June 1998

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 …

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 …

Topp Telecom Inc.’s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey. Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week …

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 …

MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a $40 million contract to design, supply and install a complete communications network for Bayan Telecommunications Inc. The project will include wireline and wireless local …

NEW YORK-The GSM Alliance L.L.C. is stepping up marketing efforts with a brand-awareness campaign, including the widespread application of its logo, which is designed to convey the group’s North American …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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-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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology. Motorola’s …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it plans to deploy cdmaOne technology in Mexico’s personal communications services and wireless local loop markets. The group hopes to bring Code Division …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week renewed favorable trade status for China, while under fire from Republicans and Democrats over allegations linking illegal Democratic campaign contributions to technology transfers from U.S. wireless …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. announced it completed a development and supply agreement with Qualcomm Inc., and now plans to develop and manufacture highly linear, single-channel Code Division Multiple Access …

As RCR reported last week, the General Services Administration is giving the Federal Communications Commission the boot. Time to move out of the downtown offices and out to the Portals. …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies said it has available a fully type-approved GSM solution for wireless handset manufacturers that meets the handset design requirements set by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. The …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it signed a contract with Computer Sciences Corp. to be that company’s primary wireless messaging service provider. El Segundo, Calif.-based CSC, a consulting firm, claims about …

WASHINGTON-CTIA last week at its fourth annual Cellular Telephone Industry Association Foundation Achievement Awards Dinner paid tribute to Dennis F. Strigl, Newt Gingrich and the 50 winners of its Vita …

WASHINGTON-Telecom mergers, traditionally seen as threatening by organized labor, have become major platforms for unions and civil-rights groups to push their agendas and try to leverage concessions. As the Communications …