March 1999

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it closed a $13.5 million secured financing transaction with GATX Capital Corp. Per the agreement, GATX Capital has the option of making available an …

South Korea Centigram Communications Corp. announced it signed a $2.4 million agreement with South Korea-based Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. to expand the voice-messaging capabilities on Shinsegi’s Code Division Multiple Access network. …

Frontier Corp., one of the parents of Frontier Cellular, announced plans to merge with Global Crossing Ltd., an independent global fiber-optic network operator. The transaction is valued at about $11.2 …

The Federal Communications Commission could rule today on whether Leap Wireless International Inc. is qualified to own C-and F-block personal communications services licenses and bid in tomorrow’s reauction of C-block …

MobileMedia Corp. said it filed a stipulation to its reorganization plan with the U.S. bankruptcy court in order to appease certain unsecured creditors who have objected to it. The reorganization …

WASHINGTON-Despite the fact that the government has extended the time for wireless carriers to implement number portability, the government needs to alert all wireless carriers-especially rural ones-they need to begin …

NEW YORK-Television programming often can be as good a barometer as hard numbers about trends that are hot, and so it is with the wireless tower industry. In a recent …

VLSI Technology Inc. announced its board of directors adopted a new shareholder rights agreement and bylaw amendments to fend off a hostile bid from Royal Philips Electronics. Philips launched the …

Polson on target regarding public’s RF perception Thank you for Peter Polson’s excellent article “Public opposition expected to rise about RFR radiation,” Feb. 8 in RCR. I agree that there …

SAN DIEGO-If you are a small specialized mobile radio operator, which trade association, if any, should you belong to? Three trade associations, all based in the Washington, D.C., area, purport …

WASHINGTON-In a policy paper presented to the Rural Task Force on universal service, Western Wireless Corp. reiterated that rural local exchange carriers should not get special treatment from regulators. Gene …

Qualcomm Inc. seems to be waging an uphill battle with the Federal Communications Commission over its quest for a pioneer’s preference mobile phone license it believes it deserves for cdmaOne …

WASHINGTON-In reporting its year-end 1998 results, Pathnet Inc. also announced it expanded its wholesale-to-carriers digital broadband access provision strategy beyond wireless to include fiber-optic cable, supplied exclusively by Lucent Technologies …

SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-VLSI Technology Inc. announced it has incorporated Bluetooth technology into its portfolio of wireless technologies and, with L.M. Ericsson, has co-developed a Bluetooth baseband processor. The company also said …

Resistance to unsightly towers has prompted many wireless carriers to site their antennas on existing structures such as buildings and water towers to reduce the visual impact of their equipment. …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Data Forum, a technology-neutral trade association for wireless data and mobile computing, announced the North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. became its newest member. The GSM Alliance is a …

SAN DIEGO-Contrary to persistent rumors, Nextel Communications Inc.-the largest specialized mobile radio operator-will remain a member of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association for at least another year, AMTA board members …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. announced its president, Douglas G. Dwyre, will retire from his position at the end of the month but will serve on the company’s board of …

DENVER-Telecom Italia Spa has received permission from its board of directors to merge with its mobile phone operator subsidiary, Telecom Italia Mobile, as a defensive measure against a hostile takeover …

OTTAWA, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it has developed and demonstrated an order of magnitude increase in the coverage radius of 800 MHz cdmaOne base stations to improve the economics of rural …

NEW YORK-RadiSys closed March 1 on a $28 million purchase of IBM Corp.’s Arctic business, the first of up to 10 acquisitions the Hillsboro, Ore., company plans during the next …

NEW YORK-A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., which holds a minority stake in both Orange plc and Western Wireless Corp., plans to issue $547 million in Euro-denominated bonds …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.), reacting to persistent complaints that federal law inadequately addresses the impact of antenna proliferation on property values, aesthetics and health, plan to …

NEW YORK-L-3 Communications signed an agreement to acquire Aydin Corp., under which L-3 Communications will purchase all of the outstanding common stock of Aydin for $13.50 per share in cash. …

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry apparently knew what it was doing when it waited for Reed Hundt to retire as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission before asking that the spectrum cap …