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NEW YORK-i3 Mobile Inc., which distributes customized information to wireless devices, and NeoPoint Inc., which does double duty as a handset maker and Internet portal, both plan their debuts as …

NEW YORK-Ubiquitous connectivity, driven by consumer demand rather than carrier plan, could well develop into a completely new kind of convergent telecommunications, said Joan Barten Kline of J.D. Power and …

Dobson Communications Corp. plans today to begin a road show in advance of its initial public offering, which is expected to be priced during the first week of February. Dobson, …

NEW YORK-At a recent conference of financial analysts, AT&T Chairman C. Michael Armstrong confirmed the company’s confidence in meeting its 1999 and 2000 financial targets. “Our strategy for growth is …

INDIANAPOLIS-A new contender, Telstreet.com, has launched an online wireless superstore, unveiling a retail outlet for products and services. To prepare for the online battle, Telstreet.com has partnered with other companies …

BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. has swam into 12 additional Southeast markets, bringing a total of 37 markets into the company’s service area. As the first member of the AT&T Wireless …

There is a chink in Nokia Mobile Phones’ armor, and it is the vendor’s market share in the cdmaOne handset business. While Nokia sells the most popular handsets in the …

ATLANTA-Clear Communications Group appointed William Loughman chief financial officer. Loughman formerly was executive vice president of finance at Clear. In addition to his management responsibilities overseeing the company’s daily financial …

DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its “Voice of Reason” makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier. Reason’s new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell …

WASHINGTON-The status of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 63 personal communications services licenses is in doubt after an appeals court ruled that communications law supersedes bankruptcy law. In making that judgment, the …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless Inc. announced it has signed a multi-year $30 million contract with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to supply Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution high speed data …

NEW YORK-As 1999 drew to a close, two mutual fund managers, one overseeing a diverse investment portfolio, the other specializing in telecommunications, offered contrasting views of the year-2000 stock market …

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet traffic travels, according to recent testimony …

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago. On Dec. 22, the Federal Communications …

As pocket telephone companies cater to the mobile society and make tiny inroads into the monopolized residential sector, a new breed of wireless carriers are emerging to challenge Baby Bells …

Alcatel Cameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam. Value: US$21.15 million China. With Post and …

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

WASHINGTON-The United States Telecom Association will not lobby on behalf of wireless carriers even as it attempts to broaden its focus and include wireless carriers in its membership, said USTA …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.-Integrated Systems Research said its new FleetTrack automatic vehicle location system is the first to offer users automatic switching from Cellular Digital Packet Data to analog cellular service. …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. received the financial backing to allow it to pay the government the full $4.7 billion it bid for personal communications service licenses in 1996. “The plan would …

Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is considering using some of its reserved personal communications services spectrum to solve capacity problems in high-density cellular markets. The Time Division Multiple Access carrier owns …

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren’t inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another. Alain Rossman did exactly this …

WASHINGTON-While industry this holiday season pushes family plans and makes pocket phones attractive to the younger crowd, questions linger in the scientific community about whether children are more vulnerable to …

It appears that since Dan Hesse’s appointment as president and chief executive officer of AT&T Corp.’s wireless business three years ago, AT&T has had a tenuous relationship with the man. …