1998

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 led by HSBC Securities Inc and …

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 defendants in lawsuits filed by unhappy …

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 information technology enterprise, said Computer Associates. …

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 it plans to sell its Myrtle …

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 and Jerry’s ice cream whispers a …

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 Latin America, the United States and …

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 Wireless Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P., Paging …

In this March Madness season of religious conversion, I join David Brock (Clinton basher turned sympathizer) and Trent Lott (Starr malcontent turned sympathizer) in the mass confessional. You know, if …

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 keys in making it a reality. …

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 Inc. obtain a global satellite phone …

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 the number of Omnipoint’s international …

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 of about $225 million in new …

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 opposition last week to federal pre-emption …

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, his No. 1 client is Albert …

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

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 System 1000-designed to increase mobile productivity, …

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 the contract, Glenayre’s 280 MHz …

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of “goodwill capital” with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me to do this. First, I’ve come …

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 Radio Frequency Working Group’s mission …

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 senior discount notes to mature in …

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., Kenan Systems Corp. and Subscriber Computing …

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 is a provider of software …

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 Code Division Multiple Access handset from …

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 fraud prevention system in additional Southwestern …

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 toward establishing the documents for standardization. …