WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is not likely to authorize the scanning/jamming devices that recently were approved in Japan."We would not authorize knowingly any transmitter...
WASHINGTON, D.C.,-The Wireless Data Forum announced it is developing an electronic-commerce program in conjunction with Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, to be called the...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, already facing stiff resistance to antenna siting from local zoning boards and federal land managers, has come under fire from the...
DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG announced it has increased its participation in Italian mobile carrier Omnitel Pronto Italia by 3.2 percent. The transaction included offering AirTouch...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nextlink Communications Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire WNP Communications Inc. in a combined cash and stock transaction valued at...
Geoworks Corp. announced the latest stage in its continuing transformation last week with the introduction of a consulting division called the Professional Services group.The...
NEW YORK-A company called Beatie, King & Abate L.L.P. has filed a class-action lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. individually and as a successor to...
Today's telecommunications behemoths soon will rank right up there with journalists and used-car salesman on the "Who don't you trust" list.As competition tries to...
Unwired Planet Inc. took another step toward making its vision of Wireless Application Protocol devices and services a commercial reality by providing interoperability testing...
WASHINGTON-In 1998, the wireless industry started paying into the Universal Service Fund. In 1999, the industry could find out how much money can be...
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., the Murray Hill, N.J., telecommunications equipment giant, gobbled up two other properties last week.In its bid to become a single-source...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, reacting for the first time to a new congressional report that concluded American satellite exports to China harmed U.S. national security,...
CINCINNATI-Cinergy Communications Inc., Lattice Partners Ltd. and a partnership led by Robert M. Bass announced they will form a venture to acquire and develop...
NEW YORK-"The SBC (Communications Inc.)-Ameritech (Corp.) merger will provide outstanding opportunities for minorities to get into the wireless business," said Thomas A. Hart Jr....
Qualcomm Inc. may be ready to sell off its handset division as competition in the cdmaOne handset business intensifies and costs increase.Sources say Qualcomm...
A clash between cellular operator Western Wireless Corp. and a rural telephone company in North Dakota could set a precedent with the Federal Communications...
AT&T Wireless employee wounded in Utah shootingSALT LAKE CITY-The Associated Press reported AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee Anne Sleater was shot in the head...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc., the Palo Alto, Calif., computer hardware and software giant, announced the availability of a new suite of products and services...
ESPOO, Finland-Tele Danmark announced it has made The Tecnomen Group's Enhanced Services System commercially available and signed a contract to introduce Tecnomen's unified messaging...
Tegic Communications Inc. said Groupe Sagem will incorporate Tegic's European and Chinese character-based versions of its T9 Text Input software into Sagem mobile phones."The...
MADRID, Spain-Telefonica and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced they signed a memorandum of understanding that strengthens their relationship by recognizing Lucent as a preferred global...
LAS VEGAS-Topp Telecom Inc. unveiled its new $20 million national advertising campaign at the International Consumer Electronics Show last week, featuring TV ads produced...
JACKSON, Miss.-Tritel Inc. announced it will launch a 1900 MHz personal communications services wireless network as an affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The...
