WASHINGTON-The chief executive officers of Ameritech Corp. and SBC Communications Inc. agreed last week to FCC Chairman William Kennard's request for a 90-day negotiation...
ROME-The takeover battle engaged by Olivetti spa for Telecom Italia spa was scheduled to come to a head Saturday, when Telecom Italia shareholders were...
GTE Corp. last week announced plans to purchase 20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the Midwest, ending months of speculation about who would acquire...
Some Telecommunications Industry Association members and U.S. carriers were angered last week by comments attributed to a TIA senior executive by the French Press...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association will hold its first Lobby Day Wednesday, an event that will celebrate the success of the wireless industry and...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry hopes to give the Federal Communications Commission a final report in June on how the deaf community can use text telephones...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. announced the SCH-1500 personal communications services handset.The phone is a dual-band, dual-mode handset that combines...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission would like to see wireless companies compete in the local exchange carrier market, but this is not likely to happen...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Royal Philips Electronics announced it has signed a confidentiality and standstill agreement with VLSI Technology Inc.The two have agreed that: VLSI will provide...
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...
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...
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...
Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Information Network Services group confirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded it a three-year contract...
AT&T Corp. plans to purchase Honolulu Cellular Telephone Co. from BellSouth Corp., another move in AT&T's plan to expand its nationwide coverage.The two companies...
L.M. Ericsson said it supports the third-generation TDMA proposal and a group of 3G CDMA technologies that accommodates three different modes and various chip...
WASHINGTON-A federal court granted a stay request from the telecommunications industry for a 60-day hold of a lawsuit against the federal government over the...
PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Mobile introduced Share-A-Minute, a new digital service plan that allows wireless phone users to activate up to three separate lines and share...
ATLANTA-Wynd Communications Inc. announced an exclusive strategic alliance with the American Automobile Association to deliver national wireless roadside assistance service to deaf and hard...
