1998

DALLAS-Chatham Technologies Inc., Dallas, announced Feb. 23 it signed a letter of intent to acquire Innovation Inc., a Bothell, Wash., manufacturer of base stations for the wireless industry. Chatham was …

WASHINGTON-A wireless anti-fraud bill is headed to the White House for President Clinton’s signature, following House passage last week of legislation that will deny drug dealers, terrorists and other criminals …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission to address three regulatory issues surrounding calling party pays, calling on the agency to “step up and deal with …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in media and telecommunications, announced its telecommunications group completed 20 transactions during 1997, including 15 mergers and acquisitions and …

NEW YORK-The number of issuers defaulting on publicly held corporate debt more than doubled from 1996 to 1997, Moody’s Investors Service reported in a new study. Moody’s said that 64 …

To the Editor: I read with some interest Mr. Angelmyer’s diatribe on the lack of a “white knight” to save MobileMedia from extinguishing its equity. In candor, his letter carries …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson’s Global System for Mobile communications-based cordless telephone system now allows subscribers to use their GSM mobile phones on the fixed public network, the company announced. CTS offers …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is taking steps to solve both the millennium-bug problem and inconsistencies that exist between radio-frequency services applications rules by issuing a notice of proposed rule making …

Wytec Inc. and the Pilipino Telephone Corp. are conducting a joint trial of Wytec’s local multipoint distribution service equipment in Manila to ascertain its performance under certain operating conditions in …

ATHENS-According to sources at OTE, the Greek telephone company’s subsidiary Cosmote will begin activating personal communications services customers this week as scheduled, becoming the country’s third mobile phone operator. OTE, …

The Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association’s 1998 convention has come and gone. This gives PCS ’98 convention planners six months to try to one-up this show. It gives P.R. flacks five …

ATLANTA-Spyglass Inc. and Fujitsu Software Corp. both have joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, the companies announced at CTIA’s Wireless 98 trade show. Founded by L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. announced it received contracts from competitive local exchange carrier WinStar Communications Inc. valued at $2.8 million. Shipments of Spectrum II and other digital microwave radios …

ATLANTA-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, a group made up of Time Division Multiple Access technology supporters including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., announced a migratable solution to IMT-2000 technology called UWC-136. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Action Cellular Rent A Phone now provides cellular and satellite phone rentals in Israel and throughout the Middle East, announced the company. News crews and peace negotiators traveling to …

NEW YORK-Rumors of analog’s death are premature, according to a group of former IBM Corp. executives who have joined with other industry veterans to form a new company to exploit …

SAN MATEO, Calif.-AvantGo Inc., a mobile computing software company, introduced AvantGo Web Client and AvantGo Desktop, software, which extends enterprise applications to handheld computers. AvantGo software expands the reach of …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Starting yesterday, Bell Atlantic Mobile DigitalChoice customers in Bell Atlantic’s Maine-to-Georgia footprint are being offered unlimited airtime for a flat monthly fee starting at $10. “This mobile-to-mobile plan will …

ATLANTA-Bell Atlantic Mobile said it attributes its 74-percent decrease in home and roaming cellular fraud losses to continued deployment of authentication and radio-frequency fingerprinting technologies and the company’s launch of …

Qualcomm Inc. announced a joint agreement with AirTouch Cellular, U S West NewVector Group and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. for the supply of Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access digital Q …

Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of its paging services. Under the terms …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it reached an agreement with US/Intelicom and SecurFone America Inc. to provide prepaid cellular solutions for the U.S. market. The prepaid solution, called Buy-the-Minute, is scheduled for …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Small Business Services announced it now has specialists who consult individually with business customers about their telecommunications needs. The enhancement to its “one-stop shopping” concept enables the company to …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellemetry announced an agreement with Global Research Systems, adding Cellemetry applications to GRS’s BusCall service. BusCall notifies families when a school bus is approaching to pick up their children. …

Entelec 98 March 1-4 Entelec. San Antonio Convention Center, San Antonio. (888) 503-8700. Build-to-Suit and Purchase/Leaseback Tower Programs March 2-3 Shorecliff Communications International. Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego. (800) …