ProNet and its insurance carriers have entered into an agreement to pay $5 million to settle securities class action lawsuits pending against the paging...
WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week proposed to fund digital wiretap implementation and Internet access for schools with $1.7 billion paid...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. and AirMedia, formerly Ex Machina Inc. are jointly developing and marketing wireless messaging software and services.AirMedia customized...
The applications for this year's VITA Awards are in and the winners will be honored during the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless Safety Week,...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. initiated commercial roaming operations with Portuguese wireless operator Telecel S.A. The launch of roaming with Telecel via Subscriber Identity...
TAMPA, Fla.-Batteries Batteries Inc. acquired Cliffco of Tampa Bay Inc., a distributor of wireless telephone accessories including a variety of batteries, which accounts for...
DENVER-Wireless carriers in Denver now are required to take proactive steps with the community if they want their towers and antennas placed in certain...
DENVER-U S West Inc.'s Media Group and AirTouch Communications Inc. have signed a definitive agreement to merge Media Group's domestic cellular business and its...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Tu-Ka Cellular Tokyo are introducing Motorola's Dynamic Equipment Sharing software on Tu-Ka's Personal Digital Cellular network....
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. has dismissed its chief executive officer, Gregory Webb, after only seven months in the position.Prior to joining InterDigital,...
DALLAS-Sprint PCS has launched personal communications services for consumers and businesses in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio, Texas, bringing to 40 the number...
NEW HAVEN, Conn.-SNET has announced plans to launch Time Division Multiple Access digital service in Connecticut by the end of the year."With digital service,...
MAY18-20 Asia Pacific Regional Conference-Creating a Wireless World with TDMA/WIN, by Universal Wireless Communications. The Kuala Lumpur Hilton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (206) 205-4800.19-20 Wireless...
Telecel-Zambia announced plans to launch a Code Division Multiple Access system next week in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. The initial launch will...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. said it doubled its international customer base in the last year, for a total of 2 million proportionate cellular customers...
Dear Editor: Regarding this past Monday's editorial, I have a couple of comments.First, Mercury PCS is based in Jackson, Miss., not in Texas. Second, while...
WASHINGTON-Strong arguments voiced by the paging industry and other telecom sectors against public pay phone deregulation in federal appeals court last week could force...
PLAYA del REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. has signed agreements in principle to acquire a controlling interest in a paging telecommunications venture in India.Under terms...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a lower court's affirmation of certain Telular patents in...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The telecommunications market achieved 11 percent growth last year with revenues of $298 billion, according to a report issued by the Telecommunications Industry...
MIAMI-TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone and airtime service marketed by Topp Telecom Inc., will be available in the New York metropolitan area and throughout...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. supplied its Virtuoso II billing and customer care system for GTE Wireless' personal communications services networks in Cincinnati, Seattle and...
