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At the last World Telecom conference in 1995 in Geneva, the fledgling new cellular networks in South Africa had a total of 250,000 subscribers. The growth since then has exceeded …

Three quarters of the way into 1999, we are inundated with good news from many of the wireless carriers showing record numbers of new customers added to their networks. These …

If you want clout in Washington, the only thing better than being a top board member of either of the two largest wireless trade associations is not being a member …

FREMONT, Calif.-ePhone Telecom Inc. announced it secured an initial agreement with Saigon Postel Corp. for the development of a fixed wireless local loop telephony network in Vietnam. SPC has the …

WASHINGTON-A recent agreement by giant wireline telcos about how to reduce the charges long-distance companies pay to local exchange carriers to connect their customers’ calls may end up costing the …

WASHINGTON-In what a spokeswoman for the Personal Communications Industry Association termed a “comedy of errors,” the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission last week missed an opportunity to tout …

WASHINGTON-The major trade associations representing mobile phone carriers are staying out of the legislative battle over whether the Federal Communications Commission should be able to take back radio-frequency spectrum licenses …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to start struggling with the definition of competition as it reviews comments submitted in its competitive networks docket. Is it competition that …

WASHINGTON-A broad cross section of wireless carriers, manufacturers and trade associations called on the Clinton administration to secure an additional 160 megahertz for third-generation mobile phone service and to promote …

In an effort to honor people who have made significant and exceptional contributions to the advancement of the wireless telecommunications industry, RCR will sponsor the Wireless Hall of Fame, with …

NYON, Switzerland-Europe’s two paging industry trade associations, the European Public Paging Association and the ERMES MoU Association, announced they have merged, presenting a united front to promote paging on the …

WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for Phase II enhanced 911. The specification …

In the wake of the deadly tornadoes earlier this month that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas, the idea of using wireless technology as a warning system for natural disasters is …

The tortoise is Tortoise Paging & Communications, of Ridgecrest, Calif., and the scare is the U.S. government. This may not interest a lot of you. It’s a small-town story, not …

Cellular towers ruining America To the Editor: I have two comments regarding your antenna-siting article. (Antenna siting is hot topic for NACo Crowd, March 8.) First, it is my understanding …

SAN DIEGO-If you are a small specialized mobile radio operator, which trade association, if any, should you belong to? Three trade associations, all based in the Washington, D.C., area, purport …

WASHINGTON-The regulatory landscape for the personal communications services industry is dominated not by issues that are PCS-specific but by issues impacting the entire commercial mobile radio services industry. “Even though …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry forum studying whether the telephone network will work when the new century arrives needs better participation from the wireless industry, said Peter Spring of the Network Reliability …

Despite massive consolidation among players in the tower industry, many small tower owners said they are not interested in selling their sites, according to a survey conducted by Fryer’s Information …

WASHINGTON-Daniel Phythyon, capping a stormy year-and-a-half stewardship of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which had him under constant siege from feisty bankruptcy lawyers, angry lawmakers and high-powered lobbyists, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is preparing to vote this month to resolve most of the remaining issues regarding the tortured refarming docket. The refarming docket began several years ago as …

To the Editor: The D.C. Notes column by Jeff Silva, Oct. 19 issue, is of considerable concern to me as executive director of the Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network, …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo is expected to recommend early next year that basic scientific research be de-emphasized in the future in favor of post-market surveillance. Carlo announced …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-“Mobile Phones-Is There A Health Risk?” was the title of a conference held mid-October in London. “Mobile phones-Is there a health risk?” is also a complex question that …

TOKYO-Some public-use halls in Japan next year will be allowed to use jamming devices-an illegal practice under present laws-to shut out noisy beeps, electronic melodies and loud chats on cellular …