WASHINGTON-Everyone who makes a phone call-either wireless or wireline-soon could see a tax cut if Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.) has his way.Last week, Tauzin,...
At last Wednesday's hearing on wireless 911 legislation, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) made special note of a front-page Washington Post story published that day...
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced worldwide cdmaOne subscribers totaled 28.5 million at the end of March, a one-year increase of 309 percent.The...
WASHINGTON-The leaders of the four telecommunications trade associations, which are suing the Department of Justice over implementation of the digital wiretap act, met with...
NEW YORK-All eyes are on Omnipoint Corp., which one investment banker has likened to a poster child for personal communications services.What will be the...
NEW YORK-For status-conscious Americans, Nokia Corp. plans to debut by late summer its Nokia 8800 series phone, carrying a suggested retail price of "under...
LAS VEGAS-Nokia Corp. unveiled several new Internet protocol solutions to provide mobile professionals with broadband wireless access to services such as e-mail, corporate information...
MONTEREY, Calif.-Wireless data industry leaders met in Monterey, Calif., earlier this month to discuss further actions needed to capitalize on the momentum the long-fledgling...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $66.8 million, more than double the revenues of $29.9 million...
WASHINGTON-A new treaty to curb bribery of public officials should help U.S. wireless firms become more competitive in the emerging global telecom marketplace.The accord,...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. and the Home Shopping Network announced the intent to offer HSN members a branded prepaid cellular phone program, set...
ATLANTA-Cellemetry L.L.C. announced an agreement that will extend its Cellemetry Data Services throughout the 17-state area covered by Western Wireless Corp.With the agreement, Cellemetry...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks announced it is selling manufacturing plants and cutting 1,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan intended to make the company more...
WASHINGTON-Larry Irving, telecom adviser to President Clinton, last week said a 1993 bill transferring government spectrum to the Federal Communications Commission has been a...
NEW YORK-A class action lawsuit was filed last week by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers frustrated by dropped calls, busy signals and other indications...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the U.S. Justice Department has reviewed L.M. Ericsson's pending acquisition of the company's infrastructure division and the two company's intellectual-property-right...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it has joined forces with online trading company eBay to create a wireless person-to-person online trading service that will...
NEW YORK-The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York handed NextWave Personal Communications Inc. a big victory May 13, cutting its...
As deregulation slowly takes hold of the U.S. electric utility industry, many companies are beginning to take a look at wireless telecommunications as a...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday shored up rules for auctioning 16,000 paging licenses later this year and announced it will not take action...
WASHINGTON-Paging Network Inc., the nation's top paging carrier, said the Federal Communications Commission should condition any approval of the $57 billion merger between SBC...
