1999

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced new pricing plans last week that could build on the success of the carrier’s Digital One Rate plan by adding more phones into the home. …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Aquis Communications Group Inc. reported second-quarter financial results with a net loss of $1.7 million, or 12 cents per share, compared with a net income of $87,000 the previous …

WASHINGTON-In what a spokeswoman for the Personal Communications Industry Association termed a “comedy of errors,” the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission last week missed an opportunity to tout …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. selected it to help develop a wireless trading service for Schwab customers. The planned service is expected to enable …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne subscriber growth increased 171 percent from June 1998 to June 1999, reaching nearly 35 million global subscribers. “cdmaOne experienced significant worldwide growth …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to announce it will consider lifting the spectrum cap-the restriction that a telecom carrier can control no more than 45 megahertz in …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility Inc. signed a three-year $180 million contract with Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand BellSouth’s network in Georgia and southern Florida. Terms of the agreement call for Lucent to …

BEIJING-China Unicom said Chinese regulators ordered it to kill more than 40 “irregular” joint ventures with foreign investors by the end of the month, according to Reuters. Companies, including France …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it is introducing services that allow customers to use two telephone numbers on one wireless handset. The first, called Appear Local, allows customers to have …

NEW YORK-As the Internet accelerates the globalization of telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions among traditional and nontraditional players have eclipsed initial public offerings as the preferred strategy for retaining competitive advantage. …

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced it expanded automatic roaming services throughout Asia. Code Division Multiple Access operators Hutchison Telecom in Hong Kong, Japan’s DDI Corp. and IDO and Shinsegi …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced Internet commerce firm BuyItNow.com L.L.C. has agreed to sell PageMart advanced messaging products and services under an exclusive agreement.

NEW YORK-AAPT Ltd. announced last week it awarded Samsung Electronics of South Korea a $205 million turnkey contract to design, construct, operate, maintain and provide systems integration services for its …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced the U.S. District Court in San Diego has granted the company’s motions for summary judgment in its long-standing litigation with Motorola Inc. over patent-infringement claims associated …

DALLAS-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS announced plans to begin trials using Samsung’s third-generation Code Division Multiple Access technology. The trial, the first of several Sprint PCS plans to conduct …

MILAN-Telecom Italia released a statement Sept. 2 announcing, among other news, plans to expand its international mobile phone business. The company said it will focus its international activities essentially in …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association published “Project 25 Frequency Division Multiple Access Common Air Interface Conformance Test Addendum 1,” TSB102.BAAB-A-1. The bulletin provides FDMA revisions on modulation fidelity and data …

When Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced its intention to create a service linking wireless devices to information based behind corporate firewalls, regardless of airlink standards, analysts had only one comment-“show me.” …

Intense pricing competition in the Code Division Multiple Access handset market may put the squeeze on Qualcomm Inc.’s fiscal fourth-quarter results, some analysts said last week. Qualcomm’s stock fell $23.50 …

DENVER-VeloCom Inc. said its consortium in Brazil, Canbra Telefonica, awarded a $200 million, five-year contract to Ericsson Inc. to supply 1.6 GHz Code Division Multiple Access wireless infrastructure equipment. Ericsson …

WASHINGTON-A recent agreement by giant wireline telcos about how to reduce the charges long-distance companies pay to local exchange carriers to connect their customers’ calls may end up costing the …

The U.K. government has decided to appeal a recent court decision that determined the Department of Trade and Industry could not force existing wireless operators to grant roaming rights to …

Five years after Congress approved a law designed to help law enforcement catch criminals, rules to implement the digital wiretap act have been decided. Now comes the difficult part-carrying out …

The Wireless Application Protocol made strides in Sweden, Germany and Finland last week, adding to its gaining momentum in Europe. In Germany, Nokia Corp. and Deutsche Bank have agreed to …

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. and AMP Inc. entered into a $95 million contract under which M/A-Com’s OpenSky Wireless Internet Protocol network will be deployed for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s statewide public …