WASHINGTON-Congress this week is expected to approve a controversial securities litigation reform bill that would limit the ability of investors to sue firms in the wireless telecommunications industry and in …
WASHINGTON-The 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction that begins tomorrow is expected to be characterized by a mixture of bidding by big companies like Geotek Communications Inc. and Ram Mobile …
Editor’s Note: Following is the list of companies that are qualified to bid in the upcoming 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction set to begin Dec. 5. The number following …
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. announced a $100 million agreement with Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and said Richard Gerstner, Telular’s director and chief executive officer, had resigned. Telular’s agreement with …
Sweden’s Post and Telestyrelsen, the national telecom agency, said it expects to license up to four operators for nationwide personal communications networks early next year. Cellular penetration is at about …
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-A recent survey of senior executives in the wireless communications industry suggests great uncertainty surrounds the personal communications service marketplace. The study, conducted by the international consulting firm Arthur …
Psst, don’t let any lawyers know, but a government auction of spectrum is scheduled to begin tomorrow. The 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction has captured the interest of 128 …
AUSTIN, Texas-A group of paging carriers and resellers filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing the state of forcing wireless companies to contribute disproportionately to a telecommunications infrastructure fund. The lawsuit, …
WASHINGTON-The United States had mixed success in securing more spectrum for next-generation global satellite systems at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, an event unexpectedly preoccupied with the mammoth Teledesic …
Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A- and B-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. None of the companies-with the exception …
WASHINGTON-Radiofone Inc., in what amounts to a new stay request, wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission is …
Three Texas cellular customers have brought a class-action lawsuit against GTE Mobilnet, maintaining the company’s $200 cancellation fee is an unfair penalty for discontinuing service, said the plaintiffs’ attorneys Richard …
The upcoming chairwoman of the GSM MoU Association is confident that Global System for Mobile communications technology will figure prominently in the U.S. personal communications services market. Gretel Holcomb Hoffman …
WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission last week approved streamlined antenna structure registration procedures that make owners rather than licensees primarily responsible for complying with construction, painting and lighting requirements. …
The tower industry has banded together as the National Association of Tower Erectors to address collective issues of operations and safety and to affect industry-initiated standards. The nonprofit organization represents …
WASHINGTON-In a potential test case of a 1993 law that pre-empted state entry and rate regulation of commercial mobile radio services, U S West Inc. has asked federal regulators to …
William Lenahan is celebrating his one-year anniversary as president and chief executive officer of Ram Mobile Data L.P. by initiating a change in strategic direction for the packet data carrier. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will go forward with the C-block personal communications services auction and allow Radiofone Inc. and several others that had sought waivers of PCS-cellular cross ownership rules …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Qualcomm Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary, Qualcomm do Brasil, and NEC do Brasil plan to deliver digital cellular systems based on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology to …
WASHINGTON-The future is here. Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 …
