As standards bodies around the world study the possibility of harmonizing third-generation technology, the prospect has taken an ugly turn in the United States.While...
WASHINGTON-The Republican congressional leadership plans hearings to investigate Clinton-administration approval of commercial satellite technology transfers from U.S. wireless firms to China that Pentagon and...
NEW YORK-Mobile Communications Holdings Inc., Washington, D.C., announced The Boeing Co. is to be the system integrator for the new Ellipso mobile satellite system...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced an aggressive national rate system that eliminates long-distance and roaming charges.The AT&T Digital One Rate plan includes...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission believes the best reason auctions should be used to allocate spectrum is not the revenue the auctions generate but rather...
After eliminating several engineering and operations positions in January, Sprint Spectrum L.P. said it is now in a long-term hiring mode with plans to...
LAS VEGAS-General Magic Inc. said it plans to begin commercially offering July 30 its integrated voice and data virtual assistant network service via local,...
ATLANTA-GTE Wireless and Baja Celular of Tijuana, Mexico, have partnered to use digital networks that allow U.S. and Mexican cell sites to serve calls...
MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. announced it received gross proceeds of about $300 million from its recently completed sale of 11-percent senior subordinated discount notes...
Now that paging carriers must make Universal Service Fund contributions, even though they are ineligible to withdraw money from it, many are adding new...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. said it supplied equipment and services to Western Wireless International for a network deployment in Africa. The initial value of the...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the Wireless Application Protocol Forum will support the FLEX and ReFLEX paging protocols in its...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it formed a new business venture that will provide products to help emergency crews respond to wireline and...
WASHINGTON-Members of the House Commerce Committee last month urged the Federal Communications Commission to delay or eliminate the requirement that commercial mobile radio service...
WASHINGTON-Major wireless E911 and digital wiretap initiatives on Capitol Hill have taken unexpected turns that may not necessarily doom legislation, but could reshape bills...
NEW YORK-Led by dramatic expansion of television, mobile telephony and multimedia services, global satellite industry revenues will skyrocket to $171 billion in 2007 from...
LONDON-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it sold 900,000 B shares in NetCom Systems A.B.-representing 11.6 percent of a total holding of about 7.8 million...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with automobile manufacturer Renault and France Telecom Mobiles to develop a telematics system for Renault drivers.The on-board communications...
NEW YORK-"A lot of what you're hearing about voice over the Internet, about having actual, real-time conversations, is hype," said Ralph Tomeoni, president and...
DALLAS-Aeris Communications Inc. and Orbcomm Canada Inc. announced an agreement to integrate their respective MicroBurst and Orbcomm services for hybrid wireless data and messaging...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. and Iridium North America announced an agreement under which PageNet will be the exclusive provider of Iridium's global paging products and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Paging Network Inc. officially threw its hat into the narrowband personal communications services game last week when Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced thatPageNet has...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), ranking minority member of the House telecommunications subcommittee, will not engage in the controversy surrounding antenna siting in Rock Creek...
