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WASHINGTON-The most conservative member of the Federal Communications Commission last week said the current microscopic review of telecommunications mergers is unfair given the lack of attention the FCC is expected …

NEW YORK-MapInfo Corp., Troy, N.Y., agreed to acquire On Target Mapping, a Pittsburgh, Pa., provider of mapping data solutions for telecommunications companies, including AT&T Corp., Cable & Wireless plc, MCI …

MALVERN, Penn.-Triton PCS Inc. selected Lightbridge Inc. to provide integrated solutions for customer activation, retail management and fraud prevention. Triton PCS is building and will operate a digital wireless network …

Sierra Wireless said it has brought together 17 other companies in an alliance formed to work together to offer more complete solutions so the general public will adopt wireless data …

NEW YORK-The boundaries between internal and external computer networks are disappearing due to the warp-speed incursion of the Internet, raising security concerns within enterprises that want to exploit this promising …

Studies indicate the mobile phone industry may be in for more alarming churn figures as increased competition threatens to erode carriers’ customer bases. Richard Siber, associate partner with Andersen Consulting …

WASHINGTON-CIA officials last week were expected to appear before a federal grand jury here in connection with new revelations that intelligence officials may have broken the law by contacting Hughes …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) late Friday blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard and his press office for staff statements to the press suggesting the agency might …

WASHINGTON-Marcia Spielholz, the California woman whose emergency 911 cellular phone call went unanswered in 1994 during an attempted auto theft in which she was shot in the face, plans to …

PREFERRED NETWORKS Preferred Networks Inc. announced its founder, president and director, Michael Saner, will retire Dec. 31. Saner previously held upper-management positions at several paging companies, such as Paging Services …

WASHINGTON-Justice Department antitrust czar Joel Klein, sending a mixed message, predicts Baby Bells will face local competition from wireless and wireline firms over time, even if mega-mergers among dominant telecom …

WASHINGTON-In an exclusive interview provided to RCR, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition plans to announce aggressive opposition against pending telecom mega-mergers at the Federal Communications Commission’s Dec. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday named Thomas J. Sugrue chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau effective Jan. 19. Sugrue replaces Daniel Phythyon, who was slated to leave the …

NEW YORK-The recent privatization of Telecomunicaciones de Guatemala S.A., doing business as Telgua, was the largest such transaction in Central America to date and offers encouragement for similar plans contemplated …

Supra Products Inc. won a contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to provide its TRACcess electronic access control system at AT&T Wireless cell sites in its central region, said the …

NEW YORK-TeleCorp PCS Inc., Arlington, Va., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, selected the GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. prepaid wireless solution as part of its commercial service launch expected early …

More legal issues have fallen in the way of Venezuela’s plans to tender a personal communications services license earlier this month. Conatel, Venezuela’s telecom regulatory agency, was set to tender …

NEW YORK-The wireless telecommunications business may account for a minority of Bell Atlantic Corp.’s revenues, but its entrepreneurial example has influenced profoundly the incumbent carrier’s entire strategy, according to Ivan …

Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.’s third-quarter survey of U.S. mobile phone pricing indicates pricing overall has increased as carriers move from offering local calling plans to introducing one-rate plans that eliminate roaming …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is testing a new pricing plan in Texas aimed at the consumer considering a second phone line in the home. The trial offer in Plano allows …

ORLANDO, Fla.-“I feel like I’m on a bucking bronco and about to get thrown into the mud,” George Shaginaw Jr. said at the Wireless Location Applications Conference earlier this month. …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. formed a license and maintenance agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc. to provide its client/server-based Business Support and Control System for customer care and billing. The implementation is …

WASHINGTON-A critical European Parliament vote last week, which could effectively mandate a third-generation mobile phone standard dominated by Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson and Finland’s Nokia Corp. and lock out American technology, …

Nextel Communications Inc. is testing nationwide pricing plans that fall in line with high-end one-rate plans offered by national mobile phone competitors. Analysts say the company quietly is rolling out …

This holiday season will see an unprecedented number of mobile phone competitors in the market, but carriers still seem unwilling to compete with break-neck pricing as they aim to keep …