WASHINGTON-It went down to the wire, but when all was said and done, the personal communications service licenses won at auction by bankrupt NextWave...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Smart card-based solution provider Schlumberger announced a wireless identity module that secures Internet transactions on mobile devices.The Wireless Application Protocol-compliant identity module...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association's Paging Technical Committee announced it adopted the Wireless Communication Transport Protocol for immediate implementation in North American messaging...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced that in January it will begin offering nationwide the SkyTel eLink wireless e-mail product for customers who need to...
Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue's new SkySpeed.com network for...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile launched in Delaware its "Call Me" calling-party-pays option, which will allow wireless customers to only pay for their outgoing calls...
Vodafone AirTouch plc Friday launched a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann AG after the German company flatly rejected an earlier all-stock bid of about...
IRVING, Texas-GTE Communications Corp. said it began offering its GTE Unlimited bundled services in markets across Texas.Basic GTE Unlimited includes 100 minutes or more...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Eight leading paging companies, in an effort managed by the Personal Communications Industry Association, launched the industry sector's first collaborative advertising campaign with...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong mobile telephone operator SmarTone Communications said it is looking to secure a wireless fixed network license. SmarTone is among 14 companies...
NEW YORK-Not unexpectedly, the multiservice telecommunications giants led the way in revenues and profits for the first half of this year.Profit leadersBell Atlantic Corp....
ST. LOUIS-Roberts Wireless Communications and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a three-year, $32 million contract to construct a personal communications services network throughout Missouri (except...
BETHESDA, Md.-Omnipoint Corp. said it added 104,000 subscribers in the third quarter, ending the three-month period with 698,000 subscribers.The carrier said revenues hit $110...
BERLIN-Siemens AG and NEC Corp. announced a joint venture to develop infrastructure equipment for third-generation systems. The joint venture, in which Siemens will hold...
WASHINGTON-The No. 1 issue for the wireless telecommunications industry is access to additional spectrum, whether it is the incumbent cellular operators wanting the spectrum...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. reported revenues for the third quarter grew to $24.6 million, an increase of 85.1 percent from revenues of $13.3...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-SanDisk Corp., a Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of flash memory storage products, sold a 4.5 million-share secondary common stock offering Nov. 3. It raised...
Rural Cellular Corp. announced its subsidiary, RCC Holdings Inc., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the cellular telephone licenses, operations and related assets...
BEIJING-Nortel Networks announced that its joint venture, Guangdong Nortel Telecommunications Equipment Ltd., was awarded contracts valued at $64 million by China Unicom and Anhui...
In a deal loud with industry-shaking repercussions, the nation's top two paging carriers announced their intention to merge last week, raising the consolidation bar...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, bowing to industry pressure here and across the Atlantic, last week signaled for the first time a willingness to consider supporting...
