January 1999

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission urging it to refrain from creating a separate radio service pool for oil companies, utilities and railroads’ …

New Enterprise Associates New Enterprise Associates, a Palo Alto, Calif. venture capital firm, appointed Nobel Laureate Arno A. Penzias as a partner. Penzias is the senior technology adviser for Lucent …

Paging Network Inc.’s share price fell 25 percent last week and several financial analysts abandoned their Buy ratings on the company after PageNet disclosed it anticipates fourth-quarter results below analysts’ …

BRUSSELS-A newly formed company recently announced it plans to buy the paging business of Philips Electronics Inc., following that company’s termination of its joint venture with Lucent Technologies Inc. Advantra …

Teklogix Teklogix introduced the Teklogix 9150 Wireless Gateway, which features dual Personal Computer Memory Card International Association radio card slots that help it support mixed radio configurations. The 9150 allows …

WASHINGTON-As Congress returns this week to begin the 106th Congress, members of the House Commerce Committee were given a preview of coming attractions in December by their chairman, Rep. Thomas …

Convergys Corp. announced it established a revolving credit facility for $600 million. The funds are to be used for general corporate purposes, financing acquisitions and to repay inter-company debt to …

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives this week is expected to elect Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to be speaker of the House for the 106th Congress. Hastert’s rise to the third-in-succession-to-the-presidency …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. gave itself an early Christmas present on Dec. 23 when it announced it was buying Claircom Communications Group Inc. from AT&T Corp. and Rogers Cantel for $65 million …

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell has announced plans to obtain about $60 million in equity infusions from its two major shareholders, Bell Atlantic Corp. and the Peralta Group, during the next several …

Logica plc, an international computer consulting, systems integration and software company, acquired Dallas-based Aethos Communications Systems Inc. Dec. 18 for about $77.5 million. Logica also bought DDV Group, a Dutch …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Using technology from Brite Voice Systems, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH said it launched Germany’s first personal number service, which uses a subscriber’s mobile number for the single number. Mannesmann’s D2-UniversalNumber …

While many independent tower companies grapple with the issue of whether to offer construction services as part of a one-stop shop, one company believes it can succeed purely in the …

An informal group of MobileMedia Communications Inc. unsecured creditors has formed to oppose the company’s proposed merger with Arch Communications Inc., saying it is unfair for them to finance Arch’s …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it has finalized an agreement to purchase the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.’s wireless handset facility in Piscataway, N.J. Motorola said it …

After disclosing fourth-quarter earnings would be below analysts’ projections and problems in its two-way pager production, Glenayre Technologies Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Gary Smith resigned last week, replaced …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Using technology from Brite Voice Systems, Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH said it launched Germany’s first personal number service that uses a subscriber’s mobile number as the single number. The service …

Happy New Year from the Nation’s Capital. Only 361 days until the new millennium, at which time we will get to see if the millennium bug-also known as Y2K-really is …

WASHINGTON-Wireless policies initiated by William Kennard, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, during his first year finally will be put in place by the end of the century, predicts the …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. announced it filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed public offering of 1.75 million shares of common stock …

ESPOO, Finland-Tecnomen, a designer and manufacturer of service and wide-area paging systems, reported it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum to strengthen its position as a leading supplier of unified …

Unified messaging is becoming a buzzword in the wireless industry, as the prospect of managing several communications options from one chosen device becomes more popular. Unified messaging allows users to …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired, a wireless communications provider in Louisiana and east Texas, announced it is expanding coverage to include all of Southwest Louisiana and will begin offering Sprint Spectrum …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s 1998 review of its regulations, with an eye toward eliminating those that were unnecessary, was insufficient, said FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. “The official 1998 review had …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Gensym Corp. and Ericsson Hewlett-Packard Telecommunications announced they installed the EHPT Fault Management eXpert at Rogers Cantel, a Canadian national wireless communications service provider. The FMX network product provides …