WASHINGTON-Sparks are flying weeks before public comments are due at the Federal Communications Commission on applications from six firms seeking licenses to operate global pocket-phone satellite systems. “I think that …

BOULDER, Colo.-Engineers have completed a month-long test of the Global System for Mobile communications standard at 1.8 GHz as part of an assessment for the U.S. wireless industry entering the …

Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless industry! But while the industry revels …

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.-John “Jack” Goeken announced his resignation as chairman and chief executive officer at In-Flight Phone Corp., the air-to-ground telecommunications service he founded in 1989. “Now that most of …

WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation …

OAKBROOK, Ill.-GTE Airfone says it has introduced the first digital public facsimile machines aboard aircraft. Fax machines now will be available on United Airlines’ transcontinental routes from New York to …

Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem. Cellular fraud has been a …

WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen has always had a knack for being able to talk to folks, whether they be mom-and-pop two-way radio dealers who for years have looked to him for representation …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt’s selection of Regina Keeney to head the new Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is looking better every day. Especially since Nov. 8, the day voters shook …

NEW YORK-Mobile communications executives George Schmitt and Al Boschulte have been chosen to lead the PCS PrimeCo L.P. alliance between U S West Inc., AirTouch Communications, Nynex Corp. and Bell …

FRANKFURT, Germany-Investment banking firm Goldman, Sachs & Co. announced it has been selected as lead foreign manager for the privatization of Deutsche Bundespost Telekom. Specifically, Goldman, Sachs will be responsible …

Editor’s Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest radio common carrier paging operators based on survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-U S West Inc. named Jan Peters chief operating officer of U S West NewVector Group Inc., the company’s cellular division, where she will oversee all company operations. Prior …

Fluctuating support from Wall Street for enhanced specialized mobile radio companies may be indicative of in-and-out stock speculation rather than fear the ESMR companies are having actual problems, said the …

WASHINGTON-A group called the Specialized Mobile Radio Wireless Operators Network, or SMR WON, recently formed to fight recent federal policies the group says will increase the cost of business dispatch …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden America Corp. reported the successful testing of its 220 MHz ESAS system in Ohio. Multiple sites were networked together in October, with mobiles roaming automatically between sites, …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Go Communications Corp. issued a 10-year, multihundred-million-dollar request for proposal for a system integrator to develop and operate the information system technology for the 30 MHz and 10 MHz …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Cellular said it has introduced AirTouch Long Distance service in its Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego and Atlanta markets. AT&T Corp. is the network supplier. Cellular customers will …

Time Warner Telecommunications announced it will begin offering cellular phone service in Rochester, N.Y.-the company’s largest cable television market-by reselling service from the city’s B-side carrier, Rochester Telephone Mobile Communications. …