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TOKYO-Japan Telecom (JT), British Telecom and AT&T announced 25 April that BT and AT&T each will take a 15-percent stake in JT. As a result of this strategic agreement among …

DENVER, United States-For mobile phone operators around the world, one key question remains unanswered: What will be the demand for mobile data services? Mobile phone carriers today are attempting to …

DENVER, United States-May marks the first anniversary of the introduction of AT&T Wireless Services’ Digital One Rate plan, which has dramatically changed the face of the U.S. wireless industry. In …

Ericsson Brazil. With Tele Norte Celular for upgrade and new TDMA. Value: US$50 million Chile. With Entel PCS for GSM 1900 equipment. Value: Undisclosed China. With Liaoning Post & Telecommunications …

DENVER-Columbine High School students last week used wireless technology as a lifeline to the world from within the confines of their Littleton, Colo., school while two gunmen terrorized students and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s recent adoption of truth-in-billing practices was endorsed by the Clinton administration before the vote was taken and it appears many of the administration’s suggestions were incorporated …

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. says it is on track to fix network capacity problems associated with high demand for the digital one-rate service by June. “We have a …

The recent battles at the Federal Communications Commission between AirCell Inc. and the cellular carriers that oppose its air-to-ground communications system may be starting to affect AirCell’s business. In a …

NEW YORK-The New York Wireless Carriers Coalition is hoping for passage this spring of a bill that some group members believe would be the first in the country to set …

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-Let the lobbying wars begin. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium is stepping up efforts to promote Time Division Multiple Access technology around the world following the CDMA Development …

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on to access the local market and …

NASHUA, N.H.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless services in Concord, Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and Worcester and Auburn, Mass. Launches in Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass., …

NEW YORK-PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., well known as a major accounting firm, has a new investment banking division that seeks to fill a niche in financing for telecommunications and other companies, an …

Intellicell Intellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell’s sales and marketing group. Hedge will be responsible for the implementation of …

In the first major initiative since the group formed in December, the WirelessReady Alliance held its first member meeting last week in Vancouver, where members discussed the state of the …

“To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today,” read a banner at CTIA’s Wireless ’99. That’s not the way Ernest Kelly, president of the Telecommunications …

MESA, Ariz.-Copper Key Technologies Inc. sold a nationwide license for its CK-Enterprise product to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which uses it as the foundation for its Comprehensive Mapping, Analysis and …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard denied improperly lobbying for legislation to prevent wireless licenses from becoming mired in bankruptcy litigation, but now-in a new flare up-has drawn sharp rebuke …

WASHINGTON-The re-auction of personal communications services licenses for the C, D, E and F blocks closed last week with participants bidding $412.8 million in 78 rounds, or about $3.60 per …

CORONADO, Calif.-At the Demo Mobile show last week, Aether Technologies Inc. announced the formal opening of its Enterprise Data Wireless Center in Maryland, designed to extend wireless access capabilities to …

NEW YORK-A panel of three federal judges heard arguments April 5 in an appeal of Federal Communications Commission siting and safety requirements for the placement of microwave cell sites for …

Amid speculation that it could be a takeover target by MCI WorldCom Inc., SkyTel Communications Inc. announced a new pricing plan and a major strategic alliance last week, both designed …

While many of their counterparts in the high-flying build-to-suit industry are prospering, tower manufacturers are finding the road ahead may be a difficult one. Likewise, recent siting decisions do not …

GTE Corp. last week announced plans to purchase 20 Ameritech Corp. wireless properties in the Midwest, ending months of speculation about who would acquire the lucrative Chicago and St. Louis …

WASHINGTON-By the end of nearly three weeks of bidding, action has all but stopped on the major markets left in the re-auction of personal communications services licenses. The only major …