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WITCHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. has begun shipping its new Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular radio protocol analyzer. The analyzer is the first test platform available to …

Not wanting to be elbowed aside by rival new suitors, cellular carriers are beginning to serenade subscribers with their own chorus of “Digital! Digital! Digital!” But unlike emerging personal communications …

From Wall Street to Main Street, the outlook for the cellular industry remains positive, especially for major players abroad and minor players at home that exploit markets with lower competition …

NEW YORK-Cellhire Global Phone Rental plc, headquartered in York, England, will open its first office outside the United Kingdom, Aug. 1, on Broadway near Wall Street in the financial district …

WASHINGTON-At night, when most people are asleep, Dan Akerson thinks about Rubik’s Cubes. Relating the colors and squares on the device to possible marketing strategies, he toys with going beyond …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is on a collision course with Congress over encryption policy, as policymakers try to balance law enforcement and national security needs with privacy and commercial interests. The …

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. is developing enhanced 911 applications that will help wireless carriers and emergency dispatchers determine the location of wireless callers. These groups don’t have to reinvent the wheel, said …

I received a phone call at home one evening from an AT&T long distance salesman. How was I doing, and what long-distance carrier did I use? “Sprint,” I told him. …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

BellSouth Mobility DCS Thursday rolled out the nation’s first multistate personal communications services network, and the country’s fourth PCS system activation. Service was launched in a cluster that involves three …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

NEW YORK-Electric utilities are taking a close look at wireless communications as a means to enhance revenues and operating efficiencies in their recently deregulated and competitive business environment. A variety …

Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a “Killer App” for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular Digital Packet Data. The Redwood Shores, …

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators and the wireless telecommunications industry appear close to a compromise on a hybrid radiofrequency radiation exposure guideline, marking a major policy and lobbying shift that sources attribute to …

WASHINGTON-In what the U.S. Secret Service said is the largest seizure of stolen cellular telephone numbers ever in the United States, the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force arrested Abraham …

If a 911 Public Safety Answering Point agrees to receive 911 calls from phones that have never been activated on a cellular network, wireless operators are obligated to pass the …

CellStar Corp. said it has a tentative Fortune 500 buyer for its kiosk business located in 347 Sam’s Club stores nationwide, the expenses of which led to the company’s disappointing …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is offering a 60 percent price reduction for its Packet Data Service, which uses Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, which is optimized for short “bursty” data …

CHICAGO-After an inauspicious debut that sent it back to rehearsals, the latest wireless extravaganza from Motorola Inc. is ready to return to prime time. The Schaumburg, Ill., telecommunications equipment giant …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Services Inc’s. wireless data division announced an agreement to deliver AT&T wireless packet data service to Cellular One customers. Under the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission said cost savings should be considered regularly in antitrust analysis of high-tech mergers, such as the multimillion dollar deals sweeping the telecommunications industry. But it is …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched commercial Circuit Data Service in 35 new markets. CDS is now available to more than 70 percent of AT&T’s cellular coverage area, according to …

L.M. Ericsson announced it will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications network, valued at $77 million, to the Indian cellular operator Birla Communications Ltd. Birla Communications is a joint …

Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. is trading its Orange County, N.Y., market to PriCellular Wireless Corp. in return for Ohio properties that Vanguard feels will fit nicely into its West Virginia …