June 1998

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

LISLE, Ill.-Telecommunications equipment providers Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. announced they have agreed to merge in a pooling-of-interest that will make Ciena a subsidiary of Tellabs. Under the terms of …

WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a …

NEW YORK-Boston-based American Tower Systems Corp. will become a stand-alone company following CBS Corp.’s acquisition of its parent and its spin-off, which involve a secondary offering of the tower company’s …

ATLANTA-World Access Inc., and Telco Systems Inc. announced the boards of directors of both companies have agreed to merge. Each Telco share will be converted into shares of World Access …

VANCOUVER, Wash.-Wireless tower builder and owner Westower Corp. last week acquired privately-held MJA Communications Corp. for $10 million in stock. The acquisition of the Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based tower-construction company …

Paging is growing in popularity, and to profit from it, carriers better get their networks prepared now. That is the message Motorola Inc. is pushing with a new campaign and …

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 …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Kenan Systems Corp. announced Paging Network Inc. selected its Arbor/Mobile billing platform to support the paging carrier’s current and future billing services. PageNet has begun a major reorganization of …

A wave of activity between carriers and tower management firms appears to be developing, signaling a growing trend toward carriers selling off their tower assets in purchase/leaseback arrangements. In such …

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 …

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 …