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HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown Castle International. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, …

As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it will continue to promote the technology …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) asked Attorney General Janet Reno to launch a criminal investigation into the financing and lease arrangements connected with moving the Federal Communications Communication …

Erico Inc. introduced a new line of ground bar assemblies and related products designed for the personal communications services market. Erico ground bars are electrolyptic copper bars manufactured to individual …

NEW YORK-Competition, as intended, is causing the telecommunications pie to enlarge. But it also is creating numerous consolidation plays among carriers as they strive for dominance and economies of scale …

Lincoln, Neb.-based encryption-technology and two-way radio manufacturer Transcrypt International Inc. submitted a $34 million letter of intent June 12 to assume the assets and certain liabilities of two-way radio manufacturer …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) last week launched a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of the struggling cancer research program funded by the cellular telephone industry, a …

If one were to ask Congress for a written transcript of the Feb. 2, 1993, Capitol Hill briefing on alleged health risks from portable wireless phones, the reply would be …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. planned two years ago to collaborate with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. to downplay potentially damaging scientific findings on possible health risks from …

As expected, the partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, E2 Mobilfunk, received a license to operate a fourth mobile phone network in Germany. E2 Mobilfunk was the sole …

WASHINGTON-The escalating Democratic fund-raising scandal has moved from the Commerce Department to the White House, with President Clinton last week saying “mistakes were made” in the face of congressional and …

While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media Group’s cellular division, is slated to …

DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless branch exchange system. The company reported …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Corp. have been awarded nationwide mobile phone licenses in Taiwan, beating competitors such as Sprint Corp. and France Telecom Group out of the prize. …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

The end of the Cold War six years ago signaled the end of defense as a driver of technology creation. Engineers have since sought ways to apply defense designs to …

NEW YORK-Horizon Cellular Group, a Malvern, Pa., wireless carrier, is getting out of the cellular business, but its top management is seeking a new play in personal communications services. Backed …

Only weeks since the tender deadline, the recipients of three nationwide personal communications services licenses in Chile are almost certain, based on preliminary ratings by government telecom authority Subtel, said …

WASHINGTON-With China potentially becoming the biggest wireless export market in the world, the Clinton administration is challenged with keeping disputes over human rights, arms sales and Taiwan separate from its …

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.- Abacus Communications L.P. has won the competitive bid to provide operator-assisted text messaging services to BellSouth Mobility DCS, the personal communications services arm of BellSouth Corp. Abacus, …

The new telecommunications arm of Black & Veatch is the fastest growing segment of the Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering company, and is expected to bring in 20 percent of the …

Deutsche Telekom AG said it made its mobile arm an economically independent subsidiary three years ago in anticipation of the upcoming public offering of the Deutsche Telekom Group’s stock. As …

Editor: Quentin Hardy’s article, “Jacobs’ Patter,” in the Sept. 6 edition of The Wall Street Journal claims that “some of the biggest names in telecommunications” have invested perhaps $20 billion …

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system platform that can support a broad …

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system platform that can support a broad …