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WASHINGTON-In the public forum, Nextel Communications Inc. speaks earnestly of a brave new wireless world in which it could compete more favorably against AT&T Corp., Sprint Corp. and others if …

WASHINGTON-Continuing its strategy to get some of Pocket Communications Inc.’s personal communications services licenses, National Telecom PCS Inc. last week offered to pay $13 million for the 12 C-block licenses. …

DENVER-In response to aggressive moves made by its competitors, U S West Inc. announced it is committed to spending an additional $300 million in 1999 to support earlier deployment of …

Sprint PCS is attempting to change the way the industry does business with affiliate companies, but the task has not been without its difficulties as some affiliate companies struggle to …

Personal communications services network buildout is largely complete in the nation’s largest markets, and carriers this year are beginning to focus their attention on filling in coverage and building out …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University is working to set a research agenda that will facilitate deployment of General Packet Radio Service, a new wave in wireless …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week allowed a case involving AT&T Corp.’s practice of rounding up minutes for wireless calls to proceed in state court. Borrowed from the long-distance industry, …

WASHINGTON-The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions said Year 2000 interoperability testing conducted by the Network Testing Committee indicated no Y2K related anomalies within U.S. interconnected telecommunications networks. ATIS said the …

The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges. …

While the fourth quarter typically is the most competitive quarter of the year for mobile phone operators, a recent pricing study from Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C. concludes that increased industry competition …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved the $57 billion merger between AT&T Corp. and Tele-Communications Inc. As expected, TCI must divest its interest in Sprint Corp.’s personal communications services business as …

WILMINGTON, Del.-A bankruptcy court here last week approved Nextel Communications Inc.’s $150 million purchase of Geotek Communications Inc.’s 191 dispatch radio licenses, setting the stage for a fierce fight in …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

NEW YORK-Boston Communications Group Inc. launched a prepaid wireless service called Passport, which it said is the first in the United States to permit calls from any wireless phone to …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. has downgraded its long-term investment grade ratings of AT&T Corp. debt and preferred stock while upgrading those of cable television company Tele-Communications Inc., which AT&T …

Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years. When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late 1993, industry watchers joked about …

The domestic telecom market is abuzz with mergers, acquisitions and mega-deals. The industry is consolidating again, not so long after AT&T Corp. was broken up into Baby Bells; cellular and …

WASHINGTON-The President’s Export Council, confronting the Clinton administration on third-generation wireless policy, urged the White House against endorsing convergence of wideband mobile phone technologies being evaluated by the International Telecommunication …

Roaming charges and long-distance fees increasingly are becoming a thing of the past as one-rate plans like the one AT&T Wireless Services Inc. offers take over the domestic wireless market. …

“Certainly 1996 is not that long ago chronologically, but for technology, it was a lifetime ago. When Congress put that final stamp with that digital pen and signed the act …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-A study conducted by Solomon-Wolff Associates showed AT&T Corp. has the highest level of satisfaction among the three largest long-distance companies. The study reported that among Internet users, …

When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be …

Britain’s Department of Trade and Industry cleared British Telecommunications plc to raise its stake in Cellnet above 60 percent and said the company can bid in auctions for third-generation mobile …

NEW YORK-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, Tuesday plans to debut its first commercial market, from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, La., at Wireless ’99. Later in …

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. plans to introduce a new series of Code Division Multiple Access phones this week at Wireless ’99 in New Orleans, including the company’s first CDMA tri-mode …