December 1998

ORLANDO, Fla.-Brite Voice Systems announced it entered into a two-year contract with U S West Wireless to supply BriteDebit prepaid calling for U S West’s personal communications services business. This …

Three Granger Telecom employees and an independent contractor have been killed in Chechnya, a breakaway republic of Russia located north of Georgia. Granger Telecom employees Darren Hickey, Rudolph Petschi and …

WASHINGTON-Oral argument in the appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s 1996 radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines has been postponed until February or March. The case, Cellular Task Force v. FCC, had …

WASHINGTON-The most conservative member of the Federal Communications Commission last week said the current microscopic review of telecommunications mergers is unfair given the lack of attention the FCC is expected …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc. and TSR Wireless announced the In-Touch II system has been successfully installed in 17 markets for TSR Wireless. The integration benefits TSR Wireless by giving …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and Triton PCS announced they entered into a contract in which American Tower will build 115 build-to-suit tower-development sites in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. In …

WASHINGTON-Those wishing to bring to market new and updated technologies, including access to the Information Superhighway, should look at the wireless industry to provide that access, said Kathryn Condello, vice …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced its two-way messaging subscribers can send text messages from their pagers to any telephone in the country, using text-to-speech technology to read the message to …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said the European Regulatory Commission issued two rulings positively affecting the company’s effort to bring mobile satellite-based data services to the continent. First, the ERC decided …

NEW YORK-The boundaries between internal and external computer networks are disappearing due to the warp-speed incursion of the Internet, raising security concerns within enterprises that want to exploit this promising …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. announced it licensed its FLEX protocol decoder chipset to Korean equipment manufacturer Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. The agreement is expected to speed the transition from POCSAG …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. said it selected Systems/Link Corp. to provide its RoamEx fraud control platform and FraudTec2000 system to help Triton PCS combat cloning and subscription fraud. “Systems/Link’s applications …

BOSTON-Wireless Internet service provider GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it will provide an end-to-end sales force automation outsource solution that bundles hardware and software products from several companies. It includes Practical …

MIAMI-Topp Telecom announced it signed a licensing agreement with Motorola Inc. to incorporate Topp Telecom’s prepaid software into select Motorola phones, including the StarTac model. The prepaid Motorola phones will …

WASHINGTON-A Government Accounting Office report says the U.S. Postal Service has “put on hold” plans to expand an antenna-siting program, which could have significant impacts on efforts to get antenna-siting …

ATLANTA-Telecom Wireless Solutions Inc. announced it obtained $17 million in financing for strategic acquisitions, new ventures and product development initiatives. As a part of this strategy, TWS also added four …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau will begin immediately using the Universal Licensing System for all licensing activity in the cellular radiophone service. Use of ULS for the cellular …

Sierra Wireless said it has brought together 17 other companies in an alliance formed to work together to offer more complete solutions so the general public will adopt wireless data …

Research companies predicting wireless handset market share have ruffled a few industry feathers. Qualcomm last week issued a statement disputing Dataquest research that had Qualcomm’s market share dropping from 17.4 …

Unwired Planet Inc. announced it reached an agreement with Siemens Information and Communication Networks Group of Munich, Germany, to integrate its Wireless Access Protocol compatible software into Siemens AG’s Global …

WASHINGTON-Congress declined to act on two spectrum fee approaches crafted by the Congressional Budget Office that likely would have drawn opposition from commercial wireless operators and private wireless licensees. The …

By the time Jan. 19 rolls around, newest Wireless Telecom Bureau Chief Tom Sugrue will be in for an education that goes far beyond the quirks and quarks (B.S. in …

ROME-News reports from Italy said the country’s communications minister, Salvatore Cardinale, will request the appointment of a government committee to select a fourth mobile phone operator. Cardinale reportedly asked the …

DALLAS-CAI Wireless Systems Inc., Heartland Wireless Communications Inc. and CS Wireless Systems Inc. announced a master agreement under which CAI acquired Heartland’s approximate 36-percent equity interest in CS Wireless. CS …

MALVERN, Penn.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide integrated solutions for customer activation, retail management and fraud prevention. Triton PCS is building and will operate a digital wireless network …