1998

PALO ALTO, Calif.-BT Mobile, a paging service provider based in Leeds, United Kingdom, awarded Corsair Communications Inc. a three-year contract valued at nearly $5 million to provide it with an …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. completed the previously announced acquisition of Eurocom Systems S.A., thereby establishing logistics services and distribution operations in France. Eurocom reported net sales of about $10.7 million during 1997, …

Dear Editor, In recent months, editorial and feature pages of publications around the nation have focused on the theme that Americans are in for a sour summer surprise: telephone rate …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced its 56th international roaming agreement in Chile with Entel PCS Telecomunicaciones. “Today’s activation is particularly noteworthy since it is our …

Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a conference call last week, and found that while current usage levels are low in both Europe and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to introduce late next year a phone with roaming capability on Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz, digital Advanced Mobile Phone …

LOS ANGELES-Global Access Pagers Inc. said it plans to introduce a pen-based personal digital assistant this fall that supports Motorola Inc.’s FLEX messaging protocol. The company said it hopes the …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc.’s second-quarter results will reflect a one-time charge of about $6.4 million for research and development in process that it acquired in connection with the InfoCellular Inc. merger …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-With the popularity of Internet Protocol-based wireless networks for voice and data increasing, several vendors have announced products to meet this new demand. Motorola Motorola Inc.’s Worldwide Data Solutions …

WESTPORT, Conn.-Customers in 21 U.S. markets and one in Toronto are being asked to evaluate their wireless provider during the first phase of J.D. Power and Associates’ 1998 Wireless Customer …

Could Japan, America’s venerable trade nemesis, be the key to future global economic stability generally and the wireless revolution specifically? Without doubt. The Clinton administration believes it has Japan over …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said Richard Sulpizio was promoted to president of Qualcomm. Harvey White, current president, will assume the role of vice chairman and head of the company’s new telecom …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. received regulatory approval and completed the acquisition of the Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont cellular licenses, operations and related assets of Atlantic Cellular Inc. …

WASHINGTON-The Senate, pressured by Democratic accusations the GOP wanted to embarrass President Clinton while he was in China, has declined for now to forbid satellite exports to that country. The …

WASHINGTON-Local government representatives and the wireless industry appear to be close to announcing procedures for local governments and industry to resolve disputes about siting wireless facilities. The Federal Communications Commission’s …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it will deliver news from MSNBC to its subscribers at no additional cost. Subscribers will receive MSNBC headlines twice a day at 11: 30 a.m. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Toshiba Corp. have merged Ericsson Toshiba Telecommunications Systems K.K. with Nippon Ericsson K.K. in Japan. Ericsson Toshiba Telecommunications was a joint venture between Ericsson and Toshiba. …

RESTON, Va.-Checkpoint Systems Inc. will use the Ardis network to deploy Checkpoint’s network services and solution development support for a nationwide wireless field-service application, according to American Mobile Satellite Corp. …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. entered into an agreement to provide a cellular operator in Japan with a Japanese version of its ClearSite product to examine cellular coverage and radio-frequency interference. “We …

NEW YORK-Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecommunicaciones S.A., Ecuador’s largest cellular carrier, “may not be able to maintain access to sufficient capital to fully execute its business plans,” Moody’s Investors Service said. …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission not to enforce newly enacted rules on customer information. In February, the FCC enacted rules that the telecommunications industry-especially …

WASHINGTON-Two wireless trade groups urged the government to develop flexible rules that do not impose undue cost on carriers, manufacturers and consumers in comments filed regarding rules for providing people …

While the majority of wireless carriers are moving toward outsourcing their handset distribution needs, Powertel Inc. is moving in the opposite direction. The West Point, Ga.-based personal communications services company …

The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while its captain and …

NEW YORK-The admonition that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it applies to investors in high-yield bonds, many sold by companies in a variety of wireless telecommunications-related …