March 1999

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 …

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent said it launched SmartWave, its local, long-distance, high-speed data and Internet service for small- to medium-sized businesses in New Orleans, bringing its number of markets served across the …

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore said it plans to deploy its AirCore platform prepaid solution in Nigeria for cellular operator Bourdex Telecommunications. The Tecore system will connect to Nitel, the public switched telephone …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. launched its new customer-care and billing software, “Targys-the millennium series,” for the global telecommunications industry. Targys easily can be integrated with other software, regardless of hardware and …

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 …

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, …

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 …

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 …

CANNES, France – L.M. Ericsson Inc. displayed the R250 PRO, its water, dust and shock resistant mobile phone, for use on the Global System for Mobile communications 900 and GSM …

WASHINGTON-Consumer advocates are opposed to the “policy goals” approach government appears to have embraced to solve the wireless 911 dead-zone problem and have raised concerns about the decision-making process associated …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Global System for Mobile communications operator Vodafone Ltd. announced a collaborative agreement to implement Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems technology, a third-generation standard chosen by the European …

Despite increasing competition expected from wireless phone services, the Chinese paging market will continue to grow at a rate of 17.7 percent during the next five years, according to a …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. said it acquired AirBanc Wireless Solutions Inc., broadening its product line and business applications for transaction-based networks. “Sierra can now deliver an extremely efficient and …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed an agreement to partner with MCI WorldCom Inc. to distribute STC’s prepaid cellular services under the MCI WorldCom brand name. “With MCI …

CANNES, France-Sensei Ltd. announced it signed licensing and engineering consulting agreements with Telemac Corp. Under the agreements, Telemac’s handset-based prepaid technology will be licensed for use in Sensei’s new mobile …

BOULDER,Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. said it plans to offer its InfoConnect suite of location-based services to wireless carriers. Applications of InfoConnect include localized traffic and weather updates and emergency roadside services. …

NASHUA, N.H.-Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with eXpert Wireless Solution for radio-frequency network planning and services for Sanders’ line of personal communications services …

DENVER-In response to aggressive moves made by its competitors, U S West Inc. announced it is committed to spending an additional $300 million in 1999 to support earlier deployment of …

As the FCC awkwardly confronts one challenge after another with respect to Phase I and Phase II E911 implementation and the ‘dead zone’ issue, one gets a faint sense that …

CANNES, France-Nextel Communications Inc. last week announced plans at the GSM World Congress to establish roaming between its iDEN-based networks and Global System for Mobile communications systems in Europe and …