June 1997

WINNIPEG, Manitoba-MTS Mobility, a wireless service provider in Manitoba, Canada, signed a four-year supply agreement with Northern Telecom Ltd. for Interim Standard 95 Code Division Multiple Access cellular network equipment …

Power Page L.L.C., an emerging paging carrier and reseller in Los Angeles, is not only giving away free pagers to acquire new customers, but is soliciting the help of all …

LONDON-Standard & Poor’s Inc. assigned a double `B’ long-term corporate credit rating to Polish cellular operator Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa. The ratings firm said it also expects to assign a single …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Intercel Inc. said effective July 1 it will change its corporate name to Powertel Inc., the name used for its personal communications services networks. The company’s stock also …

NEW YORK-Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. said June 25 it had raised the ratings on debt securities issued by U.S. Cellular Corp. while affirming the ratings on outstanding debt …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract to expand a cellular network in Brazil operated by Telecomunicacoes de Parana S.A. The agreement, which Motorola values at $132 …

Berkeley Varitronics Systems Inc. won a contract to provide propagation analysis equipment to Qualcomm Inc. for international distribution of personal communications services and cellular systems. Berkeley values the arrangement at …

DALLAS-Motorola Inc. won a contract from First International Telecom, a nationwide paging operator in Taiwan, to provide its Wireless Messaging System paging network infrastructure. Fitel plans to launch commercial service …

Rank Company Name % Change 1996 1995 Net Income(000) Net Income (000) 1 Datamarine International Inc. 136.91% $751 $317 2 Specialty Teleconstructors 136.47% $804 $340 3 Brite Voice Systems Inc. …

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Ameritel Communications Inc., said it successfully sold its paging services over the QVC television program in the first of an Ameritel series on QVC. …

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 …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said World Technology Corp., Irvine, Calif., will be the first service provider to offer personal number services to consumers nationwide through GTE TSI’s AccessLine service …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Wuhan Research Institute established a joint venture company in China to develop, manufacture and market synchronous digital hierarchy transport network systems for the Chinese market. Production …

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, …

RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN 1 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 Andrew Corp. 128.50% …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it supports a proposed consolidation of wireless data technologies into a license-free and platform-independent protocol. The purpose of the Wireless Application Protocol is to expand the …

HELSINKI, Finland-China Unicom Shanghai Branch designated Nokia Telecommunications the main base station subsystem supplier for the third phase of its Global System for Mobile communications network expansion in China. Nokia …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. and D&E Communications said they intend to form an operating partnership in the central Pennsylvania region. Together the companies will jointly design, deploy and market …

The PCS companies now proposing that the Federal Communications Commission change the rules to allow them to stay in business are proposing options that any creditor in the business world …

WASHINGTON-With last week’s House vote supporting presidential renewal of most-favored-nation trading status for China, the focus shifts to Hong Kong-and its huge wireless-driven telecom export market that falls under Beijing …

1996 1995 Rank/Company Name % Change Revenues (000) Revenues (000) 1 DSP Communications Inc. 117.53% $88,899 $40,867 2 Qualcomm Inc. 110.51% $813,850 $386,612 3 WinStar Communications Inc. 104.35% $68,048 $33,300 …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) joined the wireless industry in fighting back White House and congressional budgeteer efforts to add spectrum fees and toll-free number auctions to balanced …

NEWTON, Mass.-Personal communications services providers must prevail in the consumer market in order to be successful, said a report issued by Business Research Group. PCS providers focused initially on the …

Startel, a wireless network operator in Chile, launched digital service on its network using Interim Standard 136 Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service technology provided by L.M. Ericsson. The new digital …

Roberto Catalan, president of Argentina’s communications commission, known as CNC (Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones), recently completed a United States road show designed to attract investor interest for a personal communications …