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TORRANCE, Calif.-Telemobile Inc. has joined with Belgium-based Telkon N.V. to provide a series of wireless products for what it calls the Wireless Rural Loop. “While the rapidly growing urban cellular …

DALLAS-Voice Control Systems Inc. announced it will merge with Voice Processing Corp. in a pooling of interests transaction valued at more than $40 million. VCSI said it is the world’s …

Oh, the shifting winds of Washington. The bill-and-keep interconnection proposal has been called the greatest issue facing the cellular industry this year. And when the Federal Communications Commission last December …

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has officially opened its European headquarters in the Netherlands. The company said it opened the office because its cellular operations in Europe are becoming an …

WASHINGTON-American Mobile Satellite Corp. could receive additional L-band mobile satellite services spectrum if favorable comments are received regarding a June 18 notice of proposed rulemaking released by the Federal Communications …

NEW YORK-AVIC Group International Inc. announced it signed a definitive joint venture agreement with Beijing Catch to create a nationwide paging network of at least 100 stations in China. The …

WEST CHESTER, Pa.-Baja Systems announced the release of its Personal Identification Number Management software. PIN Management allows subscribers to add or change their PIN by entering the new number into …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Personal Communications Inc. has changed its corporate name and unveiled a new logo to promote its Global System for Mobile communications-based PCS-1900 service. The BellSouth Corp. subsidiary said it …

WASHINGTON-Previous Federal Communications Commission auction winners and near winners plus a few new faces were accepted as qualified bidders for the July 3 auction of 18 C-block personal communications services …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association has submitted a business plan to the Federal Communications Commission to become a clearinghouse that will administer the 2 GHz relocation cost-sharing plan. The plan …

SHANNON, Ireland-GTE Airfone Inc. is supplying JetPhone, a provider of airline passenger telephony services, with cabin equipment and handsets to be used on Air France flights, announced JetPhone of Shannon, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a license agreement with Forest, Va.-based Grayson Electronics Co., a subsidiary of The Allen Group Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Grayson …

WASHINGTON-Wide-area specialized mobile radio operators and broadband personal communications services licensees now will be subject to the same resale rules under which cellular carriers have been operating since 1983. The …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Services Inc’s. wireless data division announced an agreement to deliver AT&T wireless packet data service to Cellular One customers. Under the …

NEW YORK-Component manufacturers like Spectrian Corp. are the ones to watch for a sneak preview of developments in deployment of digital cellular and personal communications services, according to Eric C. …

NEC Corp. of Tokyo has launched its new GSM phone in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand sales and sell a million units during the first …

WASHINGTON-While most wireless operators and manufacturers are planning for only a scant three to five years down the road, the Federal Communications Commission, according to Common Carrier Bureau economist Gregory …

Motorola Inc. and Qatar Public Telecommunications Corp. announced the introduction of a high-speed, high-capacity paging service based on the FLEX protocol in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. With the …

BOSTON-The typical cellular phone user now makes 10 calls every week but only 15 percent of subscribers would increase usage significantly if prices were cut by 10 percent, according to …

RCR’s July 15 issue will feature the Top 20 Wireless Equipment Dealers. Inclusion will be based on gross product sales in the United States for the past year. If you …

WASHINGTON-In a Motorola Inc.-sponsored study producing mixed signals for the wireless telecommunications industry, Dr. W. Ross Adey found that 800 MHz digital cellular emissions failed to promote brain cancer in …

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications, which holds C-block personal communications services licenses in 13 basic trading areas comprising most of Wisconsin and part of Iowa, announced it has selected Global System …

CHICAGO-After an inauspicious debut that sent it back to rehearsals, the latest wireless extravaganza from Motorola Inc. is ready to return to prime time. The Schaumburg, Ill., telecommunications equipment giant …

Pocket Communications Inc. (formerly DCR Communications Inc.) said it submitted a $1.3 million deposit to the Federal Communications Commission Friday to bid on the C-block personal communications service licenses scheduled …

WASHINGTON-Despite Congressional passage of a six-year balanced budget plan last week that assumes $19.2 billion from auctions, telecom policymakers are growing concerned that fiscal and political forces are increasingly driving …