Bell Atlantic Mobile agreed to acquire the remaining minority interests in the cellular license for the Reading, Pa., metropolitan area, covering a population of 350,000 for about $20 million. Bell Atlantic already owned 51 percent of the Reading area license, and now has purchased...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. opened a $26 million, 284,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Shakopee, Minn., near its Minneapolis headquarters.ADC's Broadband Connectivity Group is housed in the new facility. The BCG makes broadband connectivity products for wireless, twisted pair copper, fiber-optic and coaxial networks.To keep workers...
Possio InternationalWireless fax machinePossio International, based in Sweden, introduced the PM80, a wireless, briefcase-portable terminal for transmitting and receiving fax messages. The device connects to a mobile phone with either infrared light or a PC card. The portable fax machine will be upgradable to...
RICHMOND, England-Powertel Inc. plans to use new additions to the ADC Metrica family of network performance management tools for its personal communications services network, ADC Metrica announced.The PCS carrier plans to use Metrica/GDS to monitor cell, route and switch performance, and Metrica/Web to download...
SAN DIEGO-ADC Wireless Systems and interWave Communications International Ltd., which provides digital microcellular network systems worldwide, announced they have reached an exclusive agreement to sell microcellular systems in China, strengthening their existing strategic agreement."We are confident that the combination of our microcell technology and...
WINCHESTER, Mass.-Hong Kong's New World Telephone Group selected ADC Metrica's network performance management system for use in its personal communications services network, which was launched in August.Metrica said its system will help New World combat problems that occur with high call congestion rates and...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced the release of its EZT3 DS3 access multiplexer, which it said gives carriers the power of simple network management protocol and flexible capacity upgrades.ADC said the product frees up rack space and simplifies the network management through increased visibility. ADC...
Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000)1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,0002 NEC Corp. $41,174,0003 Motorola Inc. $27,973,0004 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,0005 Ericsson...
Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000)1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,0002 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,0003 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,1524 NEC Corp. $718,0005 Nokia...
Editor's note: On the previous page are five charts ranking major telecommunications vendors according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenues from 1995 to 1996, percentage change in income from 1995 to 1996 and two-year total return on investment.Nordby International Inc. of Boulder, Colo.,...
RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN1 Brightpoint Inc. 259.88%2 Tellabs Inc. 169.96%3 Specialty Teleconstructors 150.00%4 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 149.00%5 WinStar Communications, Inc. 132.53%6 ...
Metrica says it holds the sole championship title in its corner of the global telecom industry, network performance management. The United States is especially promising right now for its business, as personal communications services licensees start up their networks.The company is just one of...
Anadigics Inc. said it began volume production and shipments of its AWT919D dual-band/dual-mode power amplifier. The product is designed for use in dual-band cellular and personal communications services transmitter applications, the company said. It consists of two amplifier chains, one to operate in the...
Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license to distribute Midland two-way radio products in Western Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East...
NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers."It's all about making the Internet easier to use. The customers coming on line today are not information...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. will acquire the infrastructure equipment group of Pacific Communication Sciences Inc., according to a definitive agreement. ADC said it will purchase the group in a cash deal valued at $23 million."To realize our goal of expanding ADC's presence in mobile and...
American Portable Telecom Inc. said it continues to consider investments by one or more strategic partners, including Korea Telecom. The company said so far no agreements have been reached.Headquartered in Chicago, APT has licenses to provide personal communications services in markets covering 27.3 million...
InterDigital Communications Corp. announced it has signed a contract valued at $43 million to provide UltraPhone Time Division Multiple Access digital wireless loop systems to the Pakistan Telecommunications Co. Ltd. It is the single largest order of the UltraPhone to date, the company said....
American Digital Communications Inc. said it has signed an $18 million vendor financing agreement that will cover the purchase of 220 MHz equipment by ADC customers for the next three years.Providing the financing is United Capital One, a subsidiary of United Nevada Discount of...
PCS eyes cable TV's lineCompetitive times call for innovation.During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused gas pipelines. The company ran fiber optic cable through its pipes and marketed it to telecommunications...
PCS eyes cable TV's lineCompetitive times call for innovation.During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused gas pipelines. The company ran fiber optic cable through its pipes and marketed it to telecommunications...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced its first agreement to acquire a software company-Metrica Systems Ltd. The purchase will be a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $36 million, the company said.ADC said the acquisition is part of a newly expanded product strategy to offer software solutions...
