NEW YORK-The wireless telecommunications business may account for a minority of Bell Atlantic Corp.'s revenues, but its entrepreneurial example has influenced profoundly the incumbent...
DULUTH, Ga.-Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it is expanding its operation to offer a broader range of services to its customers and to increase...
WASHINGTON-The association representing wireless resellers last week submitted a detailed report to the Federal Communications Commission to support their claims wireless carriers can implement...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. completed its acquisition of Summa Four Inc. The companies this summer agreed to the acquisition.Summa Four's open standards-based programmable...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission tomorrow will argue its rules for universal-service financing are legal, while its opponent, Celpage Inc., a paging company from Puerto...
Moody's Investors Service Inc. said it assigned a B2 rating to Orbital Sciences Corp.'s $100 million of 5-percent subordinated notes, due 2002.The company said...
NEW YORK-MCI WorldCom, Jackson, Miss., announced Nov. 20 it has formed the MCI WorldCom Fund, a venture-capital fund to invest in companies "that can...
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications announced Nov. 24 that Finland-based Benefon has licensed its T9 text input product."T9 enables users to enter text as they would on...
"Consumers of third-generation wireless technology will be better served by marketplace competition than by a single government-mandated standard, according to a new economic white...
WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry may have an easier time convincing Congress the grandfather date in the digital wiretap act should be changed now that Rep....
The Brazilian government still plans to license three wireline and one long-distance telephone service license by Jan. 15, despite the resignation of Communications Minister...
TORONTO-Clearnet Inc., Toronto, announced it has entered into an underwriting agreement with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for $350 million in senior secured...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS said it is offering a two-in-one service that allows customers to answer their wireless calls using either their personal communications services...
The Internet landscape was altered dra-matically last week when America Online Inc. announced it will acquire Netscape Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued...
ADC Telecommunications Inc. completed its acquisition of Teledata Communications Ltd. for $15.75 per share, or about $200 million in cash.Omnipoint Communications Inc. launched commercial...
With the Nov. 1 commercial activation of Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite-based global mobile phone network, the mobile satellite services industry proved it is technologically possible...
TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. announced Amdocs Ltd. will implement a new converged customer-care and billing system.The solution is based on Ensemble, Amdocs' convergent customer-care and...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced plans to repurchase up to $3 billion worth of its common shares in 1999.The company's board of directors also increased its...
Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.'s third-quarter survey of U.S. mobile phone pricing indicates pricing overall has increased as carriers move from offering local calling plans to...
WASHINGTON-While consumer advocates and wireless lobbyists tie up the Federal Communications Commission in heated debate over 911 strongest-signal and text-telephone compatibility issues, Rome is...
WASHINGTON-Any good will House Speaker-designate Bob Livingston (R-La.) hopes to bring to the 106th Congress could evaporate quickly if a deal is not struck...
