March 1999

NEW YORK-After 2001 and Beyond L.L.C. posted strong sales of Intek Global Corp.’s Linear Modulation technology-based wireless products in the Dallas and El Paso, Texas, areas, Intek Global said it …

CANNES, France-CDMA proponents have their voice in the CDMA Development Group. TDMA advocates have their say through the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium. Now the GSM world has its own lobbying …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-GWcom Inc. said it received investment funding from Intel Corp., which GWcom plans to use to expand its business activities and provide it with the opportunity to collaborate …

Helsinki-based Sonera Group plc, Finland’s largest telecommunications carrier, plans a $1.1 billion issue of medium term notes to help finance its expansion plans. The partially privatized carrier, owned 78 percent …

WASHINGTON-When children squabble about whether one is being nice to the other, a parent often must render a judgment about the situation. When members of the Federal Communications Commission squabble, …

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said it received its third contract from Entel PCS in Chile to provide Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz network equipment to accommodate Entel’s rapidly expanding customer …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week formally opposed a bill to relax export restrictions on encryption products. Encryption is scrambling technology used to keep electronic communications, including wireless telephony, private. The …

LONDON-A new report compiled by The Strategis Group reveals per-minute revenues for European wireless operators have declined substantially from 64 cents per minute in 1995 to 47 cents per minute …

MILWAUKEE-Cumulus Media Inc. announced it established a new business unit, Cumulus Wireless Services Inc., which will lease space on its broadcast towers to communications service providers. Cumulus owns 194 AM …

A quote in the Feb. 22 issue in the story “FCC looks for policy goals to solve ‘dead zone’ issue” should have read: “Everything in the record has been presented …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.’s Network Solutions Sector introduced the M-Cell Horizonoffice, a Global System for Mobile communications wireless enterprise system. The Wireless Enterprise is Motorola NSS’ GSM in-building wireless communications strategy …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its affiliate, Telet S.A., launched digital cellular service in Greater Porto Alegre and Greater Caxias do Sul in the state of Rio Grande do Sul …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it has agreed to sell its Movil Amigo prepaid operation in Venezuela to Movilnet, the cellular operator subsidiary of CANTV. As part of the sale, CellStar …

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Hogan later this week could rule on the Justice Department’s expected motion for summary judgment against Nextel Communications Inc.’s lawsuit to vacate a 1995 antitrust …

REYNOSA, Mexico-Nokia Display Products, manufacturers of computer displays, said it opened its newest factory in Parque Industrial del Norte in Reynosa, Mexico. The facility currently employs 150 people producing 17-inch …

Sprint PCS is attempting to change the way the industry does business with affiliate companies, but the task has not been without its difficulties as some affiliate companies struggle to …

WASHINGTON-The House last week overwhelmingly passed wireless E911 and privacy bills, leaving it now to the Senate to move on the two measures that will curb eavesdropping on the 68 …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research Chairman George Carlo has informed federal regulators that five cell-culture studies under his purview raise questions about possible bioeffects from radio-frequency radiation emitted from mobile phones. Carlo, …

AMSTERDAM-Royal Philips Electronics Friday made a bid to acquire San Jose, Calif.-based VLSI Technology Inc., a company that designs and manufactures custom and semi-custom integrated circuits for the wireless communications …

WASHINGTON-The regulatory landscape for the personal communications services industry is dominated not by issues that are PCS-specific but by issues impacting the entire commercial mobile radio services industry. “Even though …

Personal communications services network buildout is largely complete in the nation’s largest markets, and carriers this year are beginning to focus their attention on filling in coverage and building out …

HOUSTON-Shaffer Tower Services Inc., a Houston-based communications consulting firm and tower construction company, announced it signed an agreement with Pathnet to upgrade their microwave system on a path that runs …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. and OmniAmerica Inc. announced they have completed their merger transaction. American Tower said it issued approximately 16.7 million shares of Class A common stock to OmniAmerica stockholders …

BALTIMORE-Judge E. Stephen Derby last week denied a motion by Pocket Communications Inc. to reverse its election, thus allowing the re-auction of all but 12 of Pocket’s licenses to go …

HELSINKI-Nokia Telecommunications announced the launch of the DX 200 i-series Nokia Service Routing Register, a new solution that helps Global System for Mobile communications operators simplify mobile number portability. The …