June 1999

NEW YORK-At least some shareholders are unhappy about last week’s announcement that Securicor plc, which owns 40 percent of Cellnet, a United Kingdom cellular carrier, plans to acquire Intek Global …

ARLINGTON, Va.-According to statistics compiled by the Telecommunications Industry Association, U.S. exports of telecommunications equipment for first quarter 1998 totaled nearly $5.3 billion, and the greatest increases were in paging …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. said it entered into a purchase agreement to acquire approximately 75 communication sites in central and southern Illinois from Illinois PCS, a Sprint PCS affiliate. The 75 …

MINNEAPOLIS-U S West Wireless and SCC Communications Corp. announced the first deployment of Phase 1 wireless enhanced 911 for U S West Advanced PCS customers in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net announced it formed an Enterprise Business Group, dedicated to providing enterprise solutions by wirelessly enabling Internet, e-commerce, auction and portal sites. The group will use Datalink.net’s proprietary …

ATLANTA-Broadband Internet service provider Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. announced plans to test Triton Network Systems Inc.’s consecutive point 100 Mbps radio as part of a trial broadband network platform providing …

Authentix Authentix Network Inc. announced David Rowan and Raymond Szull joined the company as regional vice presidents in sales. Rowan will be based in Pennsylvania and will be responsible for …

Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, has been tied to several announcements in the weeks preceding its impending initial public offering that have served to elevate the company to new levels …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, announced it has commenced with its initial public offering of 4 million shares of common stock, priced at $16 a share. Shares began …

WASHINGTON-To the delight of the wireless industry, the Federal Communications Commission last week declared that if and when calling-party-pays service is authorized, it will be a nationwide optional service. It …

NCR NCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer’s readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called …

In a routine filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, BellSouth Corp. suggested it might be interested in increasing its ownership stake in broadband company Qwest Communications International Inc. The …

WASHINGTON-The Fixed Wireless Communications Coalition has asked the Federal Communications Commission to issue rules that will help terrestrial microwave fixed services more easily share spectrum with fixed satellite service operators. …

ATLANTA-Southern LINC, the digital wireless communications services arm of energy company Southern Co., announced plans to offer a suite of wireless data and Internet services beginning this fall. Southern LINC, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission June 7 announced it will auction 2,499 licenses for paging services on Dec. 7. The licenses are in the upper bands (929-930 MHz and 931-932 MHz). …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said it has entered into a nationwide marketing and promotional relationship with PageMaster Corp., a national promotions company based in Thousands Oaks, Calif. Under the agreement, PageMaster …

NEW YORK-With the creation of San Francisco-based OffRoad Capital Corp., the realm of angels, those wealthy people who invest patient capital in promising start-ups, has moved into cyberspace. OffRoad describes …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week changed its rules regarding when private wireless users must get permission to use centralized trunking systems. In centralized trunking systems, the repeater assigns the …

NEW YORK-Turkcell, the largest Global System for Mobile Communications operator in Turkey, said June 8 it has asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for permission to go public later …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced last week that access to its Universal Licensing System will soon be available via the Internet. “Anyone with a computer and Internet software will be …

WASHINGTON-U.S. Digital Communications Inc. announced it has begun curtailing the operations of its International Satellite Group Inc. subsidiary, citing difficulties in selling Iridium L.L.C. goods and services. “Due to the …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $5.4 billion, a 36-percent increase from the $4 billion in revenues reported for the previous year. The …

NEW YORK-Wavecom S.A., a French provider of digital wireless standard modules, went public June 9 with a 3.3 million share offering at 13.50 euro per share and $14 per American …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week warned that failure by Congress to support renewal of normal trade relations with China could kill negotiations on China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission has started a consumer awareness campaign about number exhaustion. “People have a lot of questions about their area codes. This information campaign will …