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A cellular company in San Francisco is working to provide equal access to all people by providing special discounted prices on wireless phones and service to people with visual or …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning move with perhaps more symbolism than substance, Ameritech Cellular Services left the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week because the trade group’s aggressive wireless agenda clashed with …

States rights vs. federal rights. It’s an argument that is becoming more and more common in today’s wireless industry. It’s certainly not a new argument, and it’s certainly not an …

REDMOND, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium has been formed to champion Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access and IS-41 wireless intelligent network technologies. “The UWCC was designed as a …

With the fall and winter openings of personal communications services in New York City, the issue of network control will become highly visible. Nowhere else is there likely to be …

Sprint Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and RadioShack announced they are teaming up to provide one-stop shopping for all Sprint-branded products. The companies have developed a “store-within-a-store” concept, whereby 15 percent …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Judiciary Committee last week scrutinized pending mergers involving four of the seven regional Bell telephone companies, setting the stage for a broader debate on whether the new telecommunications …

There is a plus side to targeted marketing, where companies and conservative groups have created win/win situations-where nobody gets hurt and nothing is compromised. Case in point: Vienna, Va.-based Cable …

WASHINGTON-Aside from a computer glitch that pushed the auction of D-, E-and F-block broadband personal communications services licenses back to one round per day, bidders now are coping with the …

NEW YORK-When it comes to bundling wireless and landline telephone services, AirTouch Communications Inc. will pursue two different strategies, one domestic and one European, key executives said at a Sept. …

This paper will show that wireless local loop systems provide more capacity than mobile cellular systems. Code Division Multiple Access technology has proven to have higher capacity than other multiple …

Ameritech Cellular Services has joined several other carriers in deploying authentication technology to combat cloning fraud. Concurrently, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile announced it has extended authentication fraud protection into its …

In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market. Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide …

CellPort Labs Inc. is redesigning and enhancing its universal car kit for both cellular and personal communications services applications. Car kits provide power and hands-free talking capability for portable handsets, …

WASHINGTON-The D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auction not only is the largest competitive bidding venture upon which the Federal Communications Commission has embarked to date, it also …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. said Robert G. Mechaley Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the company. Mechaley, 45, most recently was a senior vice president with …

Several state tax offices and wireless carriers responded to the tax predicament faced by Western Wireless Corp. in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Revenue sent Western a proposed assessment that …

WASHINGTON-Bundled and branded telephony, video and Internet services will dominate the U.S. telecommunications marketplace as the industry experiences increased competition and realignment, predicts Dr. Sam Book, president of Consumer Research …

On the surface, neither the odds-on re-election of President Clinton nor a dramatic upset victory by GOP rival Bob Dole in the presidential race should impact telecommunications policy. The blueprint …

WASHINGTON-It’s still a low-numbers game as the second week of the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction winds down, and there still aren’t many surprises to report. However, …

Cellular phones seem to have pervaded the lives of Americans just like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie. The Cellular One Group said it set out several months ago to …

The Federal Communications Commission was hit Friday with major challenges to its new hybrid radio frequency exposure guideline. Among those filing petitions for reconsideration/clarification are the Personal Communications Industry Association, …

WASHINGTON-Only weeks after luring Alex Mandl away from AT&T Corp. for a reported $20 million in a much celebrated coup, Associated Communications L.L.C. now finds itself mired in controversy over …

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services, a subsidiary of USCS International, has reached technology agreement with AT&T Corp. under which IBS will provide software technology that will aid AT&T in …

WASHINGTON-The first week of the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auctions moved along without much fanfare, either at the beginning of Round 1 or with the end …