March 1999

EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Developer Services announced it will manage the developer training for Nextel Communications Inc.’s new Nextel Online family of wireless Internet services. Zsigo will begin Nextel developer …

BOSTON-CDS Business Mapping announced it entered into an agreement with AAT Communications to list their sites on the Telecom Site Source, an Internet search engine maintained by CDS Business Mapping …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said its European service licensee, MCS Europe, will announce to its business partners at the “Doing Business in Europe ’99” trade show and conference, the official …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. announced it acquired from CommStructures Communications Inc. of Pensacola, Fla., 10 towers in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and a build-to-suit contract for 11 towers …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University is working to set a research agenda that will facilitate deployment of General Packet Radio Service, a new wave in wireless …

Ukraine Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According to the agreement, Transexpo will …

EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-A new chip technology developed by IBM Corp. could lead to smaller electronic devices, including cellular phones and personal computers, said the company. The semiconductor technology IBM developed …

CANNES, France-InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced its new packet-switched networking capability that provides interoperability between Global System for Mobile communications wireless and Internet protocol networks at the GSM World Congress …

STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc., a provider of customer-care and billing services to wireless carriers and resellers, formed a strategic business alliance with Novazen Inc. The alliance calls for …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has changed to stable from negative its outlook on $279 million in Ba1-rated debt securities issued by SK Telecom Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea. “The change …

SAN DIEGO-Pegaso PCS, the Mexican operating company of Leap Wireless International Inc., last week launched its first market in Tijuana, Mexico. The company plans to build a nationwide network in …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced it changed the accounting for its acquisition of Coral Systems Inc. in November 1997. The restatement results in an increase in net income for the fourth …

TOKYO-Anticipating the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) scheduled March decision regarding key characteristics for the third-generation cellular, IMT-2000, Japanese carriers are mounting efforts to be able to kick off their 3G …

Sources close to International Telecommunication Union activity on third-generation technology say standards likely will not be set during the 31 March meeting in Brazil. The ITU had hoped ideally by …

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 …

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 …

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 …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it is registered with the International Telecommunication Union as a Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite Memorandum of Understanding repository member. The company now is …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …