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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has now signed its second franchise-like agreement with a wireless player whose holdings can fill in missing links in AT&T’s nationwide footprint. Indus Inc. holds the …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-Indus Inc., a new personal communications services company based in Milwaukee, announced Feb. 11 a vendor financing agreement with Hughes Network Systems Inc. and a roaming agreement …

WASHINGTON-Several prominent wireless industry figures attended White House coffees, which along with telecom-related trade missions are tied to an escalating Democratic fund-raising scandal that last week prompted a flood of …

Aerial Communications Inc. appointed John Foster and Thomas Wilson Jr. to its board of directors. Foster and Wilson both will serve on Aerial’s audit committee and on its stock option …

Since the passage of the telecom act, telecommunications providers have taken significant steps toward offering bundled services on one bill. Nearly a year ago, regional Bell operating companies’ cellular divisions …

E.F. Johnson Co. last Friday spun off its E.F. Johnson Services wireless construction unit into a separate subsidiary in order to better court non-traditional customers. The services unit, in operation …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said it will use its Customer Acquisition System to streamline the customer acquisition process for eight of the 10 largest A- and B-block personal communications services license …

WASHINGTON-“The Telecom Act was an act of Congress and not an act of God, so it will not be immediately perfect,” commented AT&T’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Allen …

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.- DCN Wireless, a California-based wireless services reseller, will begin providing GTE Mobilnet Inc. service in the San Francisco area and Northern California. “Our decision to offer the …

NEW YORK- The media and telecommunications industry was pronounced “generally healthy” by a panel of Wall Street officials discussing new equity and debt issues at an Institute for International Research …

A statement by minority owner Lee McDonald in a Jan. 27 story in RCR about the class action lawsuit against AT&T Wireless Services should have read, “The 1996 settlement proposal …

NEW YORK-CCPR Services, the principal subsidiary of Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico, was expected to privately place last week a $175 million issue of senior subordinated notes. The deal was …

NEW YORK-Esat Holdings Ltd., Dublin, plans to sell privately about $85 million in debt securities, partly to help finance buildout of a Global System for Mobile communications system that will …

While one arm of U S West Inc. prepares to roll out pocket phone service later this year, another arm, U S West Media Group’s cellular division, is slated to …

WASHINGTON-A settlement is believed near that would have Teledesic Corp. pay to relocate Associated Communications L.L.C. fixed wireless facilities to the 24 GHz band, though it is unclear whether the …

WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Wireless reseller Northwest Communications, a division of Skylink Communications Corp., announced a prepaid wireless program called Pay-N-Talk. The service is available at grocery stores, gas stations and other consumer …

A California federal judge dismissed a proposed settlement between AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and minority owners of AT&T cellular markets after the court discovered AT&T signed an employment agreement with …

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language. The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Corp. have been awarded nationwide mobile phone licenses in Taiwan, beating competitors such as Sprint Corp. and France Telecom Group out of the prize. …

ST. LOUIS-A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard nearly four hours of argument from opponents and proponents of currently stayed federal interconnection rules …

WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the last of the broadband spectrum that …

Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry’s attention was focused on high-profile scraps between two other competing technologies. Universal Wireless …

Netro of Santa Clara, Calif., makes what it says telecommunications operators building networks in the new era of deregulation need-radio equipment that uses a wireless Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol. Introduced …

Israel’s two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing a third cellular operator. “The (technology) …

Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Kathryn Surace-Smith general counsel for the company. She will provide legal support for Metawave’s business development activities including customer contracts, licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and financial, …