1999

Qualcomm Inc. stock jumped more than $35 last week after the Code Division Multiple Access technology innovator reported rising profits for the fiscal fourth quarter, which included a steady increase in royalty revenues. Qualcomm’s shares rose $35.69 to $260.50 Wednesday. …

Tadiran Tadiran Inc. introduced the Pulses Plus battery, a high-energy lithium thionyl chloride battery designed specifically for global positioning system tracking, radio-frequency interference detection and other high pulse applications. The Pulses Plus battery offers 3.6 volts of power, 19Ah of …

The wireless industry had only just begun to discuss the idea of purchase leaseback arrangements last year when SpectraSite Communications Inc. forged the first such deal. The company in August 1998 agreed to buy 47 towers from personal communications services …

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. said it agreed to acquire Radiofone Inc., which serves more than 200,000 wireless customers in Louisiana and Michigan. Once the transaction is completed, SBC said it will begin deploying digital wireless services in Radiofone service …

LOS ANGELES-Econ One Research’s latest monthly survey of wireless-phone service prices showed that some carriers charge up to twice as much for the same service in one city as they charge in another. The economic research and consulting firm’s October …

WASHINGTON-Competition in the local loop does not need to come from wireline competitive local exchange carriers, it can come from wireless carriers, a high-level executive told the Senate communications subcommittee last week. “We truly do fulfill the intent of the …

NEW YORK-GTE Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Charles R. Lee and Bell Atlantic Corp. Chairman and CEO Ivan Seidenberg designated six executives to fill key positions upon the completion of the GTE-Bell Atlantic merger. As previously announced, Lee and …

NEW YORK-For strategic and financial investors, many domestic wireless carriers possess a strong desirability quotient because they own scarce spectrum in a huge and growing market. Lehman Brothers Inc. projects that wireless penetration in the United States will reach 50 …

NEW YORK-Wireless Facilities Inc., a San Diego designer and manager of wireless communications networks, went public Nov. 4 with an offering of 4 million shares at $15 each. The initial public offering, for which Credit Suisse First Boston was lead …

NEW YORK-L-3 Communications formed a new Telemetry-East division through the consolidation of the company’s Microcom division and the Aydin Telemetry division of L-3 Communications’ Aydin Corp. The division, a business unit of the L-3 Communications Products Group, will be headquartered …

WHEATON, Md.-The transition to third-generation technology must be revolutionary rather than evolutionary, according to a new study by Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. titled, “Third Generation Wireless (3G): Why, When and How it Will Happen.” The study said the 3G revolution …

SANTA CLARA, [email protected] Inc., an application service provider for wireless carriers and Internet content providers, and GTE Wireless announced they will offer Internet content from Infospace, Starbucks, Weather.com, LinksTime.com and UV115.com to select GTE Wireless subscribers in the San Francisco …

GENEVA-Russia’s Gazprom, the world’s largest supplier of natural gas, is completing the final stages of a $100 million trunked radio network built to service gas drilling towns located in one of the most remote and inhospitable regions on the planet. …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. said it priced its underwritten offering of 30 million shares of its Class A common stock at $83.813 per share. The closing of the transaction was expected to occur Nov. 5, and the number of shares …

With 3,600 owned or managed towers in its inventory, Pinnacle Holdings Inc. ranks among the largest tower companies in the industry, but the way it built its portfolio differs from its peers. Pinnacle has completed more than 300 acquisitions to …

LONDON-AvantGo Inc. announced Protege will manage its European business expansion, establishing headquarters in the United Kingdom. Philip Hibberd, a Protege board member, will serve as AvantGo’s vice president of Europe.

Tower companies late last week made several announcements: Nextel Communications Inc. signed a master lease agreement with Crown Castle International Corp. to collocate on 1,264 wireless sites owned by Crown Castle in the United States. The agreement represents annualized leasing …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile telephony in Latin America rapidly is evolving into a viable substitute for inefficient and expensive landline services, according to Dataquest Inc. During the first half of this year, Latin American handset sales exceeded 9.8 million, and Dataquest …

TOKYO-DDI Corp. announced it acquired the stakes held by Nissan Motor Co. in three Tu-Ka cellular phone firms, completing a deal that was announced in August, according to The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Japan Telecom Co. and a member of the …

PORTLAND, Ore.-AirTouch Cellular launched Net Access service in Portland today. The service allows travelers and mobile workers to access the Internet, online services or corporate networks via a laptop computer and a data-ready AirTouch digital phone.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced a uniform gateway to its Autoplex and Flexent Wireless Networks products, enabling network operators to introduce personalized or user-customized wireless data services that depend on specific customer information. The data call is initiated by …

TOKYO-Phone.com Inc. said Japanese carrier DDI Corp. will soon launch a wireless Internet access service based on the UP.Link Server Suite on a Personal Digital Communications network. In April, DDI launched initial wireless Internet access under the EZweb brand using …

ICO Global Communications Ltd. received final commitments for the $1.2 billion in financing needed to finish building its satellite voice network from none other than cellular industry pioneer Craig McCaw. ICO announced at the end of October it had received …

Dear Editor: I totally disagree with your unsupported conclusion that digital cellular phones are less dangerous than their analog counterparts. The exact opposite is true! The brain cells of digital cellular users are quite literally being “all shook up.” Digital …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Broadband carrier Nextlink Communications Inc. said its revenues for the third quarter reached $75.1 million, nearly double revenues of $37.8 million the company reported during the third quarter of last year. Year-to-date revenues total $184.3 million. Net loss for …