June 1999

NEW YORK-“In Motorola’s view, the technology for 2.5 generation is really here,” said Moe Grzelakowski, senior vice president and general manager of 3G for Motorola Inc. In Japan later this …

BRAINARDSVILLE, N.Y.-Bell Atlantic Corp. said it has begun testing wireless local loop technology as an alternative to traditional landline telephone service for many of the company’s rural customers. “If it …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected to issue rules next month on what telecommunications carriers and manufacturers must do to comply with provisions of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 dealing …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it will implement a one-for-three reverse stock split of both common shares and Class B common shares at the opening of trading Monday, June …

IRVING, Texas-GTE Corp. sold its GTE Airfone Inc. subsidiary on Thursday for an undisclosed amount to Oak Hill Capital Partners L.P. The sale is part of a previously announced restructuring …

L.M. Ericsson wants the industry to know it plans to become a formidable contender in the cdmaOne infrastructure business. It’s been more than a month since the company completed its …

Supra Products rounded out its TRACcess family of electronic access devices with the introduction of its TRAC-Cabinet device. TRAC-Cabinet is a general purpose electronic cabinet lock designed to control and …

KIRKLAND, Wash.(AP)-Craig McCaw, his family and ex-wife plan to exercise options for 17 million shares in Nextel Communications Inc., investing about $315 million in the wireless company. The McCaws originally …

BOSTON-“Competitive Wireless Pricing Around the World,” a new report compiled by The Yankee Group, reveals the drop in wireless prices worldwide has increased the potential for landline displacement by wireless. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Australian telecommunications provider Telstra Corp. Ltd. welcomed the Australian parliament’s decision to pass the Telstra Sale Bill and the government’s announcement it will sell down an additional 16.6 percent …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with KPN Telecom to supply an end-to-end Wireless Application Protocol solution to the carrier in the Netherlands. The two also said they will work …

Electofuel Electrofuel Inc. announced the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which has an energy density of 470 Wh/liter and 183 Wh/kilogram, almost doubling the previous endurance records of rechargeable batteries. With …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica S.A. and Motorola Inc. signed an agreement under which the two companies will collaborate more closely and Motorola will become a preferred supplier to Telefonica. The agreement also …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard and FBI Director Louis Freeh met June 21 to discuss implementation of the digital wiretap act, a meeting at which industry sources believed the …

NEW YORK-Globalstar Telecommunications Inc. has arranged for a $500 million credit facility underwritten by Bank of America NT&SA, guaranteed by two subsidiaries of Loral Space & Communications. The company said …

NEW YORK-Exxon Corp., Irvine, Texas, has posted signs at its domestic filling stations requiring customers to turn off their wireless phones before filling their cars’ gas tanks due to the …

Global Mobility Systems has partnered with Internet infrastructure company InfoSpace.com to provide Internet content to wireless phones using Global Mobility’s @mobile Internet portal. Under the agreement, InfoSpace.com will deliver Web …

MINDEN, La.-Fibrebond Corp. said its new $7.5 million, 210,000-square-foot Minden, La., production plant went online this month, replacing the company’s 15-year-old plant that burned to the ground on Sept. 20, …

General Magic Inc. and Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. both made advancements last week in the voice recognition world. First, General Magic announced it received a $6 million investment from Internet …

SWINDON, U.K.-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Vodafone Group plc announced they made their first third-generation over-the-air trial calls using Lucent’s Global Third Generation Code Division Multiple Access technology at Vodafone’s headquarters …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The GSM Association appointed Robert G. Conway its new director general. Conway was the former head of global business development for Motorola Inc.’s International Network Ventures Group, and he …

After nearly two years of fits and starts, the government of Argentina finally awarded six personal communications services licenses for a total consideration of about $850 million. The government awarded …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. entered an agreement to acquire Dallas/Fort Worth Teleport, a full-service satellite telecommunications facility in Irving, Texas. The teleport supports 16 antennas offering video, voice and data services. …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. this week signed several interconnection agreements with Bell Atlantic Corp. and a three-year bundling agreement with AnswerNet Network. The interconnection agreement provides for the delivery of local …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. completed the first phase of its buildout by launching digital wireless service in Richmond, Va., and Hickory-Lenoir, N.C. The company also recently initiated service in Roanoke …