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The Communications Ministry of India said 33 consortia, involving more than 60 companies, placed bids for wireless licenses in 20 regions of the heavily populated nation. The government said it …

AG Communications Systems, a joint venture between GTE Corp. and AT&T Corp., has introduced INgage, a new family of intelligent network solutions that promises network efficiency and cost minimization. Phoenix-based …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. has entered into an agreement with Kenwood Corp. of Japan to develop and manufacture second-generation mobile subscriber units for Geotek’s U.S. digital voice and data network. …

Dear Editor, I am sorry you do not see the value of a healthy reseller industry as a benefit to society. Resellers are the only currently operating entity to provide …

NEW YORK-Republic Communications Corp. completed its acquisition of New York Metro Page Inc., which holds a private carrier paging license in the New York metropolitan area. New York Metro Page, …

The shift from centralized to distributed personal computer-based designs in wireless infrastructure has created a phenomenal opportunity for companies facing build out deadlines. Strategists with BellSouth Wireless Inc. call it …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed public offering of 5.5 million shares of the company’s common stock. ADC said net …

IRVINE, Calif.-Accqpoint Communications Corp. said it activated its statewide network June 1 in Texas, providing real-time differential Global Positioning System service. Accqpoint distributes correct-position data over the FM subcarrier bands …

Robert Croft has been named president of AT&T Wireless Services’ Messaging Division. Croft will be responsible for the strategic direction and management of AT&T’s current one-way messaging business as well …

Magnavox Electronic Systems Co. added the MX4040 lightweight briefcase satellite telephone to its line of MAGNAPhone satellite communications systems. Magnavox said the MX4040 is a type-approved International Mobile Satellite Organization …

ATLANTA-William E. Pallone has been appointed vice president, market deployment for GTE Mobilnet’s broadband personal communications services. According to GTE Mobilnet, Pallone led GTE’s broadband PCS auction team resulting in …

ATLANTA-GTE Corp. increased its cellular market presence by completing the acquisition of Contel Cellular Inc. and effecting a transition of all operations into the GTE Mobilnet unit. GTE purchased 90 …

ATLANTA-GTE Personal Communications Services has become a 4.5 percent partner in Japan-based Digital TU-KA Tohoku Co. Ltd., which plans to begin operating a 1.5 GHz digital cellular system by 1997 …

The multitude of items an engineer needs to consider during the communication system design phase is becoming more and more complicated. Properly designed communication sites, particularly cellular and personal communications …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications said it is pursuing a license to offer Globalstar satellite communications in Malaysia through a venture with Sime Darby, a diversified conglomerate. Agreement terms specify that AirTouch-a …

Air Communications Inc. hopes to pump new life into that old work horse-circuit-switched cellular data transmission-with a wireless protocol named AirTrue. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company said AirTrue takes a systems-level …

Editor’s Note: This letter originally was sent to President Clinton. Dear President Clinton, I want to congratulate you on your accomplishments with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia, however, there is …

AURORA, Colo.-Wireless Telecom Inc. signed an agreement to distribute Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.’s wireless data service in the Los Angeles area to WTI’s network of value-added resellers. WTI said …

WASHINGTON-WINForum, a trade association of wireless telecommunications and computer manufacturers, has filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission to allocate radio spectrum for new devices that will permit extremely …

It looks like the local Bell companies, long-distance telephone carriers and cable TV operators are one step closer to being able to compete in each other’s backyard, as the House …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group will market Motorola’s new INReach wireless communication system to Vanguard’s customers in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Florida, Maine and …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Sprint Corp.’s Local Telecommunications Division has become the seventh telecommunications company to join the UNIBRIDGE network information referral service. UNIBRIDGE said its members will provide interconnection, private line transport, …

WASHINGTON-A wireless resale amendment dividing cellular carriers and resellers is headed to the House floor. This follows the Commerce Committee’s decision to sidestep the politically sensitive matter prior to passing …

WASHINGTON-Two African American groups have asked the Federal Communications Commission to block issuing broadband personal communications services licenses and called for an investigation of alleged collusion among major telecommunications firms …

WASHINGTON-The Progress & Freedom Foundation, the Washington, D.C.-based think tank associated with House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., has a plan to abolish the Federal Communications Commission in three years and …