1999

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson said it paid less than $120.8 million net for Qualcomm Inc.’s Code Division Multiple Access wireless infrastructure operations in a deal settled last month. Ericsson spokeswoman Pia Gideon …

WASHINGTON-House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) last week sternly questioned the Federal Communications Commission’s consideration of cost as a factor in arbitrating a long-running dispute between the Justice …

WASHINGTON-The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau temporarily has suspended the construction timetable for incumbent wide-area 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licensees. The decision was in reaction to a recent ruling by …

TAMPA, Fla.-A group of Code Division Multiple Access carriers, handset vendors and technology providers completed a trial of SnapTrack’s handset-based location system on two wireless networks in Tampa, Fla. The …

With tower companies and carriers facing difficulties getting permission to build sites at local zoning boards and collocation increasingly becoming a favored business model, CoLocation Technologies Inc. is marketing a …

Sprint PCS is expected to announce its next round of contract awards this week for the third phase of its personal communications services network buildout. Lucent Technologies Inc., say analysts, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it is offering nationwide Motorola’s Code Division Multiple Access 1900 MHz ST7762 StarTac phone. The ST7762 offers up to four hours talk time or up …

NEW YORK-No proven link yet exists for any human health effect resulting from wireless phone use, according to a review of available scientific data published late last month by Ian …

NASHUA, N.H.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless services in Concord, Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and Worcester and Auburn, Mass. Launches in Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass., …

I have really tried to keep myself and my thoughts above the fray when it comes to the whole Y2K issue. It is difficult. At the beginning of the year, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was expected late Friday or today to announce eligible bidders for the April 27 local multi-distribution point service re-auction. After initially receiving 99 applications for 168 …

WASHINGTON-Policy makers this week will receive the last of nine bean-bag wireless phone toys designed to remind them “Competition, innovation and safety symbolizes the wireless industry,” according to a letter …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs a “shot clock” when reviewing mergers, said Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) Kohl, who owns NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks, has sponsored a bill with Sen. Mike DeWine …

NEW YORK-On the strength of three large mergers, communications led domestic industry sectors in merger activity last quarter, a period in which the dollar volume of these deals totaled nearly …

WASHINGTON-Two high-ranking House Science Committee Democrats have asked Energy Secretary Bill Richardson to investigate allegations of misconduct by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in connection with the licensing of a …

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on to access the local market and …

MADRID, Spain-The consortium led by Telefonica InterContinental received notification it has prequalified to take part in the bidding for a second Global System for Mobile communication telephone license in Morocco, …

Don Buzzelli, president and chief executive officer of MessageLink Inc., Duluth, Ga., is looking to make a play in the paging industry’s current consolidation stage. His plan is fairly simple-buy …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. announced it has mailed to shareholders a Schedule 14C information statement related to the spinoff of its 80.1-percent ownership of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Western expects to …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reported revenues of $1.1 million for the 1999 fiscal second quarter, compared with no revenues in the second quarter of 1998. Operating expenses for Leap …

AT&T Corp. plans to purchase Honolulu Cellular Telephone Co. from BellSouth Corp., another move in AT&T’s plan to expand its nationwide coverage. The two companies signed an agreement Friday. Terms …

Building on the convergence of voice and data networks, Wakefield, Mass.-based IPeria Inc. has developed an enhanced services platform designed to blend voice, fax, e-mail and video applications. The IPeria …

Motorola Inc.’s Worldwide Information Network Services group confirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded it a three-year contract valued at up to $219 million …

Striking nerves Dear Editor: I have been in the two-way radio communications business for over 35 years. Regardless of my field, one thing I have noticed over the past 35+ …

More than two years after it first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, MobileMedia Communications Inc. now has two reorganization plans before it to settle its debts-merge with Arch Communications …