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Dear Editor: The Telecommunications Act is now law. The President’s pen unlocked doors to fair and free telecommunications competition that had been closed in some key areas for decades. Business …

Try this one on for size: You can’t pay too much for a good wireless license or a good high-tech executive. This statement, mind you, is totally politically incorrect and …

SHELTON, Conn.-Engineering and Business Systems Inc., a global intelligent network telecommunications middleware and products provider, announced its merger with NewNet, an advanced wireless solutions provider. The joint company, called NewNet, …

WASHINGTON-Regulatory parity and universal service participation were the two common issues addressed by those who submitted comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to allow commercial mobile radio services operators …

NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace. “It’s going to …

Location technology is taking its place in the wireless communications industry as Global Positioning System products begin to mesh with radio and cellular networks, spawning several potentially lucrative businesses. A …

Florida cellular customers may soon see a 50-cent increase in their monthly bill, in the form of a fee to fund 911 technology and distance learning. Some cellular carriers indicated …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications said AT&T Wireless Services Inc. of New York will step up deployment of the PhonePrint cellular fraud control system in its New York metropolitan market. AT&T …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. announced PTT Telecom BV, a subsidiary of Royal PTT Netherlands, has licensed General Magic’s Telescript technology. The technology is designed to allow users to launch electronic …

Some big-city markets saw a decrease in cloning fraud last year after implementing personal identification numbers, but the effort hasn’t beat the bandits. Cloning criminals have hit the road, scanning …

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.-The Wireless Data Division of AT&T Wireless Services and Ameritech Cellular Services have signed an intercarrier agreement that allows each carrier’s Cellular Digital Packet Data customers to use …

PITTSBURGH-AT&T Wireless Services announced its customers in western Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio now have access to the AT&T CellCard, a smart card that extends the reach of …

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.-On a clear day, you can look south and see the Manhattan skyline from the landmark hilltop house of Steve Preston, who owns and leases towers for wireless …

Proponents of calling party pays believe the service will both generate more airtime and increase the number of incoming calls, but they don’t agree on how such a system should …

While Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. showed dramatic fourth quarter and year-end income loss for 1995, the company said it was the strongest quarter ever for adding cellular customers. The …

NEW YORK-Premiere Technologies Inc. of Atlanta plans its debut in the public capital markets early next month to finance its expansion as a provider of systems integrating various modes of …

Charles Hunter has been named vice president of business development and general counsel for Toll Free Cellular. Hunter will lead the company’s business development efforts, manage contractual relationships with cellular …

It’s understandable, as we now read in post-telecom bill interviews with U.S. District Judge Harold Greene, that the seven regional Bell telephone companies under his purview since the 1984 AT&T …

WASHINGTON-The panels and format for the Federal Communications Commission’s March 5 en banc hearing on spectrum policy have been set, with the agenda and most of the questioning determined by …

Two long-distance telephone service rivals have announced initiatives to provide wireless data access to their high-speed transmission networks. MCI Telecommunications Corp. said it will implement circuit-switched cellular access to its …

When it comes to the bottom line, AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc dominate the top two positions for 1995, with equipment manufacturers NEC Corp. and Motorola Inc. right behind …

The Harris NovAtel Division of Harris Canada Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. have signed an original equipment manufacturing agreement that will enable Harris NovAtel to incorporate Glenayre’s Modular Voice Processing …

In a Feb. 9 letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen volunteered his group’s help as Congress begins to formulate its broadcast …

United States Cellular Corp. tops this ranking with an eye-popping increase in net income that approached 2,000 percent. The company said it disposed of some nonstrategic markets that didn’t fit …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced it will market turnkey systems based on the new personal air communications technology standard for the narrowband personal communications services market. The company said it signed …