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… Kudos to AT&T Wireless for being the proud provider of PCS service that worked in D.C.’s Old Ebbitt Grill. The bartender said most pocket phones don’t work in Old …

In an initial victory for paging carriers nationwide, the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau announced its current rules do not allow local exchange carriers to charge paging carriers for …

As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and …

Toll Free Cellular has laid off most of its employees and put the company up for sale after AT&T Wireless Services Inc. opted not to proceed with plans to offer …

Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices. “The third quarter was a weak quarter in terms …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and Cincinnati Bell Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Matrixx Marketing Inc., the teleservices unit of Cincinnati Bell, to acquire AT&T Solutions Customer Care for about $625 …

WASHINGTON-The government is expected to begin collecting subsidies from all eligible telecommunications providers this week for the universal service fund. The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted an order outlining the …

WASHINGTON-While wireless local loop technology is taking off in such countries as South Africa, Great Britain, India and China, the United States continues to lag behind in deploying what could …

WASHINGTON-Although a broadband wireless pricing survey performed by BT Alex. Brown Research came up with no definitive trend-all up, all down or all the same-it did find that high-end subscribers …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is rumored to be at an advanced stage in negotiations to acquire Teleport Communications Group Inc., the first and largest competitive local exchange carrier in the country. …

Teledesic Corp. announced Craig McCaw will return to his former post as chief executive officer of the company, where he will share the position with Steve Hooper, a longtime associate …

DETROIT-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Detroit, using infrastructure equipment supplied and installed by Lucent Technologies Inc. The new system has …

GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network …

A new company led by former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. executive Michael Buhrmann has developed a client-server operating platform designed to let wireless carriers segment their customer base by offering …

Another wireless carrier has jumped on the Time Division Multiple Access bandwagon with help from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a cellular carrier with about 100,000 …

HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown Castle International. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, …

Holiday shoppers this year will be faced with a variety of choices when it comes to selecting a wireless service, and the average consumer probably will have a difficult time …

CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. announced it received orders, totaling about $1.8 million, for cellular infrastructure equipment from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and an original equipment manufacturer serving the South American …

AT&T Corp. admitted it might sell its Wireless Messaging Division-without actually confirming that the paging unit is indeed up for sale-after rumors surfaced that the paging network was on the …

What, you haven’t had enough paparazzi already? Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and the man who might have been father-in-law to the late Princess Di, is back in the …

WASHINGTON-As key House and Senate GOP lawmakers probe whether licenses valued at more than $1 billion were given away to Teledesic Corp. and Teligent Corp. as part of a back-room …

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new …

Shortly after the Venezuela telecom regulatory agency Conatel was forced to lift the ban prohibiting the country’s two cellular operators from adding new subscribers, sources have said the agency now …

In the Oct. 13 issue of RCR, the story on Motorola Inc.’s FLEX Architecture Solutions Division incorrectly stated the nature of the division’s November announcement of agreements with computer manufacturers. …

NEW YORK-Let’s Talk Cellular and Wireless Inc., Miami, was scheduled to go public Nov. 21, raising funds to fuel its construction of new stores and its role as a consolidator …