1998

Though intense competition for second-tier cellular carriers is some time away, a Westbrook, Maine, company is looking to help these carriers get ready for future competition. Infotech Solutions Corp. since …

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. said Ramcell Cellular Communications bought RangeMaster cellular filter systems for three rural cell sites to improve performance of the company’s North Carolina system. Installation of …

ATLANTA-Teledata World Services Inc. said it is in final negotiations with Lantana Merchants Solutions Corp., which provides prepaid cellular cards, to offer Teledata cellular phones and services to Lantana’s contract …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it signed a contract valued at $85 million with Sichuan Post and Telecommunications Administration to expand the existing 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network …

GLOBECOM SYSTEMS Globecomm Systems Inc. announced commercial availability of its Systems Explorer II Portable Satphone, a satellite phone system that uses Integrated Services Digital Network technology. Explorer II is made …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems, a provider of very small aperture terminals, announced Ghana Telecom has purchased an HNS shared-hub satellite system. The hub will be located at the earth station …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-World semiconductor sales dropped 1.9 percent from June to July 1998-to $9.67 billion-and 17 percent since July 1997, because of pricing pressures and continued economic turmoil in Japan, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it won a contract to supply a wireless local loop system supporting 10,000 subscribers for the Shenda Telephone Co. in China. The 1900 MHz cdmaOne network …

CLEVELAND-Reltec Corp. said it plans to acquire Italtel Tecnomeccanica S.p.A., a subsidiary of Italtel S.p.A., which is a joint venture of Siemens AG and Telecom Italia S.p.A. Terms of the …

WASHINGTON-Teachers and principals from 120 U.S. schools that were supplied with wireless phones said the phone would be their first choice for a communications tool to have in the classroom, …

MOBILEMEDIA MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, promoted several people in management positions. Steven Gross was named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He joined MobileComm as senior vice president of …

IRVING, Texas-Daniel Phythyon, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is slated as the keynote speaker at the Radio Club of America’s breakfast meeting Sept. 24, in conjunction …

MIAMI LAKES, Fla.-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said it will partner with the Florida Association of Nonprofit Organizations as a major sponsor of the sixth annual Nonprofit Convention, Sept. 16-17 at …

NEW YORK-TeleData World Services Inc., Atlanta, expects to begin next month providing its TWOS brand prepaid cellular phones and service to 10,000 convenience stores nationwide owned by Lantana Merchants Solutions …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc., New York, is beta testing in Washington, D.C., a point-to-multipoint system with Optical Carrier level-3 (OC-3) radio capacity, said Randy Domolky, the company’s general manager for …

Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to “improve operational stability of the network,” according to Ed Staiano, …

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will resell Conxus Communications Inc.’s Pocketalk voice paging service in the New York metropolitan area. Pocketalk uses an InFLEXion-based network developed by Motorola …

NEW YORK-Venture-backed investments in the second quarter reached an all-time high of $3.7 billion, breaking the prior record of $3.3 billion set in the last quarter of 1997. These investments …

WASHINGTON-The World Radiocommunication Conference is a lot like the Olympics: preparations for the next one start almost before the current event has ended. And, like the athletes who competed earlier …

In RCR’s Aug. 17 story reporting Omnipoint’s second-quarter earnings, the company’s second-quarter subscriber figures should have been 255,000.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-InConcert Inc. and Evolving Systems Inc. announced a joint marketing agreement to provide telecommunications companies with operational support system solutions. The agreement combines Teoss, InConcert’s process-based OSS integration framework, …

WASHINGTON-Imagine for a moment law enforcement is able to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve all the items it is asking for to implement the digital wiretap act. And, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. last week said its third-quarter revenue and earnings per share will be lower than analyst estimates. The company expects revenues for the third quarter ending …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. announced the availability of prepaid personal communications services in all of the company’s markets. “Powertel’s prepaid offering is an extension of our simplified, post-paid service plans,” …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. began offering Motorola Inc.’s palm-sized integrated digital handset called the i1000. The fourth-generation integrated Digital Enhanced Network handset is designed to provide business professionals with multiple …