October 1998

NEW YORK-After a flurry of announced mergers and acquisitions earlier this year, amid booming stock and high-yield bond markets, the deal flow has slowed in tandem with deteriorating conditions in …

A trial early next year could decide whether L.M. Ericsson owns key patents to Interim Standard-95 technology. Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. are set to go to trial in February over …

LAGOS, Nigeria-The federal government of Nigeria began advertising in October, soliciting bids for majority control of state-run companies, including Nigeria Telecommunications. Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, the country’s military ruler, announced in …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission agreed with law enforcement that five controversial features of new digital wiretap capabilities are within the law. However, the agency ruled three other capabilities are outside …

The United States has spelled out its policy toward third-generation technology. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has said it supports principles outlined by the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), …

Which signs should a person pay attention to in today’s crazy stock market? Wireless companies haven’t fared too well from the looks of RCR’s StockWatch the last few weeks, although …

Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector’s largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months. Meanwhile, the tower industry has been …

NEW YORK-Satellite Survey Systems Ltd., a Dallas company with roots in oil and gas exploration, has added another notch in its diversification belt by helping wireless companies pinpoint tower locations …

LINCOLN, Neb.-An appeal filed by Transcrypt International Inc. with the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council was denied, announced the company. Transcrypt had requested its common stock continue to be …

NEW YORK-The government of Finland plans to sell a 20-percent stake in Sonera Ltd. through an initial public offering of stock Nov. 17 that it hopes will raise between $1 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association said its board of directors now is complete following the addition of the Mobile Trunked Radio Operators Association of India. “Since its creation, IMTA’s …

MCLEAN, Va. and BEACHWOOD, Ohio-LCC International Inc. and Allen Telecom Inc. decided not to swap LCC’s test and measurement equipment and related software analysis tools business for the engineering, software …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. have agreed to consolidate ownership of their jointly owned cellular properties in Los Angeles, Houston and Galveston, Texas, and have created a …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. along with its suppliers and contractors are participating in a wireless communications industry advertising campaign promoting the company’s 181-city buildout effort for its 800 MHz …

WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council has set up new criteria for monitoring interference in the shared business pools. “It is something we need to do to make sure the spectrum …

WASHINGTON-After raising $21.6 million in net high bids in 173 rounds, the Federal Communications Commission last Thursday ended the 220 MHz auction. In other 220 MHz news, more than 150 …

WASHINGTON-This year’s midterm election has monumental implications for the political landscape in terms of telecom policy and the balance of power in America-however, not in the conventional sense. The Republicans, …

NEW YORK-Earlier this month, Charles E. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Rogers Cantel Inc., temporarily assumed a new identity as a retail sales clerk to gain first-hand understanding …

ROME-Telecom Italia won the 25-percent stake of Telekom Austria up for grabs, beating a competing offer by Ameritech Corp. Telecom Italia reportedly bid $2.4 billion, more than twice what the …

Royal Philips Electronics and Lucent Technologies Inc. last week said they will dissolve the consumer communications joint venture they established just more than one year ago. At the time of …

NEW YORK-Due to stock price declines, World Access Inc., an Atlanta-based maker of telecommunications switching, transport and access products, announced Oct. 13 it had lowered substantially its bid to acquire …

DETROIT-Cue Networks, Etak Inc. and Metro Networks announced they have teamed to deliver a real-time traffic information service, initially available in 10 metropolitan areas with plans to expand to 75 …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced the formation of a new business organization, Telematics Information Systems, that plans to leverage the company’s technologies related to the telematics market. Fred Tucker, Motorola executive …

WASHINGTON-Tele-Communications Inc. President Leo Hindery, grilled by federal regulators last week on the cable TV giant’s planned $48 billion merger into top long-distance and mobile phone carrier AT&T Corp., said …

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said Lucent Technologies Inc. now is its exclusive network infrastructure supplier after replacement of eight switches and more than 1,200 base stations during the past six …