February 1998

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said its international network has expanded into Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The paging carrier added the networks of Guatemala’s Tele Escucha S.A., Costa Rica’s …

WEST POINT, Ga-Powertel Inc. announced its personal communications services business in the Southeast reported fourth-quarter revenues of $15.8 million, compared with third-quarter revenues of $10.2 million. Year-end revenues totaled $40.6 …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. announced it entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Future Horizons to market a wireless maintenance management solution to the …

SEOUL, Korea-Samsung Group is providing the Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee with four types of wireless communications equipment, six network and systems experts and 14,000 mobile units, including radios, pagers and …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In …

NEW YORK-Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, has sold a $150 million debt issue of 8.04-percent Trust Originated Preferred Securities, a trademark name assigned to the securities by lead underwriter …

WASHINGTON-The Asia-Pacific paging market is expected to expand from 87 million subscribers at year-end 1997 to more than 168 million in 2002, according to a new study, “Asia-Pacific Paging Markets: …

The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 personal communications services licenses totaling 230 megahertz sometime in April, and the Australian Communications Authority is encouraging U.S. companies that currently use digital …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced its fourth-quarter subscriber results, saying it activated 12,595 units, and that additional December orders activated in early January brought the total to 15,151 units as …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Two Geotek Communications Inc. board members purchased a total of 480,000 shares of company common stock on the open market, said the company. Winston Churchill, chairman of the Executive …

DENVER-U S West NewVector Group Inc., doing business as AirTouch Cellular, said it will be Ultimate Electronics’ sole provider of wireless products and services in all its retail stores where …

NEW YORK-In response to high levels of customer growth and usage, Nextel Communications Inc., McLean, Va., plans to accelerate construction of its nationwide network this year with at least $1.3 …

Nextel Communications Inc. has purchased multiple Business Support and Control System software product licenses from LHS Group Inc. initially to support Nextel’s international operators in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-The European Commission said it adopted a proposal for the coordinated introduction of third-generation, or Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology, in Europe. EC said the proposal responds to concerns …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. reported a record-breaking fourth quarter and year ended Dec. 31 in terms of proportionate net income, revenue and customer growth. Net income for the quarter showed …

These days, the talk of the town alternates between war with Saddam and womanizing with Monica. Day and night. It’s overkill, but still quite serious stuff. But those two malcontents …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Main lines in Mexico and Central America will nearly double from a base of 11.5 million at year-end 1997 to 21 million at the end of 2002, at an …

PALO ALTO, Calif.- Corsair Communications reported a 106-percent gain in annual earnings from a net loss of $12.8 million, or $1.44 per diluted share in 1996, to a net loss …

Despite protests from the country’s current cellular operators, the Colombian Ministry of Communications is working on plans to auction personal communications services licenses by this spring. Fabiola Montealegre, analyst with …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it completed the acquisition of TA Intercall AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based company that provides wireless communications products and services to Swedish and European markets. The acquired …

NEW YORK-The dominant impression today of Centennial Cellular Corp., New Canaan, Conn., is connected more to its late 1996 wireless debut in Puerto Rico than to its longstanding analog role …

Canada’s mobile phone market rebounded somewhat at the end of 1997 from lagging subscriber additions that plagued carriers throughout the year, but the results showed a slow expansion of the …

Satellite ’98: The Road Ahead February 17-20 Phillips Business Information Inc.’s Via Satellite. Shearaton Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C. (301) 340-1520. Mobile & PDA Expo ’98 February 18-20 World Market Strategies …

In addition to $8.9 million AirNet Communications Corp. raised last year, the company announced it recently received $19.3 million in financing from a group of private investors, including a number …

WOBURN, Mass.-Boston Communications Group Inc. reported an annual net loss of $1.1 million, or 8 cents per share, for the year ended Dec. 31, 1997, compared with a net income …