ST. LOUIS-Ameritech Corp. said it has deployed its wireless packet data service, based on the Cellular Digital Packet Data standard, in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Ameritech said the new …
SALT LAKE CITY-AirGo Communications Inc. unveiled the AirGo phone system, a product that integrates a cellular radio and V.32 modem in a single personal computer card. AirGo said that by …
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. increased its ownership of Cellular Communications Inc. by about 20 percent, bringing its total ownership of the company to almost 32 percent on a fully diluted …
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-A-Plus Network Inc. said it has completed negotiations on its $25 million, seven-year credit facility with First Chicago Corp. “This agreement will further enable us to move forward aggressively …
WASHINGTON-A broad-based public interest coalition has asked federal regulators to require that mobile telephones provide unrestricted access to emergency 911 service. The Ad Hoc Alliance for Public Access to 911 …
Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. …
Up and coming-Freshman Congressman Rick White is one of only four House Republicans appointed as core conferees to the House-Senate conference on telecommunications reform. Like his colleagues, who came to …
WASHINGTON-The Republican revolution two years ago that forced Democrats to relinquish control of Congress for the first time in 40 years may have produced one of the next top telecommunications …
The nation’s major cellular handset manufacturers caused a little commotion on Wall Street recently when they noted handset sales hadn’t grown at the phenomenal rate that analysts and industry execs …
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Skywire L.P. announced it has enhanced its Vendview wireless data product to allow snack food vending machine operators to track inventory and monitor product sales. The product, originally developed …
SAN FRANCISCO-Vanguard Cellular Inc. said its subscribers will now have the option to use a single number for all of their voice and fax communications needs. The company announced it …
DENVER-U S West Inc. said its shareholders have voted to introduce two new classes of the company’s common stock. The move is one U S West hopes will attract a …
DENVER-Regional Bell operating company U S West Inc. has been ordered by the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to give $150 monthly cellular-phone credit to Colorado residential and business customers who …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to license technology that allows dispatch centers such as ambulance and other public-safety services to use radio bandwidth more efficiently in …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey. Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable computing devices to access corporate …
As a native Washingtonian, I always become suspicious when Democrats and Republicans jointly embrace anything. My suspicions heighten when the executive and legislative branches-and the “independent” Federal Communications Commission-all rush …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s proposed microwave relocation cost-sharing plan would free personal communications services operators of their financial obligation to 2 GHz fixed users by 2005, a policy shift that …
As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has formed the ASIC Products business unit to provide Application Specific Integrated Circuits for products based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. The unit will be under …
