June 1999

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. completed the first phase of its buildout by launching digital wireless service in Richmond, Va., and Hickory-Lenoir, N.C. The company also recently initiated service in Roanoke …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. announced it is teaming with IBM Corp. to market and deliver billing and subscriber management solutions for the wireless industry. The alliance provides carriers with billing and subscriber …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. entered an agreement to acquire Dallas/Fort Worth Teleport, a full-service satellite telecommunications facility in Irving, Texas. The teleport supports 16 antennas offering video, voice and data services. …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it acquired Saville Systems plc, a worldwide provider of customer-care and billing software solutions. Under terms of the agreement, each ordinary share of Saville will be …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica S.A. and Motorola Inc. signed an agreement under which the two companies will collaborate more closely and Motorola will become a preferred supplier to Telefonica. The agreement also …

L.M. Ericsson wants the industry to know it plans to become a formidable contender in the cdmaOne infrastructure business. It’s been more than a month since the company completed its …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus ’99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year …

HILLSBORO, Ore.-TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement relating to the proposed offering of approximately 3.8 million shares of its common stock. Three million …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with KPN Telecom to supply an end-to-end Wireless Application Protocol solution to the carrier in the Netherlands. The two also said they will work …

KIRKLAND, Wash.(AP)-Craig McCaw, his family and ex-wife plan to exercise options for 17 million shares in Nextel Communications Inc., investing about $315 million in the wireless company. The McCaws originally …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. completed a master purchase agreement for Samsung’s open interface Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure equipment, said Samsung. AirTouch plans to install Samsung’s …

After nearly two years of fits and starts, the government of Argentina finally awarded six personal communications services licenses for a total consideration of about $850 million. The government awarded …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will acquire Nexabit Networks for about 14 million shares of Lucent common stock, or approximately $900 million. Nexabit is a privately held start-up …

WASHINGTON-Based on votes by the American public, the U.S. Postal Service declared the cellular phone the most popular 1990s memory, and will depict the cellular phone on a stamp scheduled …

ATLANTA-Nortel Networks and BellSouth Corp. signed a memorandum of understanding regarding a long-term global supply agreement that makes Nortel Networks’ communications equipment, software and services available to BellSouth at competitive …

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced a strategic relationship with 3Com Corp., designed to extend AOL e-mail to Palm Computing handheld devices. 3Com said it will bundle AOL’s new software in …

Supra Products rounded out its TRACcess family of electronic access devices with the introduction of its TRAC-Cabinet device. TRAC-Cabinet is a general purpose electronic cabinet lock designed to control and …

WASHINGTON-Bell Atlantic Corp. continues to study ways to take its wireless business public, said Dennis F. Strigl, chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic Global Wireless. Strigl also was a featured …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data Ltd. revealed plans to roll out a new national advertising campaign to support its Interactive Paging Service. The multimillion dollar print and radio campaign revolves around …

WASHINGTON-An appeals court last week told the Federal Communications Commission it could impose a cut in access charges but that it must review its rules regarding access charges before April …

BRAINARDSVILLE, N.Y.-Bell Atlantic Corp. said it has begun testing wireless local loop technology as an alternative to traditional landline telephone service for many of the company’s rural customers. “If it …

SAN FRANCISCO-Australian telecommunications provider Telstra Corp. Ltd. welcomed the Australian parliament’s decision to pass the Telstra Sale Bill and the government’s announcement it will sell down an additional 16.6 percent …

MINDEN, La.-Fibrebond Corp. said its new $7.5 million, 210,000-square-foot Minden, La., production plant went online this month, replacing the company’s 15-year-old plant that burned to the ground on Sept. 20, …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The GSM Association appointed Robert G. Conway its new director general. Conway was the former head of global business development for Motorola Inc.’s International Network Ventures Group, and he …

NEW YORK-3Com Corp. introduced a wireless modem PC card, called the 3Com Megahertz 56K Global GSM & Cellular Modem PC Card, which connects laptop computers to Global System for Mobile …