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PLAYA DEL REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. said it is in negotiations with equipment manufacturers for the cellular phone network it intends to build in Vietnam. PortaCom was formerly Extreme Technologies …

NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced it has exercised an option to acquire 83 percent of the Dutchess County major service area from United States Cellular Corp. The MSA includes the city …

GOLDEN, Colo.-Superconducting Core Technologies announced it concluded an exclusive purchase and supply agreement for superconducting thin films with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. SCT said it is guaranteed …

Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary. “We made every effort to reach an …

WASHINGTON-To strike a fragile bipartisan deal on a sweeping telecommunications bill that includes federal antenna siting policy and other provisions sought by the wireless telecommunications industry, conferees had to cede …

WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.’s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating …

Budget talks between the Clinton administration and the GOP-controlled Congress are stalled, the chances that any budget agreement will be worked out by the end of this week-when Shutdown III …

BRUSSELS-Telecom liberalization in Europe was pushed ahead last week when the European Commission adopted a policy requiring member states to begin to abolish phone monopolies and open mobile phone licensing. …

WASHINGTON-Federal employees of still-unfunded agencies, including those who staff the Federal Communications Commission and the Commerce Department, are waiting with bated breath this week to see if Shutdown III will …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced a digital wireless communications system in Seoul, Korea based on its spread spectrum Frequency Hopping Multiple Access technology. The demonstration site was unveiled as part …

WASHINGTON-Bidders returned to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of C-block broadband personal communications services and 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses with renewed fervor last week, following complications from the …

Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received purchase orders valued at $5 million to supply digital microwave radios to Smart Information Technologies Inc., a cellular firm and local exchange carrier …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest international paging markets by country based on information supplied by the U.S. Department of …

Now that the flap over Lockheed Martin’s acquisition of Loral’s defense electronics and system integration divisions earlier this month has died down, strategists at Loral Space & Communications-which owns a …

Eight parties responded to Luxembourg’s call for interest in operating a second cellular network. The Ministry of Communications, which plans to license an operator later this year, did not comment …

Six months of executive infighting at Metrocall Inc. has led to a top-level management shake-up at the paging carrier, an eventuality the company discounted just three weeks ago. Among the …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced a new pricing structure for its Cellular Digital Packet Data network that reflects a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction from previously published rates. GTE said the …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Subscriber Group announced plans for the commercial availability of a cellular telephone that can also be used as a cordless phone at home or at work. …

Dial Page Inc.’s stockholders have approved a merger proposal and agreement with Nextel Communications Inc., Nextel announced. The Federal Communications Commission’s final approval on the merger is expected to be …

A reporter at a press conference last week asked some members of the so-called Centrist Coalition-a group of moderate senators-whether they were getting lonely in light of that day’s announcement …

ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Former Nynex Mobile Communications cellular executive Alfred Boschulte has been named managing director of Excelcomindo, Nynex’s joint venture in Indonesia that was formed to provide digital cellular phone service …

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to manufacture equipment based on Omnipoint Corp.’s IS-661 technology. TI will manufacture certain components of the IS-661 …

WASHINGTON-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) threatened last week to block telecommunications reform legislation from moving forward until changes are made to auction television licenses potentially valued at up to …

WASHINGTON-While the Clinton administration is pledging stricter enforcement of trade pacts involving telecommunications and other business sectors, the future relationship between the United States and Japan has been left uncertain …

Rules. It seems as soon as we enter this world, we’re forced to comply with a blanket set of rules that someone else has decided for us. You can’t have …