1998

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-During the next decade, worldwide cellular phone users are expected to more than double to 715 million from this year’s subscription numbers of 268 million, according to Baskerville …

U.S. stock markets, like most markets around the world, last week experienced a roller-coaster ride that left many companies with no choice but to hold on and hope for the …

WASHINGTON-About a year after the Clinton administration created a special panel in 1996 to assess potential threats to telecom networks and other critical infrastructure, the Pentagon conducted a top secret …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it will make certain modifications to its merger agreement with MobileMedia Corp. in response to recent capital market volatility. Arch has agreed to modify …

PARIS, and DALLAS-Alcatel and DSC Communications Corp. announced the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has favorably completed its review of the pending agreement for Alcatel to acquire …

IRVINE, Calif.-Powerwave Technologies Inc. will acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.’s radio-frequency power amplifier business and its manufacturing facility located in Folsom, Calif., for about $59 million, the companies announced. The business, part …

WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-NumereX Corp., which owns a controlling interest in Cellemetry L.L.C., announced a third-quarter net loss of $808,000, or 7 cents per share, compared with a net gain of …

AirNet Communications Corp. announced it has received a $17 million contract to supply personal communications services wireless infrastructure equipment and services to Message Express Co., owner of two Michigan basic …

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. entered into a master building access agreement with U.S. RealTel Inc., a telecommunications site landlord, to provide communications services to 51 office properties. Teligent will provide local, …

NEW YORK-The National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., has launched a new Web site designed to provide Year 2000 product and service information for businesses dealing with Y2K computer upgrade …

Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada will become the first telecom service provider to offer the Network Wildfire personal assistant service commercially. The limited market launch is expected …

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, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $300 million frame agreement with Telcel to expand the wireless operator’s 800 MHz network and create a dual-band/dual-mode system by building the country’s first 1900 …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc.’s stock began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board late last month, after it was delisted from the Nasdaq National Market May 11 for non-compliance with rules …

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 …

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 …

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 …

While the short-term forecast for wireless operators in financially troubled parts of the world could be turbulent, carriers remain optimistic the wireless industry will weather the current financial crisis without …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. introduced a new chip last week designed to bring paging capability to personal digital assistants and other devices not traditionally used for paging. The MMC2080 chip can …

NEW YORK-SkyTel Communications Inc. said declining investments per subscriber and strong cash flow has put it in position to show positive net income figures by the fourth quarter. Net loss …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week issued an order granting the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s request for a nine-month stay of wireless number portability requirements. The Wireless …

WASHINGTON-A powerful Senate resolution that was to promote third-generation wireless harmonization was thoroughly diluted by U.S. backers of European-based mobile phone technology last week, a bizarre turnabout that drew a …

Succumbing to marketplace pricing pressures, Omnipoint Communications Inc. began offering bundled-minute pricing plans and new prepaid packages last week. “This is the first major pricing change we’ve made since starting …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it was awarded a contract valued at up to $45 million from Shyam Telelink Ltd. to supply a turnkey cdmaOne Wireless Local Loop network to the …