WASHINGTON-If allowed to merge, British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. promised to jump start local competition, keep interconnection prices low and promote the...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Services Inc. upgraded the rating on Cellular Communications Inc.'s convertible subordinated notes due 1999 to Baa2 from Baa3 when AirTouch Communications...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-More than 3.5 million people sign up for digital wireless services each month, according to a study conducted by L.M. Ericsson. The company...
WASHINGTON-Viking Dispatch Services Inc., whose 42 applications to build cooperative, non-profit private radio networks were rejected by the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau...
GARDENA, Calif.-Teletrac's location information solution was chosen to be used in the City of Gardena, Calif., Police Department's public safety vehicles."Because of a national...
WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said a "soft-handoff" feature deployed in its Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure enables mobile phones to simultaneously maintain a...
Less than a year since licenses were awarded, PCS is live in Canada.Microcell Telecommunications Inc. turned on its personal communications services network in Montreal...
DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. introduced its text messaging service and PrimeCo Lite Messaging software. The service allows subscribers to receive on their PrimeCo phone...
SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular has announced plans for national expansion of its #800 free cellular calling services.The national expansion is propelled by an infusion of...
WASHINGTON-Despite it being the Number One wish on bidders' holiday lists, there probably is little chance that the D-, E- and F-block personal communications...
BEACHWOOD, Ohio-NextWave Telecom Inc. agreed to purchase $50 million in wireless personal communications services products and services from The Allen Group Inc.The products will...
Omnipoint Communications Inc. has been granted access to the New York Power Authority's structures and rights-of-way. Under the agreement, approved by the board of...
GREENVILLE, S.C.- Conxus Communications announced it opened its PCS demonstration system for review and technical trials.In the last several weeks, the transmission quality of...
LOS ANGELES-AirTouch Cellular has turned on its complete Code Division Multiple Access network in Los Angeles, having overcome software problems in the Motorola Inc.-supplied...
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-To conserve cash for operations, MobileMedia Corp. did not make its interest payment last month by the 30-day grace period on 9.38...
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-ClearSystems Inc. will provide its customer care and billing platform, Innoverse, to Airadigm Communications, a personal communications services license winner.Innoverse was designed...
WASHINGTON-National Telecom PCS Inc. is continuing its battle against DCR PCS Inc., the winner of 43 C-block personal communications services licenses, by filing an...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Aviation officials and electronics experts are debating whether portable electronic devices, including cellular phones and pagers, should be banned during airline flights, according...
The latest radio acquisition by Harris Corp. puts the company in the position to compete for a multimillion dollar government contract upgrading airport radio...
220 MHz operator US MobilComm Inc. said the conversion to digital technology by Nextel Communications Inc. is offering MobilComm a tremendous opportunity to capture...
Clinton II and greener pastures are generating more exits, some through the infamous revolving door.Bob McNamara, chief of the FCC's Private Wireless Division, is...
