GTE Corp. last week announced plans to purchase 20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the Midwest, ending months of speculation about who would acquire...
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...
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...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. on Friday filed a statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware supporting the acquisition bid...
HELSINKI, Finland-L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. said they support the European Telecommunications Standards Institute's work on a global standard for Global System for Mobile...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens Information and Communication Networks Inc. and Omnipoint Communications signed a $200 million deal under which Siemens will supply Global System for...
While many of their counterparts in the high-flying build-to-suit industry are prospering, tower manufacturers are finding the road ahead may be a difficult one....
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...
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...
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...
San Diego-based Ensemble Communications Inc. is approaching worldwide broadband wireless access markets with a point-to-multipoint wireless system that has three key technology layers with...
WASHINGTON-Two powerful senators have come together on the sticky issue of encryption legislation.Encryption is technology used to scramble computer data. The computer industry has...
WASHINGTON-Two telecommunications mega-mergers hit snags last week as the Federal Communications Commission said it had serious concerns about the SBC/Ameritech combination and the Virginia...
GUANGZHOU, China-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector announced it won two contracts valued at a total of $100 million to expand the digital Global System...
STOCKHOLM (AP)-Sweden and Norway signed an agreement to merge and partially privatize their state telecommunications companies.The proposed merger of Sweden's Telia and Norway's Telenor...
ATLANTA-Global Wireless Data announced it is the North American distributor for the new Ericsson M3090 Mobitex wireless modem."We chose Global Wireless Data as our...
The government of India last month revealed a new telecommunications policy that aims, among other things, to rectify issues surrounding licensees of basic and...
Dear Editor: I have been troubled for the last few years with the increased incorrect use and mispronunciation of the words "collocate" and "collocation" being...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it signed a four-year agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide an expected $1 billion in equipment...
VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. announced it now is offering its high-bandwidth, local, long distance, high-speed data and Internet services to small- and mid-size businesses in...
