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Telecom Finland has contracted with L.M. Ericsson to build a new DCS-1800 system and expand Telecom Finland’s existing Global System for Mobile communications network. Ericsson values the contract at $105 …

Reflection Technology Inc. has completed a $10 million round of private funding from a series of new and existing investors. “This round of financing will allow us to accelerate our …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau plans to re-auction 18 C-block personal communications services licenses July 3, following the failure of BDPCS Inc. and National Telecom PCS Inc. to make their required …

WAKEFIELD, Mass.-Boston Technology Inc. will supply its Access NP Network Services Platform, its value-added services software and the AccessMAX Application Software Environment to Sprint Spectrum L.P. In addition, Boston Technology …

A new retail outlet for cellular is opening nationwide, but there won’t be any sales people and you won’t find the address in the yellow pages. Denver-based nLYTn Technologies Corp. …

CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago is introducing FreedomPlus one-number service to its cellular customers. Cellular One of Chicago, a subsidiary of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, said the phone acts as a …

NEW YORK-Group Communication Services, Canada’s second-largest specialized mobile radio operator, plans an initial public offering of common stock to help finance most of a major expansion project to deploy digital …

It has been about seven years since the disintegration of the Soviet empire. During that time, some former Eastern bloc countries have built a thriving telecommunications business despite obstacles. Cellular …

Launching new technology into a market involves more than just technological know-how. The expectations of all parties must be managed in order to control the risks, analysts say. System operators …

ATLANTA- BellSouth Mobility DCS (a subsidiary of BellSouth Corp.), Lucent Technologies Inc. and the Swiss PTT worked together to provide Global System for Mobile communications coverage at the 34th GSM …

DENVER-Vari-L Company Inc. will supply Omnipoint Corp. with a series of miniature Voltage Controlled Oscillators for Omnipoint’s personal communications services systems, the companies announced. The companies said the VCOs are …

So now the Federal Communications Commission is mandated to study market entry barriers faced by small businesses and entrepreneurs, which could lead to reviving bidding credits and other incentives for …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. signed a letter of intent to provide unilateral roaming services in Canada to Hongkong Telecom customers. “Hongkong Telecom’s customers had expressed a desire …

Digital TU-KA Chugoku Co. Ltd. launched commercial service in the Chugoku area of Japan, serving the capital city, major highways and the railway line. AirTouch Communications Inc. owns 4.5 percent …

WASHINGTON-California specialized mobile radio operator James A. Kay Jr. has lost his 18-month battle against the Federal Communications Commission, at least for the time being. According to a May 31 …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. ordered more than one million of Lucent’s Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular phones to be supplied during the next …

WASHINGTON-Opinions are split when it comes to shortening the voluntary negotiation period between microwave incumbents and C-, D-, E- and F-block personal communications services licensees. Several commenters on the proposed …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging, Information and Media Sector is forming a new Platform Software Division. The Atlanta-based division is chartered to develop and deliver an open software platform, including an operating …

WASHINGTON-The United States Telephone Association continues to fight against any federally mandated rollback or eradication of interconnection fees that wireless companies must pay to local exchange carriers to terminate wireless …

effrey Si;va Grumbling in private wireless land. The word is the refarming item that was anticipated for vote this month is being pushed back until fall, which could delay further …

WASHINGTON-DCR Communications has changed its name to Pocket Communications Inc. The Washington, D.C.-based firm, which walked away from the C-block spectrum auctions with personal communications services licenses for 43 markets, …

PortaCom Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to acquire all the outstanding shares of Los Angeles-based Asian American Telecommunications Corp. PortaCom said it will issue a total of 25.5 million common …

NEW YORK-ProNet Inc., one of the top 10 paging companies in the country, planned to sell concurrent stock and bond issues as early as last Friday. The common stock offering …

MUNICH-Siemens AG won contracts worth $64.7 million from the Iridium mobile phone network. Siemens said that Motorola Inc., which founded and leads the Iridium project, placed an order for 12 …

WASHINGTON-The House GOP strategy to reach out to voters this election year by repealing a 4.3 cents gasoline tax hike and underwriting forgone federal revenue by auctioning 35 megahertz of …