LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. announced it closed a $13.5 million secured financing transaction with GATX Capital Corp. Per the agreement, GATX Capital has...
South KoreaCentigram Communications Corp. announced it signed a $2.4 million agreement with South Korea-based Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. to expand the voice-messaging capabilities on Shinsegi's...
Frontier Corp., one of the parents of Frontier Cellular, announced plans to merge with Global Crossing Ltd., an independent global fiber-optic network operator.The transaction...
The Federal Communications Commission could rule today on whether Leap Wireless International Inc. is qualified to own C-and F-block personal communications services licenses and...
MobileMedia Corp. said it filed a stipulation to its reorganization plan with the U.S. bankruptcy court in order to appease certain unsecured creditors who...
WASHINGTON-Despite the fact that the government has extended the time for wireless carriers to implement number portability, the government needs to alert all wireless...
VLSI Technology Inc. announced its board of directors adopted a new shareholder rights agreement and bylaw amendments to fend off a hostile bid from...
Polson on target regarding public's RF perceptionThank you for Peter Polson's excellent article "Public opposition expected to rise about RFR radiation," Feb. 8 in...
SAN DIEGO-If you are a small specialized mobile radio operator, which trade association, if any, should you belong to?Three trade associations, all based in...
WASHINGTON-In a policy paper presented to the Rural Task Force on universal service, Western Wireless Corp. reiterated that rural local exchange carriers should not...
Qualcomm Inc. seems to be waging an uphill battle with the Federal Communications Commission over its quest for a pioneer's preference mobile phone license...
WASHINGTON-In reporting its year-end 1998 results, Pathnet Inc. also announced it expanded its wholesale-to-carriers digital broadband access provision strategy beyond wireless to include fiber-optic...
SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS, France-VLSI Technology Inc. announced it has incorporated Bluetooth technology into its portfolio of wireless technologies and, with L.M. Ericsson, has co-developed a Bluetooth...
Resistance to unsightly towers has prompted many wireless carriers to site their antennas on existing structures such as buildings and water towers to reduce...
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Data Forum, a technology-neutral trade association for wireless data and mobile computing, announced the North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. became its newest...
SAN DIEGO-Contrary to persistent rumors, Nextel Communications Inc.-the largest specialized mobile radio operator-will remain a member of the American Mobile Telecommunications Association for at...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. announced its president, Douglas G. Dwyre, will retire from his position at the end of the month but will...
DENVER-Telecom Italia Spa has received permission from its board of directors to merge with its mobile phone operator subsidiary, Telecom Italia Mobile, as a...
OTTAWA, Ontario-Nortel Networks said it has developed and demonstrated an order of magnitude increase in the coverage radius of 800 MHz cdmaOne base stations...
NEW YORK-A subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., which holds a minority stake in both Orange plc and Western Wireless Corp., plans to...
WASHINGTON-Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.), reacting to persistent complaints that federal law inadequately addresses the impact of antenna proliferation on property...
NEW YORK-L-3 Communications signed an agreement to acquire Aydin Corp., under which L-3 Communications will purchase all of the outstanding common stock of Aydin...
WASHINGTON-The cellular industry apparently knew what it was doing when it waited for Reed Hundt to retire as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission...