Yearly Archives: 1998

CABLE & WIRELESS SELLS BOND ISSUE

NEW YORK-Cable & Wireless Communications plc, the London-based international telecommunications conglomerate, sold a $1.8 billion Yankee bond issue March 4, through an underwriting syndicate...

INVESTORS TRY TO TAKE ANADIGICS, SPECTRIAN TO COURT

NEW YORK-Touted by some securities analysts last summer as small-cap wireless companies likely to outperform broader markets, Anadigics Inc. and Spectrian Corp. now are...

TURKCELL SELECTS COMPUTER ASSOCIATES

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a cellular phone company in Turkey, selected Computer Associates International Inc.'s integrated enterprise management solution, Unicenter TNG, to proactively manage its entire...

VANGUARD SHEDS PROPERTIES TO CONCENTRATE ON NE

NEW YORK-The share price of Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc., Greensboro, N.C., closed up $1 at $17.13 per share March 11, the day it announced...

NO ACCIDENT THAT VERMONT IS ANTENNA-SITING BATTLEGROUND

HARDWICK, Vt.-Even on a miserable, rainy day in March, this small New England state of maple syrup, cheddar cheese, splendid ski resorts and Ben...

COMSTREAM REPORTS VSATPLUS CONTRACTS

SAN DIEGO-The Satellite Global Access division of ComStream has signed several new contracts to provide its VSATPlus II satellite networking product to companies in...

SPECTRUM RESOURCES BUYS TOWER ASSETS OF PB INDUS TRIES

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired the tower assets of PB Industries, consisting of 20 towers located in Oklahoma with tenants including Western...

D.C. NOTES: MASS CONFESSIONS

In this March Madness season of religious conversion, I join David Brock (Clinton basher turned sympathizer) and Trent Lott (Starr malcontent turned sympathizer) in...

IPR ISSUES SPARK NEW 3G DEBATE

Vendors and carriers have renewed hope that the world could have one standard in place for third-generation systems, but Europe holds one of the...

JUSTICE CONTINUES TO LOOK AT MCHI LEO LICENSE

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week extended for 60 days its probe into whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman financially benefited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings...

OMNIPOINT TO ROAM IN INDONESIA

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. activated its first roaming deal in Indonesia with PT. Satelit Palapa Indonesia.This brings to 41...

OMNITEL-PRONTO ITALIA STAKEHOLDER SEEKS $225M IN PRIVATE DEBT

NEW YORK-Cellular Communications International Inc., New York, plans to retire outstanding senior discount notes paying 13.25-percent interest and replace them with a private placement...

KENNARD REAFFIRMS TOWER SITING STANCE

HARDWICK, Vt.-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard, facing Vermont citizens hostile to the prospect of losing control of cherished land-use oversight, resoundingly reaffirmed his...

KNIGHT IS KEY FIGURE IN JUSTICE PROBES

WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics,...

BRIGHTPOINT AND NOKIA EXTEND DISTRIBUTION DEAL

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they extended their current agreement to distribute cellular phones and accessories in China until Dec. 31, 1999.

GEOTEK LAUNCHES INTEGRATED PRODUCT AND BRAND CAMPAIGN

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched a new branding effort called "Workpower for the Road," which includes a new logo and a product-Geotek Driver Logistics...

GLENAYRE TO EXPAND SHANDONG’S PAGING

BEIJING-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it signed a $9.6-million contract with Shandong Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Administration to expand Shandong's high-speed paging network.Under terms of...

D.C. NOTES: GOODWILL CAPITAL

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of "goodwill capital" with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me...

GROUP SEEKS STANDARDS TO WIRELESSLY CONNECT HOME

A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs.The Home...

SBA NOTES SALE GENERATES $150M

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a developer of build-to-suit wireless antenna sites, closed on the sale of $269 million in principal amount of 12-percent...

BILLING PROVIDERS RELEASE PRODUCTS

NEW YORK-Several billing and customer-care providers have announced new products in recent weeks, among them, American Management Systems Inc., International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc.,...

MOBILESOFT TEAMS WITH GOAMERICA

SAN FRANCISCO-MobileSoft announced it formed an alliance with GoAmerica Communications Corp. through which MobileSoft will market GoAmerica's Web@Hand wireless data services on its website.MobileSoft...

SPRINT PCS OFFERS SAMSUNG PHONE

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital...

S.W. BELL EXPANDS PHONEPRINT COVERAGE

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it reached an agreement with Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems and Southwestern Bell Wireless to deploy its PhonePrint cellular...

TIA PUBLISHES SPECS FOR CDPD STANDARD

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step...
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