May 1999

WASHINGTON-Diginet Americas Inc. said it has secured a local carrier license and spectrum concessions from the Peruvian Transportation and Communications Ministry for the province of Lima. In addition to the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau told private wireless advocates it is inclined to grant 54 waivers by Nextel Communications Inc., which would allow Nextel to use private wireless …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-The Telecommunications and Electronics Consortium for Latin America and the U.S. Government both have filed comments with Anatel in Brazil regarding Anatel’s proposed rules on equipment purchases by …

Industry executives in February hailed the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue agreement as a major breakthrough in the 3G debate, but today it appears standards bodies have made little progress to pursue …

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-In an effort to maintain and improve its service quality and reliability in the New York metro area, Bell Atlantic Mobile unveiled its new mobile testing vehicle loaded with …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it signed a one-year agreement to distribute prepaid cellular phone kits for CTI Compania de Telefonos del Interior S.A., the second-largest wireless carrier in Argentina. The …

In addition to adding towers to their portfolios, tower management companies also have started to bring wireless construction capabilities in-house in an effort to offer their carrier customers one-stop shopping. …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its subsidiary, Dolphin Telecom plc, closed an offering of $295 million of 14-percent senior discount notes due 2009. The net proceeds were approximately $144 million, …

MONTREAL-Dolphin Telecom plc said it completed the first trans-Atlantic third-generation wireless call using a wideband-Code Division Multiple Access network in Canada and Dolphin’s Trans European Trunked Radio network in the …

UNITED KINGDOM ICO Global Communications Ltd. said it has commenced a rights offering that will permit shareholders to purchase up to approximately 207.6 million ordinary shares of ICO at $5 …

As deregulation slowly takes hold of the U.S. electric utility industry, many companies are beginning to take a look at wireless telecommunications as a way to hold on to their …

WASHINGTON-A federal district court in California handed AirTouch Paging of California a victory when it granted summary judgment in an interconnection case against Pacific Bell. Pacific Bell must offer AirTouch …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. last week agreed to a management buyout of its Semiconductor Components Unit in a deal led by Texas Pacific Group, a private investment partnership that specializes in …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs Ltd., a provider of billing and related information systems to telecommunications carriers, has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a secondary offering of 20 million shares …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. raised $850 million last week from the sale of two 12-year note issues totaling $482 million and a secondary offering of 21 million shares of common …

WASHINGTON-The leaders of the four telecommunications trade associations, which are suing the Department of Justice over implementation of the digital wiretap act, met with Assistant Attorney General Stephen Colgate on …

At last Wednesday’s hearing on wireless 911 legislation, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) made special note of a front-page Washington Post story published that day about communications problems hindering rescue efforts …

The buzz phrase of the wireless data industry this year is Internet portal, and AvantGo Inc. hopes to capitalize on this attention by introducing a free interactive Internet service called …

NEW YORK-The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York handed NextWave Personal Communications Inc. a big victory May 13, cutting its C-block license bid obligation to $1.023 …

NEW YORK-A class action lawsuit was filed last week by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers frustrated by dropped calls, busy signals and other indications of possible network unreliability. The case …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced worldwide cdmaOne subscribers totaled 28.5 million at the end of March, a one-year increase of 309 percent. The North American Code Division Multiple …

In the May 10 issue of RCR, the device used with American Mobile Satellite Corp.’s new eLink service should have been identified as the RIM 850 from Research In Motion …

ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C. announced an agreement that will extend its Cellemetry Data Services throughout the 17-state area covered by Western Wireless Corp. With the agreement, Cellemetry said it now covers 92 …

WASHINGTON-A new treaty to curb bribery of public officials should help U.S. wireless firms become more competitive in the emerging global telecom marketplace. The accord, signed by the United States …