1999

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and U S West Communications Inc. announced a 12-month, $120 million agreement for U S West to purchase Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access digital personal communications services …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has delivered the first Bluetooth Development Kit, which it said will enable early Bluetooth adopters to more quickly and cheaply develop applications using the technology. …

WASHINGTON-The fallout of last week’s Federal Communications Commission decision on solving the dead-zone problem saw the chairman’s office denouncing the industry’s response and consumers advocates split. As expected, the FCC …

FRANKLIN, Tenn.-Having survived a March 6 car crash that nearly killed him, country singer George Jones pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and having an open container in his vehicle. …

NEW YORK-The $5 billion Internet backbone upgrade that Teleglobe Communications Corp., Reston, Va., announced last week is intended to meet the growing cross-border data communications needs of its wireless and …

MONTREAL-The GSM Alliance and Nortel Networks announced they completed North America’s first third-generation wireless telephone call using a wideband Code Division Multiple Access trial network under live conditions. The trial …

CHICAGO-The North American GSM Alliance said 3.6 million customers across the United States and Canada use Global System for Mobile communications wireless phones. “More than 600,000 new GSM customers were …

Latin America According to The Strategis Group, privatization in Latin America is driving fixed-line growth as privatized operators build out networks to meet license requirements, while competition is propelling even …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has filled two recently vacated management positions by electing senior vice president Leo Mondale its new chief financial officer and naming Sue Kennedy vice president …

To the Editor, I just read the May 3 issue of RCR and wanted to say thanks for the mention and to congratulate you on a good discussion of TDD …

WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council asked the Federal Communications Commission to give commenters an extra month in answering the many questions raised in a notice of proposed rule making implementing …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s re-auction of 161 local multipoint distribution service licenses closed last week with bids totaling $45 million. “I’m extremely pleased with the results of this auction. The …

Microsoft Corp. gave some legitimacy to the wireless Internet access arena last week with its $600 million investment in Nextel Communications Inc. and an agreement that gives Nextel customers access …

WASHINGTON-Mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers with wireless subsidiaries got some powerful help last week when 16 lawmakers urged the Federal Communications Commission to forbear from enforcing the separate subsidiary rule. …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. last week agreed to a management buyout of its Semiconductor Components Unit in a deal led by Texas Pacific Group, a private investment partnership that specializes in …

NEW YORK-The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York handed NextWave Personal Communications Inc. a big victory May 13, cutting its C-block license bid obligation to $1.023 …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. announced it has spun off its 80.1-percent ownership in personal communications services division VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Western distributed to each of its shareholders one share of …

Western Wireless Corp. appears to have a long struggle ahead as it attempts to offer fixed wireless service in rural America. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission denied Western’s application …

The market for broadband access services is on the verge of dramatic growth, and fixed terrestrial wireless systems are expected to play a big role, according to a new Strategis …

Mobile phones have become commonplace in our society, but they aren’t welcome every place. People increasingly have become annoyed listening to others’ ringing phones and loud conversations in restaurants, on …

AT&T Corp. last week signed a definitive merger agreement with cable company MediaOne Group after cutting a deal with rival bidder Comcast Corp., which agreed not to try to outbid …

Metrocall Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $145.2 million, a substantial increase from the $96.3 million reported for first-quarter 1998. Net loss for the quarter …

WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. last week halted talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. after succumbing to differences over price, putting shares of the No. 2 long-distance telephone company and the last …

VLSI Technology Inc. said it received a major order from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. for its OneCT single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution. The order is valued at $19 …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless Communications reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $4.3 billion, an increase from the $3.7 billion reported for 1998. The company had net earnings …