1999

PETALUMA, Calif.-Tegal Corp. said RF Micro Devices Inc. placed a follow-on order for Tegal’s 901G diode plasma etcher. The tool will be used for etching devices on gallium arsenide substrates-widely …

NEW ORLEANS-The fiery politics that once characterized the third-generation standards-setting process is rapidly dying, members of a 3G panel said at the PCS ’99 show last week in New Orleans, …

ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it will supply Powertel Inc. with its Heliax coaxial cable, RingFlare connectors, SureFlex cable assemblies, SureGround radio-frequency grounding kits and surge arrestors. Andrew’s installation accessories, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Sanyo Fisher Co., a division of Sanyo North America Corp., announced an exclusive agreement that calls for Sanyo Fisher to supply Sprint PCS with its …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-AudioVox Communications Corp. introduced a new line of “clamshell” style cellular handsets. The line will debut with the PCX-3500XL. Made exclusively for PrimeCo Communications L.P., the phone has a …

MADRID, Spain-Nortel Networks was selected by Airtel Movil S.A. to supply a wireless/wireline packet network valued at about $50 million during the next two years. The converged network will be …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. selected American Wireless to distribute a broad line Qualcomm’s consumer products, American Wireless announced. Carriers, retailers, resellers, dealers and independent agents can order Qualcomm Code Division …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced the commercial availability of its Code Division Multiple Access wireless network across the metropolitan Adelaide, Australia, area. Coverage also will extend to the Adelaide Hills, …

SAN DIEGO – OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced that Wide Telecom in Korea will produce a voice pager using OmniVoice’s VoiceOver technology. Wide Telecom is the second manufacturer to license OmniVoice’s …

NEW ORLEANS-Motorola Inc. and Audible, a provider of Internet-delivered spoken audio content, demonstrated at Personal Communications Showcase ’99 in New Orleans the direct downloading of spoken audio content to digital …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. entered into an agreement with TV Azteca S.A. de C.V. in Mexico under which American Tower will loan up to $120 million to TV Azteca in exchange …

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will begin a Wireless Application Protocol trial with customers in some of its Global System for Mobile communications markets next month in a partnership …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. signed a multimillion dollar contract for Global System for Mobile communications base station subsystem equipment with High Plains/Midwest L.L.C., a wireless service provider operating in Kansas. …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. said it introduced its two-way, advanced voice messaging technology with cellular carriers in Puerto Rico and Chile, and confirmed the technology is meeting unserved needs in …

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Wireless Data said it plans to introduce a portfolio of secure wireless electronic-commerce offerings by the end of this year. The company also announced several companies it is …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments plans to introduce today a chipset that combines radio-frequency data transmission and reception with a microcontroller unit. The chipset consists of the TRF6900 single-chip RF transceiver, which provides …

NEW ORLEANS-Aquis Communications Group Inc. is in the process of buying bankrupt paging carrier SourceOne Wireless Inc. of Chicago. John Adiletta, Aquis president and CEO, said his company first entered …

WASHINGTON-Key lawsuits are set to go forward next month involving claims of fraudulent auditing and privacy violations against Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. and an allegation that a prototype mobile phone …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it signed two contracts, valued at more than $55 million, with Advanced Info Service Public Co. Ltd. in Thailand for the expansion of its Global System …

WASHINGTON-The federal government moved closer to life in the 21st century with two actions that will help law enforcement, while allowing companies to develop new technologies. The White House announced …

Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new customers added to their networks. These …

NEW YORK-The Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce is engaged in a monumental juggling act with significant implications for levies on telecommunications in general, judging by comments at its two-day hearing …

Cupertino, Calif.-based chip manufacturer DSP Communications Inc. today plans to introduce two new products for current and future Code Division Multiple Access handsets. Immediately available is DSPC’s new CDMA Manufacturers …

TIVERTON, R.I.-S.V. Designs Inc., which provides wireless phone companies aesthetic concealment solutions for their antennas and cables, announced it expanded its service area from New England to now include the …

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced its CellEase program has evolved into a universal payment method for prepaid wireless services. As a central payment and card redemption system, CellEase enables …