June 1998

NEW YORK-Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, scaled back but proceeded June 9 with its first stock sale in the United States. The carrier sold 6.75 million subordinated voting shares, down …

Jeffrey L. Fuller resigned as president and chief executive officer of Transcrypt International Inc., following the company’s battery of recent problems. The company’s chairman, John T. Connor, was named interim …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-Truly Telecommunications Co. Ltd. plans to design and produce its first Global System for Mobile communications handset in cooperation with Telecom Technology Centre in Hong Kong, under a multimillion-dollar …

With paging systems and devices moving evermore toward FLEX-based equipment, a debate is heating up about the future of second-hand POCSAG-based gear. The nation’s top 10 paging carriers are migrating …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. announced a new certification program designed to help wireless carriers comply with Phase II of the Federal Communications Commission’s Enhanced 911 mandate. The mandate requires carriers to be …

CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. announced plans to acquire from GTE Wireless Inc. the controlling interest in the partnership that manages the cellular licenses serving the Jacksonville and Wilmington, N.C., areas …

NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc. obtained a $20 million credit facility, consisting of both revolving and term loans, with Foothill Capital Corp., a Norwest company, according to USCI Inc. “Our customer …

ATLANTA, Ga.-The Transport and Access Systems Group of World Access Inc. announced at Supercomm last week its WavePLEX spread spectrum family of digital microwave radios and said it will resell …

VLSI Technology Inc. today announced it is shipping samples of its new Code Division Multiple Access chip solution, which it is calling the first real alternative to Qualcomm Inc.’s CDMA …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly. The …

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority completed its personal communications services spectrum auction May 25, netting the government about $216.3 million for 211 of the 230 lots offered in the 800 …

DALLAS-BearCom Inc. said it acquired RyCom Communications Pty. Ltd., a Motorola Inc. distributor based in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. RyCom operates several community repeaters across New South Whales. RyCom …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced a public offering of $200 million of 6.35 percent capital notes due June 1, 2005. The notes, which were priced to yield 6.36 percent, are …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. will provide global logistics services for 10 of Iridium L.L.C.’s Gateway Partners, according to an agreement the two signed. Under the agreement, Brightpoint will provide inventory management, order …

NEW YORK-Bosch Telecom Inc., Dallas, unveiled the World 718 phone, calling it the first phone that can operate worldwide on Global System for Mobile communications 1900 and 900 networks. Audiovox …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. acquired the remaining interest in GE Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Ericsson and General Electric Co. The companies formed the joint venture in 1989 to manufacture …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week went on the offensive to put in place a technical standard that will allow carriers to alert subscribers of an impending natural disaster …

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 …

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 …

ATLANTA-Harris Corp. said it will demonstrate its new Access Device 2000 at Supercomm this week in Atlanta. The work force wireless/ wireline tool combines field work force connectivity with ease …

NEW YORK-Stet Hellas Telecommunications S.A., a Greece-based wireless carrier owned 20 percent by Bell Atlantic Corp., went public June 3 through an equity offering by a holding company. Bell Atlantic …

Boulder, Colo., is set to become a test bed for recently licensed Local Multipoint Distribution Services systems under the direction of the National Wireless Electronic Systems Testbed. N-WEST is a …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled today to rule on a Personal Communications Industry Association petition to forbear from enforcing mandatory wireless resale rules. The FCC has given few clues …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has petitioned a federal appeals court here to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision in April to eliminate equal employment opportunity rules governing telecommunications licensees. Though it …