WASHINGTON-While congressional Republican leaders late last week signaled problems with landmark telecommunications reform legislation, the wireless telecommunications industry declared victory after securing antenna siting, long-distance access and other provisions that …
WASHINGTON-Wireless-wireline interconnection reforms proposed by federal regulators mark the beginning of a revolutionary process to redefine the relationship between commercial mobile radio service providers and local telephone companies, an exercise …
WASHINGTON-An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed scientist Dr. George Carlo as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a former Bell Atlantic Mobile manager against Motorola Inc. and …
ROME-The government of Italy has agreed to create a level playing field between the two cellular operators competing in Italy’s digital phone market. The European Commission late last year noted …
“If the auction concludes in mid-March and there is a scramble for capital, some players will fall by the wayside. The question then will be what to do with the …
U.S. firms were big winners in the latest round of cellular licensing in India, after watching Asian and British companies get the lion’s share of previous awards. Twenty-one licenses covering …
The quickening pace of competition and regulatory liberalization in global telecommunications markets is increasing demand for wireless local loop technology, with annual equipment expenditures expected to reach $7.6 billion by …
WASHINGTON-While competition intensifies in wireless telecommunications with the licensing of new carriers throughout the nation, the industry’s biggest foe in 1996 and beyond could be local landline telephone companies. There …
Lest anyone forget how many billions of dollars stand to be made – and lost – from teh emerging personal communications services equipment market, just listen to a panel of …
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-Private carriers are not the only entities wrestling with an uncertain competitive future. Dealers from large to small are wondering what role they will continue to play as …
STOCKHOLM-Only four parties submitted applications and down payments, due Dec. 11, indicating interest in operating Global System for Mobile communications digital wireless phone service at the 2 GHz frequency in …
Sprint is the newest name in pag ing. Sound familiar? Yes, well that’s the idea. Through a reseller agreement be tween Sprint Telecommunica tions Venture and Paging Net work Inc., …
Palmer Wireless Inc. said it signed up its 200,000th cellular phone customer. Eight years ago, Palmer began operating its first cellular system in Fort Myers, Fla., and now owns and …
Over a cup of coffee one Saturday morning, Jai Bhagat decided to try his luck with a new spinoff company called Mtel. That was eight years ago. Today he is …
Unless there is court action, a government shutdown or some cataclysmic event, the auction of C-block broadband personal communications services licenses is scheduled to begin today. Thirteen bidders have made …
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services has launched its commercial rollout of Interim Standard-136 service with a Dallas in-office system, using L.M. Ericsson microcells and Nokia Corp. handsets. The office system installed at …
IRVINE, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it has developed and tested advanced speech coding programming that will bring high-quality voice communications to subscribers using Code Division Multiple Access personal communications …
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Telecommunications Venture is expected to announce in the next two weeks its choice of equipment vendors for its personal communications services network. Northern Telecom Ltd., AT&T Corp. …
WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword. …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s first-ever auction of 900 MHz specialized mobile radio spectrum is set to enter its third week of daily, one-round bidding, and there is no indication that …
