1999

LONDON-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. placed on review for upgrade the Baa3 long-term ratings of both the $200 million senior notes due 2003 and the $800 million senior notes due 2008 …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association published several new standards and documents. They include: The “Mobile Station-Base Station Compatibility Standard for Wideband Spread Spectrum Cellular Systems,” TIA/EIA-95-B. It details the requirements …

FREMONT, Calif.-ePhone Telecom Inc. announced it secured an initial agreement with Saigon Postel Corp. for the development of a fixed wireless local loop telephony network in Vietnam. SPC has the …

NEW YORK-Vodafone AirTouch plc confirmed Sept. 7 its intentions to forge a mobile telephony alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp., which has refused to comment on this possibility. Other options for …

The wireless industry is lagging behind in two areas that are gaining a lot of attention lately: e-commerce and telematics. The immediate response when one hears one is lagging is …

NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Venture capital investments in this sector …

MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its Global System for Mobile communications subsidiary in Romania, named MobiFon S.A., surpassed the 500,000 subscribers mark after only 28 months of commercial operations. MobiFon …

Transcrypt Transcrypt International Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary launched a new line of mobile and portable radios designed to operate on Motorola Inc.’s Smartnet and SmartZone systems in the 800 …

Convinced that wireless growth was significantly outpacing its own estimates, Lehman Brothers Inc. last week dramatically upped its long-term forecast for the wireless industry and upgraded a number of wireless …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net Inc. is offering to trade shares of common stock for outstanding warrants, without the need to exercise warrants of “pay cash.” Datalink is offering one share of …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. received its first major order from China for radio-frequency integrated circuits, which are used in dual-band Global System for Mobile communication handsets. Xiamen Overseas Chinese …

WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. said it formed a strategic alliance with Descartes Systems Group Inc. to provide wireless mobile communications solutions for delivery and field support workers. Under the …

WASHINGTON-Despite a vow to veto the Republican tax-cut bill when it is sent to the president, the White House Chief of Staff said the Clinton administration will still support the …

MILWAUKEE-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. and Voyager.net Inc., an Internet service provider focused on the Midwest, announced a marketing and promotional agreement designed to jointly promote PrimeCo service and Voyager.net’s service, …

FAIRFIELD, N.J.-Paradigm4 said the Police Department of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico awarded it a $9.23 million contract to add wireless data communications capability to the commonwealth’s law enforcement community. …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed a subscriber communicator manufacturing agreement with Satellite Smart Solutions Ltd., an Israeli company specializing in wireless telemetry and supervisory control and data acquisition …

WASHINGTON-The universal-service fund should be paid for out of general revenues, not from taxes on telephone bills, said Philip M. Burgess, president and senior fellow of the Center for the …

WASHINGTON-While President Clinton’s nomination of Greg Rohde to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration progressed toward Senate conformation last week, the White House’s reappointment of Democrat Susan Ness appears …

NEW YORK-Speedia L.L.C. announced a communications initiative to enable delivery of Internet information, news and messaging services for mobile and fixed communications devices. Speedia said it will send subscriber requested …

SnapTrack Inc., a wireless location solution provider, was awarded a key patent that is part of the foundation of its Wireless Assisted GPS system. SnapTrack’s system uses information from both …

WASHINGTON-A cellular provider that wants universal-service subsidies played tug-of-war last week with the incumbent local exchange carriers receiving those funds. The scene was the CEO Summit on Rural Telecommunications sponsored …

PageMart Wireless Inc. has begun marketing its products and services through BizBuyer.com, a Web site accessed by small and mid-sized businesses nationwide. BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced an online demonstration …

SAN FRANCISCO-World Wireless Communications Inc. filed an action for permanent injunctive relief, defamation and fraud against Credit Bancorp N.V. dba Credit Bancorp Ltd., Douglas C. Brandon, Richard J. Blech, Thomas …

WASHINGTON-A standards subcommittee of the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions plans to create a new working group to develop standards for fixed-access solutions. The Standards Committee T1’s Technical Subcommittee for …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said the Jiangsu GuoXin Radio Paging Co. in Nanjing City, China, awarded it a $3.8 million expansion contract for a FLEX paging network.