June 1999

China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code Division Multiple Access networks operated by …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.’s contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., a cellular operator in the eastern region of Colombia, has been upgraded to provide full nationwide deployment of PhonePrint 5.0, …

Paging resellers Your Phone Company Inc. of Portland, Ore., and Page Club USA of Seattle last week won a lawsuit against the Oregon branch of Paging Network Inc. and were …

WASHINGTON-State regulators are concerned the Federal Communications Commission this week will adopt an item suggesting calling party pays is a commercial mobile radio service exempt from state regulation. There is …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. entered into an agreement under which WinStar will provide communications capabilities, including local and long-distance telephone, high-speed data and Internet …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International’s board of directors named Ted Miller chairman. Miller also is the company’s chief executive officer. He succeeds Carl Ferenbach as chairman. Ferenbach was named lead director, said …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hitachi Ltd. of Japan has selected its UP.Browser microbrowser to offer Internet and data features on Code Division Multiple Access phones. Hitachi’s C201H phone, the …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-In keeping with its strategy to focus exclusively on the worldwide communications equipment market, Harris Corp. announced it is selling its semiconductor business to a subsidiary of Sterling Holding …

MIAMI-MasTec Inc. announced it filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering 2 million shares of common stock for use for future North American operations.

More than a year after receiving a favorable ruling from a Dallas bankruptcy judge, General Wireless Inc. still is crafting its business plan and searching for financing. The company, which …

MONTREAL-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. said it closed a debt transaction that raised about $150 million from the issue of 12-percent senior discount notes due 2009 at 55.73 percent amount at maturity …

SWINDON, U.K.-Motorola Inc. said it achieved the world’s first voice call over Global System for Mobile communications connected Internet Protocol technology. Motorola gave the demonstration at a conference in London, …

BETHESDA, Md.-Mobeo Inc. announced it signed a software license agreement with Comstar Inc., under which Comstar may market the mobeo 1.0 interactive stock quote service. Comstar said it will sell …

REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. announced it plans to work with Korea Telecom Freetel to develop a standards-based Internet and corporate service platform based on Microsoft products, such as Windows NT, Commercial …

DAPHNE, Ala.-Communitronics of America Inc. announced it has completed integrating Data Paging Inc. into the company, following its acquisition in December. Communitronics is a paging and specialized mobile radio operator …

CULVER CITY, Calif.-Digitcom Services Inc. announced it has developed a new routing hub that will allow any paging carrier in the world to link services with any other, on any …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service, London, assigned a speculative grade rating of Ba3 to Orange plc’s planned private placement of $562 million in 10-year senior notes. “The Ba3 rating factors in …

DALLAS-Nokia Corp. received a $165 million order from Telefonica Celular in Brazil to supply Nokia’s 6180 and 5180 Code Division Multiple Access cellular handsets. Deliveries are expected to begin this …

MILAN-Omnitel launched its new Web portal-Omnitel 2000-last week in Milan. The portal provides access to more than 150 different services and the Internet from any type of telephone connection using …

The Operators Harmonization Group, an ad hoc assembly of mobile phone operators from around the world, sent its third-generation technology harmonization proposal to the International Telecommunication Union, which meets in …

LIVONIA, Mich.-Omnipoint Communications, Cedar Knolls, N.J., announced June 4 its intention to enter into an operating partnership with NPI Wireless, Livonia, Mich. The companies plan to jointly design, deploy and …

PHOENIX-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Semiconductor Physics of Frankfurt, Germany, to jointly develop a new wireless platform based on …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Microsoft Exchange users soon will have wireless access to their desktop data via paging devices, according to a strategic agreement Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed with Infowave Software Inc. According …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar L.P. announced its fixed telephone terminal was approved for use throughout the European Union, which the company said will speed the certification process for the phone in …

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon, already at war in the Middle East and the Balkans, now faces a major confrontation at home over several bills that would benefit the Department of Defense at …