September 1998

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded two contracts valued at $38.8 million to replace another vendor’s existing cellular Global System for Mobile communications networks and to expand …

Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an intelligent network messaging solution designed to bring messaging mainstream, said the company. The solution makes use of information in network databases to enable a service …

DENVER-Formus Communications Inc., a high-speed broadband wireless provider to overseas markets, and Unisource NV formed a strategic partnership to interconnect their communications networks in pre-defined markets in Europe. Terms of …

RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.-DST Systems Inc. and USCS International Inc. announced an agreement to merge USCS with a wholly owned subsidiary of DST in a transaction valued at about $874 million. …

Qualcomm to spinoff Leap SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a record date of Sept. 11 for the proposed spinoff of Leap Wireless International Inc. The board declared a one-share dividend of …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems, a provider of very small aperture terminals, announced Ghana Telecom has purchased an HNS shared-hub satellite system. The hub will be located at the earth station …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Intelligent Information Inc. introduced a wireless commerce platform called Village Square for wireless phone, pager and wireless data device users. Village Square allows users access to various personal information …

Though intense competition for second-tier cellular carriers is some time away, a Westbrook, Maine, company is looking to help these carriers get ready for future competition. Infotech Solutions Corp. since …

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. said Ramcell Cellular Communications bought RangeMaster cellular filter systems for three rural cell sites to improve performance of the company’s North Carolina system. Installation of …

ATLANTA-Teledata World Services Inc. said it is in final negotiations with Lantana Merchants Solutions Corp., which provides prepaid cellular cards, to offer Teledata cellular phones and services to Lantana’s contract …

The massive popularity of 3Com Corp.’s PalmPilot personal digital assistant has spurred several mobile communications companies to develop wireless solutions for the product. The most recent application is from Mitsubishi …

GLOBECOM SYSTEMS Globecomm Systems Inc. announced commercial availability of its Systems Explorer II Portable Satphone, a satellite phone system that uses Integrated Services Digital Network technology. Explorer II is made …

Prepaid services continue to advance in the United States and overseas as the market moves increasingly away from the credit-challenged and more toward individuals and companies that see prepaid as …

International Wireless Communications Holdings Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month, saying its finances and several of its businesses have been adversely affected by the financial and …

Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to “improve operational stability of the network,” according to Ed Staiano, …

VENEZUELA Nokia Corp. was awarded a multi-year contract valued at up to $105 million to supply a turnkey 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network to Corporacion Digitel C.A. …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its French subsidiary, Regiocom SA, has acquired S3RP, the specialized mobile radio operations of Bouyges marketed under the brand name Orbicom, making it the only …

Globecomm Systems Inc. said its board of directors authorized a stock repurchase of up to $2 million of its outstanding common stock, representing about 450,000 shares, or about 4.9 percent …

Sorry Microsoft Corp., but analyst firm Strategy Analytics predicts the handheld device market in the future will not be dominated by any single standard. “Microsoft will not dominate this category …

PETAH TIKVA, Israel-ECI Telecom Ltd. and Tadiran Telecommunications Ltd. signed an agreement in principle to merge in a stock-for-stock transaction, pending a definitive agreement the companies expect to execute by …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to acquire Advanced Computer Communication, a California-based vendor of remote access and internetworking products, for about $285 million in cash. The purchase is congruent with …

Nextel Communications Inc. recently offered a farmer in South Coventry, Pa., a new $70,000, 105-foot silo if the wireless phone company could put an antenna inside of it to fill …

WASHINGTON-Under even the most abnormal of normal circumstances, it usually is possible to handicap odds for passage of wireless legislation before Congress adjourns. But these are not normal times. An …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s Corp. are considering whether to downgrade about $400 million of Hyundai Semiconductor America Inc. debt because of uncertainties generated by the South …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp.’s board of directors approved the repurchase of up to 1.5 million shares of the company’s outstanding common stock, the company said. “We believe that …