September 1998

The ability to access information anytime, anywhere quickly is becoming the most-touted benefit of wireless communications devices, a characteristic that could continue into the next century as long as application …

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Ltd. was awarded a three-year $4 million contract to supply Wireless II L.L.C. with switching and base station equipment that will provide fixed and mobile telephone service using …

Nextel 220 License Acquisition Co. and Intek License Acquisition Corp. appear to be in a fierce bidding battle for licenses in the 220 MHz (220-222 MHz) band. Nextel had expected …

CTIA Christopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide variety of …

BELLEVUE, Washington-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. launched commercial services on its new metropolitan area network in Seattle and the surrounding areas, following an eight-week service test by more than 20 business. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-U.S. chip manufacturers endorsed a compromise legislative plan regarding Year 2000 disclosure issues that provides liability protection to encourage businesses to share problem-solving information about Y2K problems and …

LONDON-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said the sale of its 48-percent interest in Ritabell of Estonia to an affiliate company, NetCom Systems A.B., for $55 million will result in a capital …

WASHINGTON-It is becoming quite obvious that the key word on antenna-siting disputes is cooperation. In two situations last week, cooperation led to successful results for three wireless companies. In Fairfax …

Investors are nervous when it comes to pricing competition in the mobile industry. Just look at the effects of a Wall Street Journal article in April that described the competitive …

CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services and IBM Corp. announced they have agreed that IBM will offer Ameritech’s wireless data communications as part of IBM customers’ systems integration projects. Under terms of the …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-Harris Corp. launched a comprehensive branding campaign featuring a new logo, redesigned collateral materials and a more coordinated communications approach that will be used by all four of the …

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. announced it gave its Network Services Division a new name-PNI Access Services-effective immediately. “The name change … better reflects the broader scope of our service offering,” said …

UltraTek, a Torrance, Calif.-based telecommunications equipment research company, has filed patent applications for a global wireless telecommunications system that would turn commercial airplanes into flying cell sites. The company has …

BEDFORD, Mass.-PinPoint Corp. unveiled 3D-iD, its real-time wireless asset-tracking and personnel-management system using location techniques similar to those used by the global positioning system satellite network. PinPoint’s 3D-iD network is …

Maitland, Fla.-based Phoenix Wireless Group Inc. this month announced the company is taking its software-defined telecommunications products in a new direction. A four-year-old company that established itself as a player …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The SuperSession on the second day of the Personal Communications Showcase ’98, “Connect to Competition, the Business of Success,” will feature keynote speaker David Golden, managing director and co-director …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. announced a cost-cutting restructuring program that eliminates about 10 percent of its global work force, affecting approximately 120 full-time employees. In addition, members of senior management will …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. partnered with Yokogawa Digital Computer Corp. for the Japanese company to develop a diagnostics solution for Qualcomm’s fifth-generation MSM3000 Interim Standard 95-B baseband modem chipset. YDC plans …

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian Liberal government has been forced to abandon plans to fully privatize Telstra Corp. in the face of a threatened revolt by members of its coalition partner, the …

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-Powertel Inc. launched wireless personal communications services in Chattanooga, Tenn., expanding its market to 27 metropolitan areas and major highway corridors throughout 12 Southeastern states with 11 million pops. …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. was awarded a contract to supply a turnkey 1900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network to Pinpoint Communications, which successfully bid in the D-block auction …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc completed its $1.75 billion cash acquisition of MCI Corp.’s U.S.-based Internet business, including its Internet backbone services, about 1,000 specialist employees, as well as its retail …

The wireless industry currently uses many different customer-retention strategies and retention campaigns, including win-back teams, welcome calls, competitive rate plans and loyalty programs. However, even with these comprehensive programs in …

SKOKIE, Ill.-Cellular Wholesalers Inc. said it partnered with wireless accessories manufacturer Direct Power Plus to sell and market batteries and cigarette lighter adaptors under the ProCell brand name. The products …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Silverlake Communications Inc., a wireless messaging software provider, announced it has entered a reseller agreement with Arch Communications Group Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Silverlake will be Arch’s …