WASHINGTON-In the last procedural move before proceeding with auctions in the 39 GHz band (38.6-40.0 MHz), the Federal Communications Commission affirmed the licensing and...
Poor financial results continue to plague personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., and its spinoff from parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc.,...
WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. said Chairman C. Michael Armstrong was elected head of the U.S.-Japan Business Council, a 75-member group that promotes improved business and economic...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Brite Voice Systems Inc. said it received a $10 million order from a major European communications provider.The provider wants to expand its capacity...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it agreed to provide a variety of value-added services to Telerj Celular S.A. and Telest Celular S.A., two wireless operators...
NEW YORK-In a move apparently intended to get ahead of the crowd, Hutchison Telecommunications Australia Ltd., Sydney, announced July 12 it plans to sell...
BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Mobile Communications signed a three-year agreement with Aerolineas Argentinas, Argentina's national passenger airline, to provide fax, data and voice communications via satellite...
WASHINGTON-Legislation to extend the digital wiretap act grandfather date to June seems to be on a fast track to nowhere because proponents don't have...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it expects operating results for the second quarter to be below analysts expectations, mainly due to lower than anticipated...
The supply contract between Research In Motion Ltd. and BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. ends next month and the two companies are already in negotiations...
ATLANTA-Southern LINC, a digital wireless communication service of Southern Co., announced it has licensed Phone.com's UP.Link Server.The company intends to use the server to...
WASHINGTON-The American Association of Retired Persons released the results of a $30,000 study conducted by Economics and Technology Inc. that reports SBC Communications Inc....
WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Inc. this week plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule that state courts are not pre-empted by federal...
The government of Kazakhstan's temporary ban on Russian rocket launches from the Baikonur cosmodrome has mobile satellite service providers with upcoming launch dates there...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced cellular service provider Cocelco S.A. in Colombia chose CellStar to provide a variety of distribution and value-added services.Under terms of...
YAOUNDE, Cameroon-France Telecom signed a concession agreement for Global System for Mobile communications wireless phone service in Cameroon, to be operated by Yaounde-based Societe...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission needs to "strike the proper balance" between regulation and forbearance, the Personal Communications Industry Association told a congressional task...
Private radio users' use of cellular and paging services is lower than might be expected, considering their telecom needs, said The Strategis Group, which...
Restructuring has proven to be a difficult task for Swedish vendor L.M. Ericsson, whose board of directors last week unanimously opted to unseat President...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium announced its support for the letter U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley and USTR Charlene Barshefsky sent to Karel...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Comcast Cellular Corp. following approval by the Federal Communications Commission July 2, said the company.The...
FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired six towers in Baltimore, Md., in two separate transactions, said the company.The towers were acquired from Blanton...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Paging Network do Brasil S.A. acquired rival paging carrier Powernet in a cash deal valued at about $5 million.The deal adds 46,000...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Celumovil, the largest cellular service provider in Colombia, chose CellStar to provide distribution and value-added services.Under terms of the two-year...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced two new Internet-ready phones that integrate digital phone, two-way radio and alphanumeric paging services with a Internet microbrowser, e-mail,...
