SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc., Qualcomm Inc.'s spun-off wireless communications carrier, announced that one of its operating companies, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., has acquired two...
The 15th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union kicks off today in Minneapolis, a meeting whose focus on internal governance and strategic planning...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said it plans to launch guaranteed messaging service in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia and Utah and expand current coverage in Florida as...
WASHINGTON-James Sasser, a former Tennessee senator hired by developer Franklin Haney to work on the Portals deal before becoming U.S. ambassador to China, denied...
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said it added 17,039 net new wireless subscribers during the third quarter, compared with 10,760 new subscribers during the same...
WASHINGTON-The Boeing Co. was fined $10 million as part of an agreement with the State Department covering improper information transfers to Russian and Ukraine...
AT&T Corp.'s announced acquisition of Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. has raised some questions as to what AT&T plans to do with Vanguard's paging operations.Many...
Changing times are requiring some infrastructure vendors to reorganize their businesses and better align themselves with their customers.Siemens AG of Germany is the latest...
SYOSSET, N.Y.-AlarmNet announced a new radio alarm signal service called the AlarmNet Control Channel Cellular (AlarmNet-C) in conjunction with its newest alarm transmitter, the...
Motorola Cellular Service Inc. announced it achieved operational and marketing certification to become a North American service provider of Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications services....
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced its shareholders have approved the company's acquisition of AT&T Wireless Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Division and set the stage for a...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the Commerce Committee, has added his voice to those who believe that wireless, specifically personal communications services, is...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Hearing-aid manufacturer Starkey Laboratories Inc. said testing of a new antenna design from RangeStar International Corp. and a new model Starkey hearing...
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) abruptly tabled his E911 federal-land antenna-siting bill last week after controversy erupted over local zoning rights and...
SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset....
PRINCETON, N.J.-Nettech Systems Inc. launched the Nettech Developer Program, a support program for mobile application developers.The program offers developer partners-such as systems integrators, corporate...
WASHINGTON-Boeing Co.'s Sea Launch program has received the go-ahead from the Department of State for a proposed launch early next year, Boeing announced last...
NEW YORK-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Arthur Levitt accused Corporate America of "manipulation" and "illusion" when accounting for certain costs."In the zeal to satisfy...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. contracted Brite Voice Systems to expand its prepaid calling capacity to support the personal communications services carrier's expansion into new...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Unwired Planet Inc. released its UP.Link Platform Version 3.1 with Wireless Markup Language support at PCS '98.The platform, which includes the UP.Link Server...
CHICAGO-USN Communications Inc. launched cellular services in Midwest markets, where the competitive local exchange carrier already offers local and long-distance services.Small and medium-sized businesses...
CHS Electronics Inc., an international distributor of microcomputer products, announced an agreement to purchase BrightStar Corp., a start-up wholesale distributor of cellular phones and...
ORLANDO, Fla.-L.M. Ericsson launched an open wireless intelligent network platform, called Jambala, initially available to Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 providers.Jambala is...
WASHINGTON-For all of the grumbling that some in the communications industry do about the Federal Communications Commission, what would happen if it didn't exist?...
MONTVALE, N.J. - Geotek Communications Inc. announced it is shutting down all U.S.-based digital wireless networks and will no longer provide its proprietary wireless...
