WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor, touting economic accomplishments of the Clinton administration and laying out his own agenda, said America must continue to invest in high technology and press for free …
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. announced it has formed an independent business unit, IBM Mobile & Wireless Systems, to provide a complete line of mobile and wireless products for industry …
MONTREAL-Ericsson Communications Canada Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent with Group Communication Services Inc. of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada, under which Ericsson will provide hardware, software and support …
WASHINGTON-Clinton Watson of San Jose, Calif., who created the “Lifetime Phone” software program used in cloning cellular phones, was sentenced to six years in federal prison and ordered to pay …
Six-month-old personal communications services contender Sprint Spectrum is capitalizing on its choice of digital technology to forge international roaming agreements, just as it did to gain time-to-market advantages in its …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Sercomtel has commercially launched digital cellular phone service using Time Division Multiple Access technology in Brazil. The system, which is Brazil’s first digital system, will provide …
WASHINGTON-Following on the heels of a recent Federal Communications Commission decision to allow interactive video and data services licensees to provide mobile services, Chantilly, Va.-based Eon Corp. announced its test …
WASHINGTON-In a big blow to the wireless telecommunications industry, the Pentagon has decided not to take a high-profile stand against expected changes to radio frequency radiation exposure guidelines backed by …
Deutsche Telekom AG has expanded its presence in Asia through a strategic alliance in Malaysia. Deutsche Telekom will buy 21 percent equity interest in Technology Resources Industries Berhad, which operates …
NEW YORK-Comcast Corp., a Philadelphia-based cable television company, late last month sold 3.3 million shares of stock it held in Nextel Communications Inc., a wireless communications provider headquartered in Rutherford, …
MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. announced it has signed a letter of intent with Cone Enterprises Inc. to acquire for cash the assets of the Mississippi rural service area 7 …
NEW YORK-Rodney J. Olsen said he will step down July 1 as acting chief executive officer of Cable & Wireless plc, the British multinational telecommunications conglomerate. With wireless telecommunications operations …
WASHINGTON-Raising capital for the extensive buildout of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 56 markets appears to be less of a problem for the C-block personal communications services auction winner than it will …
The wireless arms of the regional Bell operating companies are riding a new wave of revenue by offering long-distance service to their cellular customers. Until the Telecommunications Act was passed …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pertti Johansson is now senior vice president and general manager of Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division. Johansson joined Motorola in 1986 as director of International Cellular Operations …
NEW YORK-The rapid growth in volume and kinds of wireless telecommunications services has created a strong ripple effect on the tower site administration sector of the industry. Independent companies that …
IRVINE, Calif.-A federal court in Santa Ana, Calif. has ordered The Cellular Extension Co. to stop creating so-called “extension phones” that duplicate the electronic serial numbers from carrier-activated phones. In …
WASHINGTON-The House GOP strategy to reach out to voters this election year by repealing a 4.3 cents gasoline tax hike and underwriting forgone federal revenue by auctioning 35 megahertz of …
MUNICH-Siemens AG won contracts worth $64.7 million from the Iridium mobile phone network. Siemens said that Motorola Inc., which founded and leads the Iridium project, placed an order for 12 …
