WASHINGTON-The World Trade Organization telecom pact could put the United States at a disadvantage with major trading partners and should be subject to legislation,...
WASHINGTON-A University of Maryland economics professor who assisted the Federal Communications Commission in setting up parameters for simultaneous, multiple-round spectrum auctions, such as that...
After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has...
WASHINGTON-In a March 12 letter to Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) asked that an "immediate ruling requiring newly manufactured...
SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Mobile Telecom reported strong growth in both its cellular and paging businesses in 1996, in addition to good interconnection revenue.According to...
RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave...
NEW YORK-American Tower Corp. plans to go public, and it could become the first independent company engaged solely in wireless communications tower site management...
Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will install an Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular network in Brazil. Motorola values the agreement with Telecomunicacoes...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 cellular network to Shanghai Post and Telecommunications Administration. Nokia values the...
WASHINGTON-Outgoing Overseas Private Investment Corp. President Ruth Harkin last week picked up bipartisan support from a congressional panel that is under pressure from some...
NEW YORK-Electric power companies have seen the future and it is wireless.The Electric Power Research Institute, a 700-plus member organization based in Palo Alto,...
When confronted with the question of why there is no radio frequency radiation bioeffects research after four years and $15 million, embattled Wireless Technology...
Alan Dick & Co. (USA) Inc. debuted its cross polarized antennas available for messaging, cellular and personal communications services. The XP base station panel...
NEW YORK-SBA Communications Corp., a tower site development and management company, announced March 14 it had raised $50 million to help it enter the...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. purchased a 61 percent interest in Otecel, one of two nationwide wireless telephone companies in Ecuador.BellSouth acquired the interest by buying all...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Manufacturer L.M. Ericsson said it has issued warnings to other European equipment manufacturers about the use of the Ericsson logo either on their...
MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a contract with Pilipino Telephone Corp. to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access network in the Philippines....
In between the land of resellers and the land of licensed wireless providers lies a place where MCI Telecommunications Corp. lives all by itself.The...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission issued two notices of proposed rulemaking at its monthly meeting March 12, one dealing with streamlining its authorization process for...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) plans to introduce two separate pieces of legislation aimed at aiding the public-service industry in its quest to secure additional...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. will acquire Cellular Infrastructure Supply Inc. for a combination of cash and stock, according to a letter of intent.The transaction is...
WASHINGTON-Congress has charged the Federal Communications Commission with raising $152.5 million in regulatory fees for fiscal year 1997, a $26.1 million (nearly 21 percent)...
