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Imagine driving around in an area unfamiliar to you and being able to locate the nearest hotel or fast-food restaurant or determine surrounding traffic and weather conditions using a wireless …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced Digital PCS service at 1900 MHz in the metropolitan areas surrounding Philadelphia, Washington, D.C./Baltimore and Charlotte, N.C. The carrier is offering Ericsson Inc.’s dual-band …

The contentious and controversial tender for a pair of much-wanted personal communications services licenses in Argentina became even more rowdy last week when two companies with strong ties to the …

Tectonic Engineering Consultants P.C. named Robert E. Lister a supervising engineer, with responsibility for the structural design and analysis of buildings, infrastructure projects and wireless communication facilities. A licensed professional …

L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in China. The first contract, signed with …

MCI Communications Corp., which last week found itself with a third suitor in GTE Corp., may finally have an opportunity to enter the wireless arena in more than a reseller …

NEW YORK-Competition, as intended, is causing the telecommunications pie to enlarge. But it also is creating numerous consolidation plays among carriers as they strive for dominance and economies of scale …

WASHINGTON-Following the House’s lead, three Senate lawmakers have introduced legislation to curb frivolous class-action securities lawsuits against high-tech firms. Such cases have migrated to state courts since a 1995 law …

With cellular, personal communications services and enhanced specialized mobile radio providers vying for an estimated 14 million new customers in 1997, the wireless industry is expected to end this year …

NEW YORK-Expanding an offering available to corporate customers for the last year, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced its PocketNet service, which allows Internet access from analog cellular phones, …

NEW YORK-In a public offering scheduled for late this month, Italy’s Treasury Ministry will sell its remaining 35.7 percent stake in Telecom Italia, the government agency announced Oct. 5. The …

WASHINGTON-Wireless resellers have interconnection rights that have been ignored by carriers and federal regulators said an industry coalition, including surprise MCI Communications Corp. suitor WorldCom Inc., in a brief filed …

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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Triton PCS formed a joint venture agreement that will expand AT&T’s digital coverage in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, the Washington-Baltimore corridor and Georgia. The …

WorldCom Inc.’s surprise bid to acquire MCI Communications Corp. has touched off speculation of other possible mergers, including widely reported talks between AT&T Corp. and GTE Corp. Neither GTE nor …

SAN FRANCISCO-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. selected San Francisco-based information service provider Inquisit Inc. to provide information services to its PocketNet subscribers. Inquisit commercially launched its service this month. According to …

MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced it signed a contract valued at $2.1 million with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Taiwanese partner, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. The order for LCC’s field …

WorldCom Inc. last week made an unsolicited offer to merge with MCI Communications Corp. in a deal that would eclipse British Telecommunications plc’s planned acquisition of MCI, which has been …

Confirming rumors that have been circulating for weeks, Teligent LLC announced that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. of Japan has agreed to make a $100 million strategic investment in the …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Southwestco Wireless L.P. have agreed to settle their highly emotional dispute over in-market roaming in Phoenix. The companies have resumed reciprocal cellular roaming under a …

The months-long debate at the Federal Communications Commission over C-block personal communications services debt restructuring, culminating in last month’s factious decision to offer limited relief to floundering auction winners, saw …

ORLANDO, Fla.-For the first time in seven years, Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, was able to say, “We’ve turned the corner on fraud.” Addressing some 700 …

Roberto Catalan, president of Argentina’s communications commission, known as CNC (Comision Nacional de Comunicaciones), recently completed a United States road show designed to attract investor interest for a personal communications …

Bad hair week for the Baby Bells and smut police. A near miss for wireless. The Justice Department last Wednesday recommended against Ameritech’s foray into the Michigan long-distance market. So …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. won a one-year renewable contract from AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Wireless Data Division to supply its Cellular Digital Packet Data smart phones. The phone combines …