International Wireless

The regional telephone companies, as well as AirTouch Communications Inc. and GTE Corp., have collectively invested more than $10 billion in international telecommunications ventures, according to a report issued by …

Geotek Communications Inc. announced its plans to restructure corporate assets and management structure to focus resources on its operations in the United States. Geotek said it has reached agreements to …

PHILADELPHIA-Grupo Iusacell, Bell Atlantic Corp.’s communications venture in Mexico, plans to launch Mexico’s first Code Division Multiple Access network as part of a $200 million upgrade beginning in Mexico City …

ArrayComm Inc. announced that G. John Gruen III will fill the newly created position of director of corporate development. Gruen will be responsible for building and enhancing strategic partnerships and …

U S West Inc. said it plans to split U S West Media Group and U S West Communications Group into separate public companies with separate boards of directors sometime …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service assigned a low-tier speculative grade rating of Caa1 to Telesystem International Wireless Inc.’s planned issue of $167 million in 10-year senior discount notes paying 10.5 percent …

NEW YORK-Two months into Bell Atlantic Corp.’s completed acquisition of Nynex Corp., company executives told the investment community they expect greater savings and higher earnings growth than originally envisioned for …

PageMart Wireless Inc. announced its international paging network is now operational, as a result of recent agreements with telecom companies in Mexico, Panama and El Salvador. These agreements-added to those …

Tectonic Engineering Consultants P.C. named Robert E. Lister a supervising engineer, with responsibility for the structural design and analysis of buildings, infrastructure projects and wireless communication facilities. A licensed professional …

WorldCom Inc. last week made an unsolicited offer to merge with MCI Communications Corp. in a deal that would eclipse British Telecommunications plc’s planned acquisition of MCI, which has been …

Bad hair week for the Baby Bells and smut police. A near miss for wireless. The Justice Department last Wednesday recommended against Ameritech’s foray into the Michigan long-distance market. So …

NEW YORK-Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Montreal, was expected to place privately last week a 10-year note issue of about $150 million to help finance its overseas ventures in cellular telephony, …

Mobil Rom, a consortium led by France Telecom Group, launched Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular services in Romania. Called Dialog GSM, the service already is in high demand, …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Media Group said it began shifting its focus to cable networks during the first quarter, even as its domestic wireless subscriber base grew 38 percent. The …

Core performance helps Bell Atlantic with PrimeCo costs PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Corp.’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Raymond Smith, said during the first quarter the company was able to absorb start-up …

SAN FRANCISCO-MobiFon, the Romanian cellular venture of Telesystem International Wireless of Canada and AirTouch Communications Inc., launched commercial service less than five months after receiving a license. The network uses …

Small- and medium-sized dispatch radio operators gathering at the 21st annual International Wireless Communications Expo this week in Las Vegas will recognize each other as the fierce competitors they are …

APRIL 13-15 4th Annual Credit Risk Management Forum, by American Management Systems Inc. Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego. (703) 267-5280. 14 Making Sense of the New Telecommunications Marketplace, by …

APRIL 7-11 Infocom ’97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Kobe, Japan. (714) 856-5474. 8-9 Wireless Interconnection ’97, by Bellcore. Hotel Royal Plaza, Orlando, Fla. (800) 832-2463. …

Cellular offsets PCS costs for TDS CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said strong cellular performance was offset by personal communications services development costs to produce a decline in net income …

The Romanian Ministry of Communications awarded two 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications licenses to the consortia of Mobil Rom, led by France Telecom International Mobiles, and to MobiFon, …

NOVEMBER 4-6 Wireless Buildout 1996-MTAs 83, 85 and 77, by ShoreCliff Communications. Coeur d’Alene Resort, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. (714) 443-3735. 4-6 Mobile Business ’96, by Telecommunications Industry Association. Utrecht, The …

Nextel Communications Inc. charted a new frontier in its acquisition strategy with plans to buy most of Wireless Ventures of Brazil Inc., owner of Brazil’s only nationwide specialized mobile radio …

Sixteen wireless operators have made the cut to be considered possible partners for Greece’s government telephone company. Watching the success of the country’s two private cellular providers, the government has …

OCTOBER 28-29 Mergers & Acquisitions in Media and Communications, by Management Circle. The New York Helmsley, New York. (800) 338-3004. 28-29 New Paradigms in Telecommunications Research & Development: Rapidly Bringing …