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WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for third-generation wireless systems, managed to win …

In addition to being headquarters to a slew of businesses that have become known worldwide, including Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks, Seattle last week was ground zero for GSM technology as …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation to curb unsolicited commercial e-mail, possibly clearing the way for lawmakers to consider a related bill championed by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) …

NEW YORK-Lenders anted up significant capital during the first quarter for the five publicly traded wireless tower companies, even as their share prices declined amid the stock market’s general concerns …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of …

Sadly lost in the debate over wireless E911 is life itself. The mobile-phone industry and we in the press are engrossed in an E911 debate focussed on deadlines, waivers, costs …

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced partnerships that it said will lead to new applications and services for a variety of devices for the GSM/GPRS network it plans to deploy …

WASHINGTON-The General Accounting Office this week is expected to send drafts of a mobile-phone health report to key government agencies, suggesting congressional investigators are on track to complete by early …

LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001. The company signed a technology agreement …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a tower developer and owner, has closed on 203 of the 275 towers included in its agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T …

NEW YORK-A private placement of $450 million of eight-year senior subordinated notes, which American Cellular Corp., plans to issue, received a speculative-grade rating of B from Standard & Poor’s Corp., …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

AWR Applied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including …

The idea sounds compelling. With Web-enabled cellular telephones, users can dial up their favorite merchants to make automated purchases. It’s called mobile commerce, but for skeptics like Lawrence Steinert, it’s …

Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new math. Carriers and vendors are walking …

The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is unlikely to stem the tide of telecom mergers headed for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in the next four years and may …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Group Inc. said it would use most of the $6.5 billion the company raised in its recent bond offering, in conjunction with the $6.2 billion it received …

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in lawsuits against wireless carriers, the mobile-phone …

It was the wild, wild West of wireless history. After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses …

Audiovox Audiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the …

Infowave Thomas U. Koll was appointed Infowave Software Inc.’s new chief executive officer. He previously was vice president of Microsoft’s Network Solutions Group and was responsible for the company’s worldwide …

AUSTIN, Texas-Schlumberger Ltd.’s smart-card business announced it scored an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply the company with subscriber identify module smart cards for AT&T’s new GSM network …

Dear Editor, As the third employee of AT&T’s cellular subsidiary AMPS (I was director of engineering) and as the first President/COO of MetroMobile CTS (an aggressive nonwireline carrier of the …

NEW YORK-The story of NTELOS Inc. and Citizens Communications Inc., as told at Legg Mason Wood Walker’s recent “Future of Rural Telecommunications” conference, demonstrates the wireless opportunity’s expansion well beyond …