almost 40-percent …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it closed the acquisition of the wireless phone distribution business and certain net assets of Matel-Tecnologia de Teleinformatica S.A.-Matec. Matec is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

At any given time, it’s hard to say what agenda is being played out by whom in the FCC-Portals fiasco. Let’s take a look at the players and their roles. …

Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American Personal Communications, Powertel Inc., Microcell Connexions …

BALTIMORE-A judge handling the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case ruled Feb. 11 that a $1-billion lawsuit against Pocket principles Dan and Janis Riker filed by National Telecom PCS Inc. can …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $200 million framework agreement with Telecommunicaciones Movilnet in Venezuela to expand its wireless network using Time Division Multiple Access Interim-136 technology. Movilnet is the only …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association early this year published a new interim standard that details the fundamental capabilities for interfacing a personal communications switching center with one or more radio …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Susan Ness said last week’s ruling on the marketing of customer information by paging, cellular and telephone companies will benefit Baby Bells and their subsidiaries more …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering its Prepaid To Go phone and service package to customers in the Carolinas, eastern Tennessee and coastal Georgia. Priced at $150, Prepaid to …