WASHINGTON-Outgoing Overseas Private Investment Corp. President Ruth Harkin last week picked up bipartisan support from a congressional panel that is under pressure from some lawmakers to cut off the agency’s …
NEW YORK-The New York State Public Service Commission approved March 20 the merger of Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp. As a condition, state regulators required Nynex to spend $500 …
WASHINGTON-A University of Maryland economics professor who assisted the Federal Communications Commission in setting up parameters for simultaneous, multiple-round spectrum auctions, such as that conducted for C-block personal communications services …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reached a definitive agreement with Comcast Corp. to acquire a previously issued and outstanding option covering 25 million Nextel shares. Terms of the repurchase transaction call …
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. launched its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis., and will open its first retail store for Appleton in May. The company said it …
ST. LOUIS-Southwestern Bell Wireless, a division of SBC Communications Inc., expanded its Missouri cellular airtime rates into Arkansas. The company said its customers can place and receive local cellular calls …
WASHINGTON-Mary Beth Richards, deputy chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau, will receive the 1997 Eugene C. Bowler Award for excellence in public service April 29 at the …
One clear strategy in marketing wireless phones to consumers is keep it simple. The phone is not just a business tool but an easy, fun device that keeps you in …
MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a contract with Pilipino Telephone Corp. to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access network in the Philippines. Lucent values the contract at $23 …
WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council has weighed in as a group in favor of transferring 60 megahertz of “long-unused prime spectrum from the television broadcast allocation” in UHF channels 60-69 …
WASHINGTON-In a March 12 letter to Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) asked that an “immediate ruling requiring newly manufactured cellular phones to select the strongest …
SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Mobile Telecom reported strong growth in both its cellular and paging businesses in 1996, in addition to good interconnection revenue. According to KMT President Dr. Jung Uck …
BOSTON-A former Cellular One Boston employee pleaded guilty in federal court to a cellular phone cloning scam operated in 1995. Edward S. Herd Jr., of Boston, pleaded guilty to a …
When confronted with the question of why there is no radio frequency radiation bioeffects research after four years and $15 million, embattled Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. head Dr. George Carlo …
Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy. Brazil’s current annual cellular …
ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. purchased a 61 percent interest in Otecel, one of two nationwide wireless telephone companies in Ecuador. BellSouth acquired the interest by buying all of the shares of the …
Geotek Technologies Inc. said it will supply trunked mobile radio equipment and services based on its Frequency Hopping Multiple Access technology to Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. The company values …
RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave equipment provided by Northern Telecom Ltd. …
Industry calls Arch one of strongest, most stable paging carriers, and securities analysts rate the company’s stock “buy.” But unlike other leading players talking up new voice and messaging services, …
NEW YORK-American Tower Corp. plans to go public, and it could become the first independent company engaged solely in wireless communications tower site management to do so. The company, which …
