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C-block personal communications services operator Indus Inc. remains committed to launching Time Division Multiple Access service within the coming weeks despite buildout, zoning and technical struggles that delayed its launch …

NEW YORK-Perception equals reality for those who believe federal class-action securities fraud cases are filed almost daily against publicly traded companies. Last year’s tally of 235 companies named as defendants …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. announced it expanded and strengthened its distribution and presence across Canada through several transactions, as well as introduced international calling rates for its Cantel AT&T Pay As …

Marketwave Richard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its vice president of sales …

WASHINGTON-Support continued to mount last week for flexible rules that would give wireless carriers options for contributing to the federal Universal Service Fund and a fair chance at replacing monopoly …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network affiliate, announced it has begun providing commercial wireless service to customers in six markets in the Southeast. The company is …

As the end of the millennium approaches, it is worth pondering whether the recent bout of mergers and acquisitions are precedents to some colossal event of biblical proportions or merely …

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular’s integration into the company. TEC Cellular’s products, services and training now will be sold under the Safco brand. Safco acquired TEC …

Power Products Power Products Unlimited Inc. selected Ken Donofrio as its new marketing director. He will orchestrate all aspects of the company’s marketing and carrier services program. Donofrio previously was …

BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will invest in designing software-defined radio technology, a move that could give momentum to the rest of the wireless industry to change the way handsets …

NEW YORK- AT&T Corp. attributed a big boost in its bottom line to its Wireless Services’ Digital One Rate wireless pricing plan. AT&T said it earned $2 billion, or $1.12 …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton’s renewal last week of a potent trade weapon-known as Super 301-could become a vehicle for prying open markets closed to U.S. wireless technologies. Super 301, a multistep process …

WASHINGTON-A Supreme Court decision Jan. 25 that gives the FCC jurisdiction over setting nationwide standards for interconnection could have implications beyond local telephone competition and wireless entry into the local …

NEW YORK-Significant progress has been made toward the still unrealized goal of full minority participation in the telecommunications industry, according to speakers at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition’s recent conference, “Building Trading …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced it has entered an agreement with Iridium North America to be the exclusive provider of Iridium satellite voice services among cellular and personal communications services …

SALT LAKE CITY-AT&T Corp. has established a fund for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee Anne Sleater, who remains in critical condition after being wounded in a random shooting at the …

In a rapidly consolidating wireless industry, the list of available cellular carriers last week got shorter by two. After entertaining bids from at least two suitors, including Bell Atlantic Corp., …

Sprint Corp.’s PCS Group added about 830,000 subscribers during the fourth quarter, positioning itself to top the industry in customers additions for the second consecutive quarter. Though most carriers are …

DUBLIN, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to AT&T Corp. for up to $192.5 million in cash, subject to …

Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a wireless e-mail solution, called BlackBerry, designed to allow Microsoft Exchange users mobile access to their desktop e-mail. BlackBerry is an end-to-end solution that combines …

NEW YORK-A company called Beatie, King & Abate L.L.P. has filed a class-action lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. individually and as a successor to AT&T Corp., alleging its telecommunications products …

SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services announced Alaska, American, Canadian, Northwest and Southwest airlines’ passengers who make or receive, during any single month, five in-flight calls via AT&T’s incoming call service will receive …

Bundling continues to push forward, albeit at a slow pace. A recent Arthur Andersen survey of telecommunications companies found 66 percent of respondents offer bundled services to business customers, and …

Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent with MCI WorldCom’s prepaid services division to provide prepaid cellular services nationwide under MCI WorldCom’s brand name, and through …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry forum studying whether the telephone network will work when the new century arrives needs better participation from the wireless industry, said Peter Spring of the Network Reliability …