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Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron’s responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while …

Groups led by AT&T Corp. and Telia of Sweden are among those that recently purchased bidding packages from the Argentine government, which plans to award two 1900 MHz personal communications …

A class action lawsuit charging Los Angeles cellular carriers with price fixing is set to go to trial July 7 in Orange County Superior Court, nearly four years after it …

WASHINGTON-In a January 1993 article, a year-and-a-half before joining the Federal Communications Commission, then-attorney Rachelle Chong laid out what has turned out to be a model defense of cellular phone-cancer …

WASHINGTON-Two House lawmakers introduced legislation last week to stem the tide of high-tech class action securities lawsuits that have migrated from federal courts to state courts in the aftermath of …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,-Kenan Systems Corp. has introduced Arbor/OM, the first UNIX-based order entry and management system designed to support service providers in the converging communications industries worldwide, including wireline and wireless …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. only now is receiving the dual-band handsets necessary to make its vision of a Digital PCS nationwide network a reality. “Things will start happening pretty quickly,” …

This week Southwestern Bell telephone company will be the first company to launch a Time Division Multiple Access network at 1900 MHz when it turns on service in Tulsa, Okla. …

Editor’s Note: The cities listed here represent the 20 largest cellular markets in the United States. Ranking is based on the total number of subscribers in each metropolitan statistical area. …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. has become the first Canadian company to offer digital personal communications services coast-to-coast across Canada. With this rollout, the enhanced suite of services that are part of …

DENVER-Wireless carriers in Denver now are required to take proactive steps with the community if they want their towers and antennas placed in certain areas of the city. The Denver …

PORTLAND, Ore.-Metro One Telecommunications Inc., an enhanced directory assistance provider to the wireless telecommunications industry, signed an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., allowing the carrier to offer Metro One …

WASHINGTON-Overarching economic, trade and political policies evolving in the United States and abroad are likely to eclipse telecommunications policy as the key drivers of wireless commerce in the next century. …

Canada’s Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission opened the market for local phone service last week, which has wireless players ecstatic. The CRTC has “issued a strong endorsement of the role wireless …

Since the narrowband personal communications services licenses were awarded nearly two-and-a-half years ago, many companies have pushed ahead with plans to offer commercial service. Yet others seem to be creeping …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. President Steve Hooper and Vice Chairman Wayne Perry resigned last week, but the duo will remain kissing cousins with the old regime through a new venture …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. filed with the Federal Communications Commission for relief from what it calls outdated regulatory burdens. “Comsat is the only U.S. international communications carrier that is still regulated …

WAYNE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. appointed Daniel Somers chief financial officer to replace Richard Miller, who left the company last month. Most recently, Somers was chairman and chief executive officer of Bell …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-Blue Ridge Investors L.P. completed a management-led buyout of Cherokee Wireless Services Inc., which provides program and contract management services for tower and antenna needs. Based in Cornelia, Ga., …

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon. …

DENVER-Personal communications services operator Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream service last Thursday in Denver, promising rates at least 20 percent lower than AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s digital cellular rates. …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Bloomberg Financial Markets announced they will begin offering financial news and market updates to users of AT&T’s PocketNet phone this summer. Information available from Bloomberg …

WASHINGTON-Joel Klein, the Clinton administration’s choice for Justice Department antitrust czar, appears headed for Senate confirmation despite mild grilling at last week’s hearing for approving the Bell Atlantic Corp.-Nynex Corp. …

Cellular carriers in the city of Grand Forks, N.D., said their systems are faring well despite massive flooding that has forced most of the city’s 50,000 residents to leave their …

DENVER-Western Wireless Corp. said it plans to launch personal communications services based on Global System for Mobile communications technology May 1 in Denver. The company plans to open several VoiceStream …