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Rogers Wireless Inc.’s ownership was incorrectly stated in the story “Rogers aims to take company back to private status” in the June 18 edition of RCR Wireless News. JV II, …

As the Virgin Mobile rumor factory continues to pump out news stories, Sprint PCS finally brought some substance to the situation. The wireless carrier issued a brief, two-sentence release confirming …

WASHINGTON-The cellular industry, putting the brakes for now on major legislation to avoid unnecessarily provoking the Pentagon, is floating a stop-gap plan on Capitol Hill that urges federal regulators to …

WASHINGTON-The House telecom subcommittee heard testimony last Thursday on what Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) called “the most compelling issue to come before it this year: ” enhanced 911 deployment. But …

NTT DoCoMo applies for stock listings, calls back handsets NTT DoCoMo Inc. has applied for listings this fall on the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange, according …

A few years back RCR Wireless News ran a story that said AT&T Corp. was exploring-just studying the possibility, mind you-of implementing a CDMA overlay onto its TDMA network, and …

NEW YORK-Bucking the spin-off and tracking stock trend among telecommunications companies, Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, plans to take Rogers Wireless Communications Inc. private by buying back the 48-percent stake that …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Verizon Wireless users are the most satisfied, according to a recent survey by Gartner Inc. Verizon received the highest marks in service satisfaction, with 87 percent of those surveyed …

HONG KONG-Not even torrential rains around portions of Hong Kong could dampen the spirits of CDMA supporters at the 3G World Congress. Even with the lack of sunshine outside, to …

Move over, Neville Chamberlain. Mobile-phone carriers in Great Britain and Germany last week struck a deal out of desperation, an arrangement with obvious policy implications that may or may not …

RICHMOND, Va.-SunCom, an AT&T affiliate, has been approved to provide digital wireless phones and service to federal government agencies in its southeast territory. The approval comes under a modification to …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. scored a major, $750,000 sale for its @ctiveMessaging unified messaging platform to Edge Wireless Inc., an AT&T Wireless Communications Inc. affiliate. The deal comes shortly after …

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. shareholders approved June 7 the creation of separate tracking stocks, which pursued separate pricing paths at the close of their first day of trading on Nasdaq June …

Blackstone Blackstone announced Elaine Moncayo has joined its marketing department as marketing coordinator. In her new position, she will be responsible for internal marketing, including newsletter, brochures, Web site updates …

Deutsche Telekom’s recent acquisition of U.S.-based GSM operator VoiceStream Wireless Corp. again showed the ever-shrinking nature of the wireless industry. Including United Kingdom-based Vodafone Group plc’s partial ownership stake in …

WASHINGTON-It is a little hard to tell-and opinions differ-but it appears a bill to give the Federal Communications Commission additional authority to fine local exchange carriers for not opening up …

ScoreBoard likes to keep the networking slate clean of errors. The company, which specializes in network management and optimization for the mobile communications industry, helps operators to improve network quality …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association announced election results for the 2001-2002 board of directors and executive committee. Rick Ekstrand of Rural Cellular Corp. will serve as chairman, Tim Donahue …

WESTBORO, Mass.-AT&T Wireless and Switchboard Inc. reported an agreement to add Switchboard’s Nearbuy locally targeted e-marketing solution to AT&T Wireless’ Digital PocketNet Service. Nearbuy Merchandising is designed to allow users …

The use of affiliates to manage and operate local markets is common in the wireless industry. While the larger carriers use affiliates to help build out their national footprints, affiliates …

Major carriers are using third-party hosting services to gauge consumer activities to arrive at pricing models for m-commerce services. The operators, which include AT&T Wireless Services Group, Cingular Wireless, Verizon …

WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless Inc. plans to file a waiver from the enhanced 911 Phase II rules, probably within the next two weeks, said Brian Fontes, Cingular vice president for federal relations, …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. took another step toward freedom last week as parent company AT&T Corp. completed the first part of its planned distribution of its 70-percent stake in AT&T …

In the United States, the Telecommunications Act of 1996 freed telephone companies to deliver video programming and cable companies to provide phone service. But even though the 1996 telecom act …

NEW YORK-As part of its wireless data strategy, TeleCorp PCS officially launched two-way short message service in all its markets May 18 and is offering its customers free three-month trials, …