February 1999

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission arguing entities-including the Personal Communications Industry Association-that say the spectrum cap should remain in place “misrepresent …

Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite phones and dual-mode adapters, as well …

The Finnish government said it will be the first European country to grant third-generation mobile phone licenses by spring, and one company’s bid to use cdma2000 technology remains. Finland’s Ministry …

Utah state representative Ralph Becker said he has withdrawn his bid to ban drivers from using wireless phones. “After careful consideration, I have decided not to introduce legislation limiting the …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced a fourth quarter net loss of $45.4 million, or 73 cents per share, compared with $37.1 million, or 61 cents per share, reported for the …

While the domestic wireless industry struggles to determine the demand for wireless local loop services in the United States, Frontier Cellular in May will mark the one-year anniversary of the …

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. and EuroTel Bratislava said they have signed a $51 million contract to expand EuroTel’s Global System for Mobile communications system in Slovakia. Under the terms of the contract, …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates said it set an all-time record during 1998 by completing 118 transactions with an aggregate value of $5.7 billion. The year marked the most mergers and acquisitions, …

NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., parent of personal communications services provider Omnipoint Communications Inc., began a second round of serious discussions in January with potential strategic equity investors, said the corporation’s chairman …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved the $57 billion merger between AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc. As expected, TCI must divest its interest in Sprint Corp.’s personal communications services business as …

CLEVELAND-Wireless reseller Cellnet of Ohio last week filed a petition with the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to delay approval of the proposed merger of AirTouch Communications Inc. and Vodafone …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be attempting to develop policy goals to solve the “dead zone” problem. The FCC then would leave it to the cellular industry to come …

CLEVELAND-Sprint PCS said it launched service in northeast Ohio. The market includes Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Portage, Mahoning, Trumbull, Lake, Geauga, Wayne and Erie counties. In conjunction with the launch, …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced it entered the Canadian telecommunications market through an agreement to provide Bell Mobility with the dual-mode/dual-band Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services SCH-1530 phone. …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed a service-provider agreement with GTE Government Systems, a supplier of telecommunications systems to defense and civilian federal agencies. GTE intends to target Department …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said Siemens AG of Germany intends to withdraw from InterDigital’s B-CDMA Alliance. “We are obviously disappointed with Siemens decision,” said William Doyle, InterDigital president. …

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said its “GSM on the Net” solution for providing Internet Protocol-based wireless multimedia services will enter trials with Pacific Bell Wireless during the second quarter. During that time, …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. has bought a minority interest in the company by investing some $5 million in Geoworks common stock, representing about 7 percent of …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it must provide a supplemental disclosure statement to MobileMedia Corp.’s Class 6 general unsecured creditors, and then resolicit confirmation votes from them for the …

Called one of the largest deployments of mobile computing technology to date, BellSouth Corp. introduced a new, $163 million mobile computing platform created to give its 15,000 service technicians access …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has permitted the takeover of Puerto Rico’s government-run “principal local exchange service provider by a well-financed and experienced company,” GTE Holdings L.L.C. In …

DENVER-The New Zealand government said it will begin auctioning spectrum within the 2 GHz frequency bands March 29. The Ministry of Commerce will auction 35 management rights and about 1,600 …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, decreased by 36 percent to $1.3 million, compared with $1.9 million of revenues reported for the same time …

Increasingly, for wireless regulators, striking a policy balance on issues affecting competition, consumer safety and law enforcement is a big challenge. Owing in part to converging technologies and changing markets, …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to spur the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau to act on outstanding issues regarding the 800 MHz band, the Personal Communications Industry Association has sent a letter to …