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You may never need, or want, to leave your car once it is equipped with an in-vehicle navigation and communications system. Hitting the market this year are a handful of …

Code Division Multiple Access has been touted as a success story in Seoul, South Korea and in Hong Kong. Many U.S. personal communications services licensees have based their access technology …

NEW YORK-For Coherent Communications Systems Inc. of Leesburg, Va., the new digital arrivals on the wireless communications scene represent a golden opportunity for its echo cancellation technologies. Digital cellular communications …

The MCI One initial package that includes one-number service, free long distance, Internet services and a calling card is offered for $4.95 a month, not $34.95 as stated in RCR’s …

WASHINGTON-According to a public service announcement aired nationwide in conjunction with National Wireless Safety Week, “Rescue 911” host William Shatner pointed out that more than 50,000 emergency calls are made …

Dear Editor: Your article in Monday’s RCR is a great disappointment in which you misled your readers. Somehow you have turned a story about differences in opinion between CTIA and …

As it was pointed out to me time and time again during the aftermath of last week’s C-block broadband personal communications services auction, in every game there are winners and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission announced it has agreed to reduce bid withdrawal penalties faced by Atlanta Trunking and MAP Wireless, bidders in the recent 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction. …

It was one book in Alighieri Dante’s 14th century classic Divine Comedy trilogy that inspired the name for Lucent Technologies Inc.’s new software program, Inferno. The technology behind Inferno will …

Who are these guys? It’s a question that has popped into my mind repeatedly after 20-plus years as a journalist now covering the wireless communications field. I can’t compete with …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place in February by the city council …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. and BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced that BellSouth Mobility Inc. has successfully moved over commercial cellular traffic in Nashville, Tenn., to HNS’ GMH 2000 system. In …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

Alcatel Network Systems and Sprint Corp. have completed a network upgrade with a five-node synchronous optical network in Fayetteville, N.C. The ring, with a circumference of more than 100 miles …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado Springs and downtown Denver. The new …

Comsat International Communications is creating a business unit to focus solely on mobile satellite communications. Comsat Personal Communications initially will concentrate on Comsat’s Planet 1 global phone service scheduled to …

WICHITA, Kan. – Brite Voice Systems has introduced a cellular phone enhanced service designed to improve the safety of mobile phone use in automobiles. The company has developed a voicemail …

LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school romance. This week they’re broken up. …

WASHINGTON-“This is the most exciting day of my life,” exclaimed Allen Salmasi, chairman and chief executive officer of NextWave Personal Communications Inc., which by all unofficial accounts was the winner …

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to …

After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming a giant in the specialized mobile …

One mission of the CTIA Foundation for Wireless Communications is to undertake innovative wireless projects, like the one beginning today in Minnesota. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation is giving …

Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged the plea as part of an …

WASHINGTON-Differences over liability continue to slow digital copyright legislation in Congress, keeping wireless and wireline carriers in limbo about whether they will be held accountable for unintentionally transmitting unauthorized copyrighted …