1998

CULVER CITY, Calif.-UStel Inc. announced that its new proprietary, in-house billing service began operation after nine months of development and parallel testing. The company’s chief executive officer, Robert Diener, said …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association said it asked the Federal Communication Commission to require wireless carriers to offer automatic roaming agreements on a nondiscriminatory basis. TRA asserts that wireless resellers “have …

Software developer US/Intelicom stands poised to capitalize on prepaid wireless, an industry segment some analysts expect to grow rapidly during the next few years. The company entered the prepaid arena …

They’re coming out of the woodwork to point out the perils of driving and dialing. Cellular phones can cause distractions, says a new report from the National Highway Traffic Safety …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-After introducing the architecture for the Wireless Application Protocol last September, collaborators L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they established a new company …

WASHINGTON-The lawyer for embattled Portals developer Franklin Haney told the House Commerce Committee his client will comply with any subpoena to defend a $1 million payment to lobbyist Peter Knight …

WASHINGTON-Although most of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s second notice of proposed rule making regarding federal, state and local public-safety spectrum through the year 2010 passed muster with the industry, there …

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are …

NEW YORK-“While there are occasional missteps-sometimes big ones as in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea and Japan-volatility is the price one pays for free markets,” Peter M. Donovan said in a …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association has proposed manufacturer guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission to address telecom equipment accessibility issues. Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 states that …

Toll Free Cellular has laid off most of its employees and put the company up for sale after AT&T Wireless Services Inc. opted not to proceed with plans to offer …

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. announced it applied to have its True Per-Second Billing service registered as a federal service mark. Saying it is one of the pioneering companies of per-second billing, …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre and Unicom China Paging Corp. have launched the third phase of Unicom’s nationwide paging network in China, the companies announced in a ceremony at Unicom’s office in Xiamen. …

TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the mobile satellite industry. TRW said it …

MEXICO Corsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will …

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. and GoAmerica Communications plan to offer two free months of GoAmerica’s wireless Internet and intranet services with the purchase of Inet’s Spider Cellular Digital Packet Data modem …

InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB. The company’s parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has sought a further stay of …

Italy’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations. Called Fido, the system allows customers …

STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunication Data Systems Inc. and Computer Sciences Corp. announced that ITDS will buy TRIS, a cellular telephone billing unit of Computer Sciences, for $100 million. Under the terms …

In an initial victory for paging carriers nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau announced its current rules do not allow local exchange carriers to charge paging carriers for …

Despite filing for bankruptcy last year, MobileMedia Corp. announced plans to build out networks for its two nationwide narrowband personal communications licenses, with service available to select markets later this …

The Federal Communications Commission late last week was expected to allocate 24 megahertz for public safety communications and reserve 36 megahertz in the same 800 MHz band for commercial wireless …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. took Omnipoint Corp. to task over its Nov. 24 petition for reconsideration and clarification regarding proposed financial options for C-block personal communications services players. Comments on Omnipoint’s …

… Kudos to AT&T Wireless for being the proud provider of PCS service that worked in D.C.’s Old Ebbitt Grill. The bartender said most pocket phones don’t work in Old …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced the acquisition of Aptel Ltd., a developer of wireless technologies and products, owned mainly by DSP Group Inc. Nexus purchased 100 percent of …