1999

NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. announced its Consumer Battery Division completed its preproduction phase and the company is moving ahead with plans for its automated production line. Delivery of the equipment …

Granite Systems Inc., a Manchester, N.H.-based provider of network configuration management systems for the telecommunications industry, plans to announce its Network Interface Module this week at SuperComm in Atlanta. The …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell 10 million shares of its common stock. The company said proceeds will be used for product development, …

PHOENIX-Motorola Inc.’s Semiconductor Products Sector announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with the Institute for Semiconductor Physics of Frankfurt, Germany, to jointly develop a new wireless platform based on …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Microsoft Exchange users soon will have wireless access to their desktop data via paging devices, according to a strategic agreement Glenayre Technologies Inc. signed with Infowave Software Inc. According …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar L.P. announced its fixed telephone terminal was approved for use throughout the European Union, which the company said will speed the certification process for the phone in …

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon, already at war in the Middle East and the Balkans, now faces a major confrontation at home over several bills that would benefit the Department of Defense at …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-In keeping with its strategy to focus exclusively on the worldwide communications equipment market, Harris Corp. announced it is selling its semiconductor business to a subsidiary of Sterling Holding …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hitachi Ltd. of Japan has selected its UP.Browser microbrowser to offer Internet and data features on Code Division Multiple Access phones. Hitachi’s C201H phone, the …

A Fort Collins, Colo.-based company is collecting information from the wireless industry to determine the usefulness of radar satellites in mapping applications. I-cubed, which stands for Information Integration and Imaging …

NEW YORK-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., a Bellevue, Wash., a provider of fixed-wireless broadband data networks, will receive a $251 million equity infusion from a group of investors led by Qwest …

NEW YORK-By July, Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. plans to launch service under the Cellular One brand in Bermuda, a tax-haven country with the third-highest per-capita income in the world and average …

When Congress passed Section 309(j) of the Communications Act and the government developed rules to implement this law, the goal was to increase diversity in telecommunications by providing opportunities for …

Qualcomm Inc. announced Nashville-based Star Transportation Inc. replaced its multimode, satellite and land-based communication system with Qualcomm’s OmniTracs satellite-based information-management system. Star already has installed more than 430 OmniTracs units, …

TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth International Wireless Services announced five North American carriers, including BellSouth Mobility, converted to the BSI-WS International Settlement and Exchange Service. The BellSouth service provides international wireless roaming date-clearing. …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry has asked a federal court to grant an additional 60-day stay of a lawsuit regarding implementation of the digital wiretap act. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in agreeing with the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, denied Omnipoint Corp.’s petition for a lower interest rate for the installment payment system for C-block personal communications services …

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group announced cdmaOne technology has gained significant momentum in Japan as a result of the recent cdmaOne nationwide service launch by DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. …

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. appointed company co-founder and President Michael Fattouche as its chief executive officer. Fattouche first served as president from November 1996 until June 1997, at which time he …

LAKE CHARLES, La.-US Unwired said Chat Pak vending machines at select Lake Charles, Westlake and Sulphur, La., Conoco/Sporty’s locations now are dispensing its prepaid cellular cards. The vending machines dispense …

China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code Division Multiple Access networks operated by …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc.’s contract with Comunicacion Celular S.A., a cellular operator in the eastern region of Colombia, has been upgraded to provide full nationwide deployment of PhonePrint 5.0, …

Paging resellers Your Phone Company Inc. of Portland, Ore., and Page Club USA of Seattle last week won a lawsuit against the Oregon branch of Paging Network Inc. and were …

WASHINGTON-State regulators are concerned the Federal Communications Commission this week will adopt an item suggesting calling party pays is a commercial mobile radio service exempt from state regulation. There is …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. and Crescent Real Estate Equities Co. entered into an agreement under which WinStar will provide communications capabilities, including local and long-distance telephone, high-speed data and Internet …