WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a rulemaking that would allow almost limitless foreign ownership of U.S.-based telecommunications carriers.The commission, however, vowed to retain...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group signed a letter of intent with Northern Telecom Ltd. to jointly market Glenayre's MVP modular voice processing...
Euristix Ltd. and Tellabs are working together to develop Tellabs' Titan 550 Element Management System using the Euristix Raceman EMSX platform development toolkit based...
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. rolled out its enhanced all-digital wireless network in Dallas/Fort Worth. The company also recently launched service in Kansas City, Wichita...
WASHINGTON-According to a June 3 petition filed at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland, C-block personal communications services licensee Pocket Communications...
NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced June 3 that it acquired the Wisconsin 5 RSA, which consists of three eastern Wisconsin counties. The Wisconsin 5 RSA...
TORONTO-Qualcomm Inc. said it signed an 18-month contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access digital handsets to Bell Mobility, a Canadian wireless services provider....
NEW YORK-After more than two years of effort, standards for interoperability of smart cards for U.S.-based personal communications services received approval May 30."It represents...
Smartalk Teleservices Inc. rocketed into the prepaid calling card big leagues last week, virtually doubling in size with the acquisitions of GTI Telecom Inc....
NEW ORLEANS-Now that all three of soon-to-be-former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt's Telecommunications Act of 1996 implementation goals-universal service, access-charge reform and interconnection-have...
SINGAPORE-An air of triumph permeated last week's second annual CDMA World Congress as the supporters of Code Division Multiple Access celebrated the past year's...
WASHINGTON-A major fracas erupted in the House telecommunications subcommittee last week when lawmakers rebelled against congressional budget instructions to raise $26.3 billion from spectrum...
NEW YORK-Like late night talk show host David Letterman, Jerome Lucas, president of Telestrategies Inc., McLean, Va., has a top 10 list-this one for...
AUSTIN, Texas-Qualcomm Inc. donated 125 Code Division Multiple Access digital phones to aid in relief efforts after tornadoes destroyed neighborhoods in Jarrell, Texas, in...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America last week launched a full-scale campaign to unionize employees of AirTouch Communications Inc. and acquisition target U S West...
WASHINGTON-Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen last week blasted the new universal service structure, urging Senate lawmakers to send the Federal Communications Commission...
WASHINGTON-Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, last week signaled his opposition to Justice Department antitrust nominee Joel Klein and...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. announced it will sell its Satellite Transmission Systems and Microwave Networks business units. The company will retain its satellite...
MobileMedia Corp. delisted its Class A common stock from the Nasdaq National Market June 3 because it cannot meet certain financial reporting requirements of...
NEW YORK-Incumbent and new carriers in Europe, the world's third- largest telecommunications market, are in reasonably good shape to meet competitive pressures despite uncertainties...
Motorola Inc.'s European Paging Subscriber Division said Deutsche Funkruf Gesellschaft of Germany plans to deploy a FLEX-based paging network this summer, breaking from European...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Commissions Commission, in a stunning reversal, agreed last week to grant 19 rural cellular applications that an administrative law judge previously dismissed...
NEC Corp.'s Wireless Message Terminals division recently reduced its sales staff, an action the company and some carriers say reflects the paging industry's changing...
Southern California's emergence as a burgeoning wireless hub was reinforced when yet another new telecom company, Kokusai Communications Systems Inc., opened its world headquarters...
