June 1998

The Italian government said it plans to award the license for a third mobile phone service later this month. A spokeswoman for the communication regulatory agency said it expects to …

WASHINGTON-Labor Secretary Alexis Herman last week again denied allegations of influence peddling and related campaign-finance violations that are being investigated by an independent counsel. Herman is accused of using her …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp. For an upfront payment of …

Wideband cdmaOne will play a small part in the proposal Japan’s standards body will submit to the International Telecommunications Union as a third-generation technology choice. The Association of Radio Businesses …

Jefferson, it is said, believed a revolution once every generation wasn’t such a bad thing for the republic. Today, if you look around at everything from the two-party political system …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Puma Technology Inc. announced it has begun shipping its new IntelliLink software solution for NEC America Inc.’s Beacon Data Pager. IntelliLink provides one of the key components that …

NEW YORK-Wireless telephony providers are hemorrhaging revenues from organized activity by criminals drawn to the low risk and easy money of subscription fraud. Thieves are exploiting a particularly lucrative window …

Puerto Rico A consortium led by GTE Corp. signed a definitive pact to purchase for $375 million a controlling interest of 50 percent plus one share in the Puerto Rico …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it will collaborate on a joint distribution fulfillment strategy with Motorola Inc. according to a strategic partnership the two entered. Under the agreement, the two will …

In the upcoming months and years, several events in space have the potential to threaten the existing array of satellites orbiting the planet. Any one of these events has the …

Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Octel Messaging Division introduced the first product in its unified messaging portfolio, Message Notifier, which provides cross-notification of messages from different mediums. Message Notifier, jointly developed with …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Puerto Rico Telephone Co. plans to expand its prepaid services offered by its wireless services division, Celulares Telefonica, as well as its paging network from Motorola Inc. …

NEW YORK-Two bond rating agencies have placed the outstanding and planned debt of Citizens Utilities Co. on a credit watch for possible downgrade because of the power company’s planned spinoff …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced Andrew Weisheit, formerly vice president of the company’s carrier service division, has been named vice president of national accounts. PageMart said this move points to its …

WASHINGTON-A request for additional spectrum for private wireless users is receiving considerable flack from amateur radio users. The petition by the Land Mobile Communications Council is a ridiculous request, said …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it is deploying data and fax capabilities on commercial Code Division Multiple Access wireless networks. Motorola CIG is deploying circuit-switched data in …

Qualcomm Inc. indicated last week it is considering spinning off most of its international assets in part to boost the company’s earnings in future quarters. The San Diego-based company wants …

NEW YORK-“If I leave you with nothing else, remember that legal and regulatory issues are the most important, and they pose challenges and obstacles up ahead for the satellite industry,” …

DENVER-Investors in two start-up prepaid cellular phone businesses have filed a class-action lawsuit against the businesses’ promotors, claiming they bilked investors out of more than $58 million. The lawsuit, filed …

WASHINGTON-The House Science subcommittee on technology will hold a hearing this Thursday to address third-generation wireless technology, an issue that appears to be mushrooming into a major trade dispute between …

WASHINGTON-The federal government is “poised and waiting to begin a pilot program” of cellular priority access for emergency personnel, the Clinton administration’s senior telecom official recently told the Federal Communications …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered its long-term investment grade ratings on the outstanding debt of Alltel Corp. and Alltel Georgia Communications Corp. from A+ to A-. The New York-based …

ISLANDIA, N.Y.-Affordable Message Center Inc. introduced its Internet Messaging service, which it said allows paging carriers and resellers to add Internet paging for any subscriber on their existing paging networks …

NEW YORK-Due to unfavorable market conditions, Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. said May 28 it postponed indefinitely its attempt to place privately a $125 million, 10-year debt issue that was scheduled …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of Euro-Phone Sp. The company provides distribution and value-added logistics services to the wireless communications industry in Poland, with connection services agreements with …