March 1997

Globalstar Canada was granted approval by Industry Canada to provide mobile wireless services throughout Canada using the Globalstar satellite-based telecommunications system. It is the first big low-earth-orbit license to be …

Siemens Wireless Terminals, a unit of Siemens Business Communication Systems Inc., will supply Global System for Mobile communications handsets to Western Wireless Corp. Siemens values the contract at $35 million. …

WEST POINT, Ga.-InterCel Inc. said it will let the bond market settle down before it offers a new issue of $300 million of Senior Notes due 2007. InterCel announced March …

QUEBEC CITY-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. will activate its personal communications services network April 3 in Quebec City, which initially will provide service in 23 municipalities of the greater metropolitan area, said …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission accepted 27 applications for participation in its Wireless Communications Services auction of 128 licenses, scheduled to begin April 15; 16 other applications have been returned for …

NEW YORK-“Right now we are on the cusp of major breakthroughs in the inter-operability of different applications on smart cards for [personal communications services],” Mark Ferdinands, product manager for G&D …

Aerial Communications Inc. launched its first U.S. personal communications services network in Columbus, Ohio. The company’s Global System for Mobile communications service is available through company-owned retail stores as well …

If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation’s three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great …

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. introduced its Priceless Page caller-pays paging service in Chicago. The program allows Preferred’s customers to offer a paging service with no monthly fee. The program is being …

Architel Systems Corp. will provide its Automatic Service Activation Program to L.M. Ericsson for use in Ericsson’s service activation product to allow service providers and network operators to activate service …

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp.’s Network Services Group will provide installation services to Cox California PCS Inc., according to an agreement Metawave values at $500,000. Metawave said it will provide rigging …

Motorola Inc. said it has filed a motion in federal district court for the Southern District of California seeking a dismissal of an action Qualcomm Inc. initiated in San Diego. …

Logic. So the Federal Communications Commission is willing to modify the C-block payment plan to allow license holders to make one annual payment rather than four quarterly payments. That makes …

If one were to ask Congress for a written transcript of the Feb. 2, 1993, Capitol Hill briefing on alleged health risks from portable wireless phones, the reply would be …

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it plans to restructure its operations in an effort to maximize shareholder value. The company will spin off its Asian operations under the name Sanbao …

WASHINGTON-A U.S. district court judge in New York ruled March 12 that Joseph Viggiano, a principal of telemarketing concern Micom Corp., was guilty of selling fraudulent Federal Communications Commission paging …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), reacting to continuing thefts on the information superhighway, is expected this spring to sponsor comprehensive legislation that bolsters wireless privacy and security. The …

NEW YORK-With just 0.04 mobile telephones per 100 people today, Russia is fertile ground for an expanding wireless industry, said Alexander Nyago, general director of AO North-West GSM, a St. …

WASHINGTON-The worldwide market for cellular and personal communications services will reach more than 500 million subscribers by 2002, predicted The Strategis Group in its “World Cellular and PCS Markets: 1997” …

Austria’s Ministry for Science and Transport announced a tender for a Digital Cellular System 1800 personal communications network license, according to the U.S. Embassy in Vienna. Interested parties that requested …

NEW YORK-Prime Matrix Wireless Communications, a California-based cellular reseller, plans to sell publicly an $80 million issue of senior notes due 2004. Prime Matrix, headquartered in Calabasas, will be the …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications projects overseas, while exceedingly complex, follow the simple tenets of an old adage: Education is what you get when you follow the rules; experience is what you get …

HELSINKI, Finland-At its annual general meeting, Nokia Corp.’s board of directors declared a 70 cents per share dividend for 1996. The dividend will be payable on April 7 to shareholders …

BERKELY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group announced it will provide semiconductor chips for several Motorola Inc. two-way messaging units, in development. The chip’s marked features include low-power consumption and …

Motorola Inc. has won what it calls the largest cellular infrastructure contract in the world to date. The company’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced Japanese carriers DDI Corp. and Nippon Idou …