1999

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile this week will introduce Share-A-Minute pricing that offers families and small businesses the option to share monthly access and home airtime minutes while combining free local …

NEW YORK-Triton PCS Holdings Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, and US Unwired Inc., a Sprint PCS affiliate, were more successful than they anticipated in their capital raising efforts. …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. House of Representatives last week approved a new District of Columbia appropriations conference report, which includes a provision to foster antenna siting in Rock Creek Park and on …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission proposing to offer up to 3.3 million additional shares of its common stock. Of the total, …

BERLIN-IBM’s Lotus Development Corp. launched a unified messaging initiative aimed to extend the Lotus Domino platform to wireless devices, so users may access Domino-based e-mail, voice and fax messages from …

Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Subscriber Systems Group introduced the DSP56690 baseband processor, capable of handling all existing wireless transmission standards, as part of its DigitalDNA+ portfolio for wireless systems. The processor …

LHS LHS Group Inc. said its net earnings during the third quarter rose to $11.7 million, up from $7.3 million a year earlier. Earnings per share increased to 20 cents, …

LONDON-Orange, the United Kingdom’s third-largest mobile operator, announced it is offering a new prepaid package, called Just Talk, that makes clear all conditions and charges upfront and offers existing prepaid …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. reported a net loss of $994,000, or six cents per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2000, compared with a loss of $4.6 million, or 29 …

BellSouth Corp. last week announced plans to restructure the company to better position itself to provide bundled services. The move comes just weeks after BellSouth failed in a bid to …

Nuevo Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. seems to be making moves to establish a nationwide wireless presence in Mexico. Bell Atlantic Global Wireless Inc. confirmed it is in discussions regarding …

The wireless industry is waiting to see how many customers are attracted to Sprint PCS Group’s wireless Internet services, but they will have to wait at least another quarter. Sprint …

NEW YORK-France Telecom last week proceeded toward its goal of becoming a pan-European provider of seamless mobile, wireline and Internet communications through an agreement to acquire controlling interest in E-Plus, …

WASHINGTON-In some respects, the Main Event was a non-event. Wireless stocks did not go into free fall. Major dailies did not go wild with follow-up stories on ABC’s “20/20” broadcast …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. will integrate fax-to-e-mail services in its MyPhone mobile portal offering through a deal with eFax.com, said eFax. As a result of the deal, phone users will …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. and Telecommunications par Satellite Mobiles SAS signed an agreement under which CellStar will distribute Globalstar terminals in most of TE.S.A.M.’s South American territories, said the companies. CellStar …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter of $17.1 million, an increase from the $12 million in revenues reported for third-quarter 1998. The company had net …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) were thwarted last week in their attempts to attach language to the FCC spending bill that would allow the government to …

OSLO, Norway-Telenor Satellite Services AS launched Inmarsat M4 service, a new global area network for multimedia applications that will improve the data transfer capabilities and the mobility of remote communication, …

NEW YORK-Aether Systems Inc., a middleware provider based in Owings Mills, Md., sold an initial public offering Oct. 20 of 6 million shares, a 23-percent equity stake, priced at $16 …

In the Oct. 18 issue of RCR, RCR’s Top 20 list of personal communications services operators excluded two markets Omnipoint Communications Inc. has launched. Michigan and Indiana should have been …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Deutsche Telekom AG announced it is buying a majority stake in MediaOne Group Inc.’s cellular phone assets in Central Europe and Russia for $2 billion. Under the agreement, Deutsche …

NEW YORK-During a quarter in which Bell Atlantic Corp. announced plans to create the largest U.S. wireless carrier via an agreement with Vodafone AirTouch plc, the company also posted favorable …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it completed the process of issuing stock and warrants in exchange for debt securities, reducing its total debt by $25 million in the process. …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. announced Metricom Inc. signed a 10-year master license agreement for up to 500 wireless data sites on Crown Castle’s domestic communications towers. Metricom is expected to …