WASHINGTON-Policy makers this week will receive the last of nine bean-bag wireless phone toys designed to remind them "Competition, innovation and safety symbolizes the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was expected late Friday or today to announce eligible bidders for the April 27 local multi-distribution point service re-auction.After initially...
IntellicellIntellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell's sales and marketing group. Hedge will be...
WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Solutions submitted a report last week to the Federal Communications Commission indicating no Year 2000-related problems were discovered in recent...
European telecom operators made headlines last week with involvement in several potential mergers and buyouts. The United Kingdom's largest cellular operator, Vodafone Group plc,...
Pinnacle Towers Inc. acquired four towers in North Carolina and Texas in two transactions.AirNet Communications Corp. said it is supplying additional infrastructure equipment, including...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-In a $50 million transaction, Leap Wireless International Inc. increased its ownership of Chilesat Telefonia Personal S.A. from 50 percent to 100...
NEW YORK-Harris Corp. announced it is repositioning itself to become a pure communications equipment company and will spin off its Lanier Worldwide subsidiary to...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Mobile Data Solutions Inc. and Kenan Systems signed a cooperative marketing agreement that will join MDSI's mobile work force management products with Kenan's...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. signed a contract with OnQue Communications Inc. to supply Global System for Mobile communications wireless infrastructure equipment, which is earmarked...
The Personal Communications Industry Association supported Cook Telecom Inc. in its continuing battle for interconnection rights and termination compensation from Pacific Bell Inc.Cook Telecom...
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Crown Communications said it won a contract to provide build-to-suit services in Texas for Western Wireless Corp., increasing Crown's domestic tower portfolio by...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $35.9 million, an increase of 56 percent over revenues reported...
"To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today," read a banner at CTIA's Wireless '99. That's not the way...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Unwired Planet Inc. announced it changed its name to Phone.com Inc. and elected former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt to the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Vodafone Group plc and AirTouch Communications Inc. said they received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service concerning their proposed merger.The...
NEW YORK-Despite the current slowdown in Asian, Latin American and Russian markets, the United States has taken a commanding lead in industries most important...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-On March 31, Omnipoint Corp. received $100 million from Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. and $25 million from Nortel Networks after...
CALGARY, Canada-Denso Corp. has licensed Isotel Corp.'s software for use in Denso's Code Division Multiple Access handset products, which will be marketed in Japan,...
JapanConductus Inc. announced it shipped a 16-pole ClearSite wireless subsystem to a major Japanese cellular operator for performance testing. The system will be used...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was given some advice on FCC reform last week as Michael Kennedy of Motorola Inc. suggested the FCC create a...
NEW YORK-A panel of three federal judges heard arguments April 5 in an appeal of Federal Communications Commission siting and safety requirements for the...
More than two years after it first filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, MobileMedia Communications Inc. now has two reorganization plans before it to...
Striking nervesDear Editor: I have been in the two-way radio communications business for over 35 years. Regardless of my field, one thing I have noticed...
