WASHINGTON-Seeking to end a century-old "luxury" tax on telephony, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) along with House colleagues Jennifer Dunn (R-Wash.) and Billy Tauzin (R-La.)...
NEW YORK-A fire storm has erupted among corporations and legislators over Internal Revenue Service proposals released last month aimed at curtailing overseas transactions the...
The annual growth rate of worldwide subscribers using Time Division Multiple Access technology is expected to increase more than 100 percent this year, according...
NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., manufacturer of wireless information security and land mobile radio products, has been sued by shareholders in a...
Two wireless enhanced 911 services vendors last week announced their systems were live in time for the Federal Communications Commission's Phase I deadline, which...
BOSTON-In terms of dollars and labor, wireless number portability will cost wireless carriers more than any other single issue, according to the Yankee Group...
While the world continues to debate the mechanics of third-generation technology, many industry watchers wonder what business case, if any, this new technology will...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. opened a $26 million, 284,000 square-foot manufacturing facility in Shakopee, Minn., near its Minneapolis headquarters.ADC's Broadband Connectivity Group is housed in...
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems introduced Incoming Call Screening, an application that enables wireless service providers to offer enhanced call-management services to their subscribers, said the...
The Federal Communications Commission approved a request from American Mobile Satellite Corp. to modify its satellite license so it can temporarily consolidate its space...
NIXA, Mo.-Applied Cellular Technology Inc. acquired Salt Lake City-based Winward Electric Service Inc., which provides services in the fiber-optic interface and data cabling areas."The...
CHICAGO-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it completed its $100 million acquisition of Ardis last week, creating what it called the first fully-deployed, integrated terrestrial/satellite...
IRVINE, Calif.-AirTouch Southern California said it expanded its "all-Southern California home calling area," called California Connection, to its digital customers in San Diego.AirTouch customers...
NEW YORK-Paging Network do Brasil S.A., Sao Paulo, reported earning $3.3 million in net revenues during 1997, its first year of commercial operation.Net losses...
NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers.One...
HANNOVER, Germany-Groupe Sagem licensed Unwired Planet Inc.'s UP.Browser to provide Internet access for its wireless handsets.Sagem is a French group of high-technology companies employing...
WASHINGTON-Iridium LLC launched a Delta II rocket carrying five more Iridium satellites into orbit March 30, bringing its total number of operational satellites to...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. will keep its patent on the Time Division Multiple Access wireless radio communications system used in Germany, said...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard responded March 30 to a congressional letter questioning the commission on its recent C-block personal communications services financial-restructuring...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced wireless intelligent network software applications designed to lower costs and increase revenues for network service providers, as well...
FORT LEE, N.J.-Beginning this month, MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, no longer is charging a 50-cent fee to deliver an e-mail message to a subscriber's...
April 7-8IGI Consulting. Holiday Inn, Washington, D.C. (800) 323-1088 or (617) 232-3111.Asian ConsumerElectronics ShowApril 9-11Kenfair International Ltd. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong...
The March 16 article on Justice Department probes involving lobbyist Peter Knight should have stated that $230,000 was contributed by Portals Developer Franklin Haney...
