March 1999

NASHUA, N.H.-Sanders, a Lockheed Martin company, announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with eXpert Wireless Solution for radio-frequency network planning and services for Sanders’ line of personal communications services …

DENVER-In response to aggressive moves made by its competitors, U S West Inc. announced it is committed to spending an additional $300 million in 1999 to support earlier deployment of …

As the FCC awkwardly confronts one challenge after another with respect to Phase I and Phase II E911 implementation and the ‘dead zone’ issue, one gets a faint sense that …

CANNES, France-Nextel Communications Inc. last week announced plans at the GSM World Congress to establish roaming between its iDEN-based networks and Global System for Mobile communications systems in Europe and …

CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. and Global System for Mobile communications operator Vodafone Ltd. announced a collaborative agreement to implement Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems technology, a third-generation standard chosen by the European …

WASHINGTON-Consumer advocates are opposed to the “policy goals” approach government appears to have embraced to solve the wireless 911 dead-zone problem and have raised concerns about the decision-making process associated …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched its VoiceStream Wireless personal communications services in Seattle and Spokane, Wash. In western Washington, VoiceStream’s network provides coverage in all cities along the …