WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has been nominated for a Computerworld Smithsonian Award for developing and implementing its remote electronic auction system. The annual awards...
MCLEAN, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. placed an order for Cycomm International Inc.'s Slice digital voice encryption attachments for Motorola Inc.'s MicroTac handheld phones. Cycomm said...
RCR missed boat on NextWave storyDear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards...
Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it will re-organize its business into four wholly owned operating companies.Three of Millicoms four companies will focus on...
MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected...
WASHINGTON-In light of the Federal Communications Commission's recent finding that NextWave Telecom Inc.'s foreign ownership exceeded the FCC's 25-percent threshold, forcing a company reorganization...
NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous...
WASHINGTON-With the wireless industry and hearing impaired community unable to agree on long-term solutions for hearing-aid compatibility and interference problems after more than a...
SAN DIEGO-An innovation in wireless data was announced last week that could answer CDPD's main problem: coverage.GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group said Rhode & Schwarz Bick Mobilfunk GmbH will expand its product offerings to include FLEX paging...
NEW YORK-The Economist Intelligence Unit acquired Pyramid Research Inc., a Massachusetts-based telecommunications market research company. EIU is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Economist...
Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.-based In-Flight Phone Corp., the competitor to GTE Airfone Inc. for consumer air-to-ground communications, entertainment and information, quietly filed for Chapter 11...
NEW YORK-Batteries Batteries Inc. acquired Battery Network Inc. and affiliated companies including Alexander Battery Co. East Inc., Alexander Battery Co. South Inc. and Alexander...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. launched an Internet World Wide Web site that will allow customers to buy cellular phones and service.When the site is accessed,...
NEW YORK-BellSouth Corp., Atlanta, reported it closed out 1996 with 3.6 million cellular customers in the United Sates, and increase of 765,000 compared with...
WASHINGTON-Now that some of the dust has settled following the Federal Communications Commission's Dec. 23 adoption of a memorandum opinion and order regarding private-radio...
WASHINGTON-The fiscal 1998 budget President Clinton plans to unveil this week will propose expanded auction authority and at least one major education program underwritten...
Wireless Access Inc. said it is volume shipping its AccessLink two-way wireless messaging device to SkyTel Corp. The AccessLink is a narrowband personal communications...
PITTSBURGH-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said its Pittsburgh employee base grew 25 percent last year and investments in the Pittsburgh network were more than $150...
Philips Consumer Communications introduced its Fizz analog mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Fizz phone offers 40 hours of standby time and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Messaging Group received an order for paging infrastructure equipment from ProNet Inc. Glenayre values the contract at $3.5 million.According...
