DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. granted type approval to Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd., a subsidiary of Elisra Electronics Systems Ltd. of Bene Beraq, for the...
WASHINGTON-A 44-member group with rural cellular applications pending at the Federal Communications Commission petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
GREENWICH, Conn.-PanAmSat Corp. said it will issue to its shareholders a proxy statement detailing the planned merger of PanAmSat and the Galaxy satellite services...
TEMPE, Ariz.-AirTouch Cellular announced plans to move its customer service operation for the Southwest region from Bellevue, Wash., to Tempe, Ariz.The site for the...
WASHINGTON-Congress is ready to spring two major spectrum bills that seek to stabilize the Federal Communications Commission's aggressive auction program and that would apply...
States' rights advocates are claiming victory for an appeals court decision that overturned a preliminary injunction set by a lower court that barred a...
NEW YORK-The U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division gave its approval April 24 for Bell Atlantic Corp.'s $23 billion takeover of Nynex Corp. The...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana-Brightpoint Inc. reported it had increased sales and net income for the first quarter ended March 31.Net sales for the first quarter were...
Wireless pricing in competitive markets with at least one personal communications services operator on average is 18 percent lower than in markets with no...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it activated its real-time fraud prevention system for users roaming between Mexico and the United States.The company's PhonePrint...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana-Guyana Telephone & Telegraph said it launched the first fixed wireless access network in the Anna Regina area of the Caribbean.The system uses...
DALLAS-HighwayMaster Corp. signed an agreement with Wal-Mart to install 3,000 of its Series 5000 mobile communications units in Wal-Mart's fleet of trucks this year.The...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Glenayre Western Multiplex announced its Lynx spread spectrum digital microwave radios are available for off-the-shelf sales. Ken Ruppel, Lynx product manager, said in...
CAMPBELL, Calif.-P-Com Inc. signed an agreement to supply digital microwave radios to Telcel, a subsidiary of Telefonos de Mexico.The equipment will be used to...
SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. selected AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Wireless Data Division to provide the wireless communications for its OnGuard product.OnGuard uses wireless communications...
Billing and customer care are hailed by industry analysts, vendors and service providers as keys to success in a highly competitive wireless market. The...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has lifted a temporary restraining order that barred the company from...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two contracts to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in the Hebei province...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. said final beta testing has begun on the first production run of its AlphaTrak 9000 vehicle tracking and recovery system.The...
NEW YORK-Wireless Internet and intranet access over long distances, even in remote areas without a wireline infrastructure, is about to get easier and less...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks will expand its cooperation with Nokia to provide packaged content and services for Smart Messaging, the Nokia-developed Global System for Mobile communications...
OTTAWA-Clearnet Communications Inc. reached an agreement with the Canadian Library Association to provide high-speed Internet access to certain local libraries in exchange for the...
WASHINGTON-The sale of 128 Wireless Communications Services licenses ended early Friday morning after a total of 29 rounds. The final four rounds contained no...