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WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation on Tuesday night gave its Eugene C. Bowler Award to Dale Hatfield, chief of the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology. “You cannot separate …

WASHINGTON-Wireless technology increasingly is seen as the end-all, be-all to the digital divide issue. But will it get here soon enough? The Clinton administration, through the National Telecommunications and Information …

HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom Corp., an encryption technology company, completed its public offering of 1.25 million common shares at $46.30 per share on the Nasdaq National Market. The proceeds from the offering, …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry’s push to enter the populous Chinese market got a big boost last week as several undecided Democrats and Republicans announced they will vote for permanent normal trade …

WASHINGTON-Apparently not able to get a majority of the commission to agree with him, Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard has directed staff to release proposed rules that would allow …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. completed its $125 million acquisition of Texas 9 Rural Service Area encompassing the towns of Brownwood, Stephenville, Hamilton and Hillsboro, Texas. “Texas 9 fits well with …

BOSTON-Research firm Strategy Analytics said it found commuters are spending increased time in their cars and consequently are placing a high priority on personalized advertising, information and entertainment that provides …

PARIS-Ericsson France and FinGO are working together to develop mobile Internet solutions dedicated to finance and e-brokerage services and to jointly prepare their evolution toward General Packet Radio Service and …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Excite@Home Inc. launched a wireless portal service called Excite Mobile for customized news, directions, weather and other personal information for users of Web-enabled wireless devices. The portal allows …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. revealed it has received an unsolicited tender bid from Growth Capital Corp., which has offered to buy up to 900,000 shares of common stock from Geoworks shareholders …

BERLIN-A consortium comprised of Telefonica, Orange and Sonera will join U.S.-based MCI WorldCom and 10 other groups in bidding for third-generation licenses in Germany. The auction is set to begin …

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Rural Cellular Corp. selected GiantBear.com Inc. as its provider of Web-to-wireless information services. RCC said it would host a friendly user trial later this year of the service. …

CANCUN, Mexico-The big push to interoperate GSM and TDMA standards is well under way, allowing customers using either standard to roam around the world and giving U.S. TDMA operators a …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services affiliate, launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Oxford, Miss., and Fort Smith, Ark., bringing the total number of markets with SunCom …

SAN FRANCISCO-When people in Atlanta think of the top two wireless service providers, BellSouth Wireless Services and Sprint PCS come to mind. In Minneapolis, the top two are AT&T Wireless …

JACKSON, Miss.-Tritel Inc., a member of the AT&T Wireless network, launched wireless phone service in Birmingham, Ala., under the SunCom brand name. “The Birmingham area has been waiting for a …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, reported higher net losses for the first quarter, despite more revenues. Triton said it saw an increase in revenue …

PETACH TIKVA, Israel-TTI Telecom International Ltd., a supplier of turnkey software solutions for telecom service providers, received an initial contract totaling $5 million from AT&T Wireless Group for a comprehensive …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Through an agreement with BarPoint.com, Verizon Wireless customers will be able to access comparison shopping information and product reviews based on a product’s Universal Product Code on their Web-enabled …

One advancement in technology can change everything. Likewise, a change in policy can turn everything topsy-turvy. Witness the Clinton administration’s decision last week to no longer purposely degrade GPS signals, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. launched its Global System for Mobile communications-based personal communications services network in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., market. VoiceStream bought the infrastructure from Sprint PCS, after Sprint PCS|announced …

LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc announced it is testing an international Wireless Application Protocol system that would allow users to access WAP-based information when roaming between the United States, the Netherlands and …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Voice-Stream Wireless Corp. reported closing its merger with Aerial Communications Inc. As a result of the merger, Aerial shareholders will receive 0.455 of a VoiceStream common share for each …

Web sites that offer comparison shopping for wireless phones and services appear to be a dime a dozen these days. Consumers go to these sites because they promise to be …

GENEVA-Xircom Inc. said it has bundled software from AvantGo Inc. in its wireless modem product for the Handspring Visor organizer, allowing devices equipped with Xircom’s modem to access AvantGo’s mobile …