The Personal Communications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission regarding universal service fund reform. PCIA agreed with the FCC that it must implement access charge and universal …
NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc and Telenor of Norway have launched a satellite phone as small and light as a notebook personal computer. It’s called Mobiq. The phone, which weighs just …
WASHINGTON-The mobile data industry still is in its infancy, according to manufacturers, service providers and users, but the next few years promise a mini boom in applications easy for almost …
WASHINGTON-As the Feb. 15 deadline for reaching a global telecom trade pact closes in on Geneva negotiators, Congress and the administration find themselves embroiled in a bitter dispute over foreign …
Vodafone Group plc agreed to purchase Data Bank of Greece S.A. through its subsidiary Vodafone Europe Holdings Ltd. Vodafone said the principal asset of Data Bank is a 10 percent …
Chicago. The birthplace of the cellular industry. The Windy City. Oprah and the Bulls. And Aerial Communications Inc., 360
WASHINGTON-The Utilities Telecommunications Council, has taken issue with a recent technical blueprint regarding pool consolidation floated at the Federal Communications Commission by the Industrial Telecommunications Association, and the group has …
CHICAGO-United States Cellular Corp. reached a trade agreement with BellSouth Corp. to acquire a 12-market cluster that provides cellular service to most of Wisconsin and parts of northern Illinois. Cities …
Here are sample quotes from respondents who were asked the question, “What are some of the most important disadvantages of the use of wireless phones?” ( Note: 30 percent of …
NEW YORK-Corporate bond default rates likely will rise moderately in 1997 after falling in 1996 to their lowest level in 15 years, according to Moody’s Investor’s Service Inc. Last year, …
Who’s running the Wireless Telecom Bureau? It’s not a rhetorical question. Over the past two years, or about as long as Reed Hundt has been FCC chairman and spectrum auctions …
NEW YORK-Honesty may not have been the best policy for Cellular Technical Services Co., a Seattle-based provider of cellular fraud prevention systems. If the securities analyst community has a mantra …
PICKERING, Ontario, Canada-Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it plans to acquire Mobilair Communications, the wireless communications division of Autostock Inc., to expand its MiKE specialized mobile radio network throughout Quebec. Clearnet …
If carriers want customers to pay for cutting-edge technology, they need to be willing to use the highest-end technology themselves to promote such products, said a Texas-based software creator. “We’ve …
Nearly a year ago, Glynn Ingram had an idea. He wanted to provide bundled telecommunications services to small businesses and consumers on one bill. So he and a few colleagues …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration’s balanced budget plan calls for $36 billion from expanded auctions over the next five years, a projection that raises key wireless policy questions. The initiative, which includes …
Globalstar L.P. said it plans to sell $250 million of senior notes due 2004 and warrants to purchase common stock of Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. in a private offering. The company …
WASHINGTON-“The Telecom Act was an act of Congress and not an act of God, so it will not be immediately perfect,” commented AT&T’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen …
A federal court mediation process is scheduled to begin next month between AirTouch Communications Inc. and Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. regarding phone promotion materials used in the San Diego …
CAMARILLO, Calif.-The Federal Communications Commission gave type approval to AML Communications Inc.’s broadband PCS 600 repeater. AML said production and delivery PCS 600 will begin this quarter. The product is …
