1999

Western Wireless Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $136.6 million, an increase from the $98.4 million reported the same time the previous year. The company …

HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. said it signed contracts with three branches of China United Telecommunications Corp. in Guangdong, Jiangsu and Shanghai to deliver a range of systems and equipment to further expand …

Gore 2000 lists ex-Clinton Commerce official Jonathan Sallet (MCI WorldCom chief policy counsel, husband of former FCC spokeswoman Susan Lewis Sallet and son-in-law of White House counsel Anne Lewis) and …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation announced the winners of its 1999 Leadership Awards, to be held at a reception at PCS ’99 in New Orleans in September. The …

TeleCorp PCS TeleCorp PCS Inc. hired Raul Burgos as vice president and general manager of its Puerto Rican operations. He most recently served as general manager and vice president of …

HELSINKI-Primatel, the new Global System for Mobile communications 1800 mobile operator in Hungary, selected Nokia Corp. to supply its GSM 1800/GSM 900 network, said Nokia. Nokia will supply a complete …

WASHINGTON-Associations representing private wireless users do not see a need for the petition, filed late Friday by the American Mobile Telecommunications Association, urging the Federal Communications Commission to auction large …

Coherent The Coherent original equipment manufacturer division of Tellabs launched a complete design verification kit for its CEC-128 Integrated Echo Canceller multichip module. The kit consists of a CEC-128 plug-in …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Rural Cellular Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $38.2 million, more than double the $17.7 million in revenues RCC reported for second-quarter 1998. RCC …

WASHINGTON-The pace of technological change-rapid and frenzied-will have an impact on regulation, and in turn, how regulation impacts the wireless industry in the next millennium, most policy makers agree. The …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. posted overall results for the second quarter, ended June 30, showing a 6.2-percent increase in total revenues to $215 million from $202.5 million for the …

BOSTON-Smart cards are poised to move beyond their role in identifying Global System for Mobile communications subscribers, due to momentum outside wireless and beyond U.S. borders. The challenge both for …

SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. announced it added five new members to its recently launched Integrators Alliance Program. They include Science Applications International Corp., Technology Integration Group, Paradigm4 Inc., Wireless Telecom …

LOS ANGELES-Wynd Communications Inc. revealed plans to develop a service enhancement of its two-way paging service for the deaf so customers may receive movie listings for open captioned films, usually …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 of $1.47 million, a 13-percent increase over the $1.3 million reported for second-quarter 1998. The company recorded …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Corp. released second-quarter earnings results for the period ended June 30, reporting a $1.25 loss per share and subscriber additions of 617,000 in its Sprint PCS Group. …

Qualcomm Inc. placed 6.9 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $156.50 per share for total net proceeds of about $1.1 billion. Conductus Inc. said its …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced Orange plc Group has launched the Wildfire virtual personal assistant in the United Kingdom.In conjunction with the launch, Orange said it will conduct a $15.5 …

AMSTERDAM-Philips Electronics NV released its second-quarter results, reporting a 28-percent drop in net earnings. The Dutch group posted net income of $288 million, down from $400 million in the same …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc.’s second-quarter earnings results showed a net loss of $25.3 million, or 63 cents per share, compared with $11.7 million, or 29 cents per share for the second …

A U.S. Court of Appeals Friday ordered the Federal Communications Commission to grant Qualcomm Inc. a pioneer’s preference license, ending the seven-year battle between the commission and the cdmaOne innovator. …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. said its wireless business added 305,000 net wireless subscribers during the second quarter, including 167,000 personal communications services subscribers in California and Nevada. SBC has a …

MUNICH-Siemens reported a 17-percent earnings increase to $1.12 billion for the first nine months of fiscal 1999, ended June 30. In addition, sales were up 12 percent to $49.4 billion …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter net income of $6.7 million, or 8 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $9.7 million, or 22 cents per share, …

CALGARY, Alberta-Tokyo-based Sokkia Co. Ltd., a provider of optical surveying instruments, and Calgary-based NovAtel Inc., developer of global positioning system technology, signed an agreement to form a jointly owned subsidiary …