WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission may delay implementation of the new hybrid radio frequency safety guideline that's scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, according to an official."I think there's definitely merit to some of the arguments," said Robert Cleveland, senior scientist in the FCC Office...
Editor's Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A-, B- and C-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. Some of the companies have not yet received their licenses from the Federal Communications Commission because of challenges.Companies are ranked...
L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer products, including mobile phones and cordless phones. Mobile Systems will be responsible for network solutions,...
NEW YORK-Compania Anonima Nacional Telefonos de Venezuela, the country's monopoly telecommun-ications conglomerate, was scheduled to become a publicly traded company Nov. 22 with an offering outside the country of 34.2 million American Depository Shares.The IPO, lead managed by Lehman Brothers, New York, was expected...
PARAMUS, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it reduced wireless telephone fraud in metropolitan New York City by 90 percent so far this year, using its authentication system and Corsair Communications Inc.'s PhonePrint radio frequency fingerprinting system.The company also announced it has reduced the lifespan...
Editor's Note: The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest paging companies in the United States from survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Rankings are based on carriers' reported total number of paging subscribers.Because of industry consolidation and...
WASHINGTON-In an amici curiae brief submitted by four members of Congress, the Federal Communications Commission is taken to task for taking telecommunications law into its own hands in the currently stayed interconnection and local competition order.And speaking at a gathering of regulatory utilities commissioners...
Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. and AT&T Corp.'s AT&T Canada Inc. subsidiary announced a long-term alliance that licenses Cantel to use the AT&T brand name and includes a marketing and technology agreement between Cantel and AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The partnership involves no equity, said...
"The debate on CDMA is over, folks," declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major trading areas.It was the most comprehensive launch of both personal communications services and Code...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court has closed the book on any further appeal to vacate a stay of certain interconnection and local competition rules adopted last August by the Federal Communications Commission. The court last week denied for the second time a petition for such...
WASHINGTON-The pending $21 billion merger between MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc will turn on a relatively new foreign ownership policy and be shaped by powerful political forces that are conspiring to liberalize telecom markets for heavyweight global competition in the 21st century.The...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Communications Inc. opened for business Nov. 14, but a full-scale promotional campaign for its first personal communications services network-in the New York City metropolitan area-won't start for another week or so.By then, roaming will be possible in portions of Southern California, the...
WASHINGTON-Almost by default, GTE Corp.'s Government Systems division was awarded the General Services Administration's eight-year post-FTS2000 federal wireless telecommunications services contract Nov. 12.Current FTS2000 service providers Sprint Corp. and AT&T Corp. bowed out of the process earlier this year, citing hardcore problems with contract...
WASHINGTON-The proposed merger of MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc promises to bring plenty of cash and plenty of new services to the global telecommunications arena, but wireless subscribers to MCI's paging and cellular operations here won't notice much of a change for...
The new telecommunications arm of Black & Veatch is the fastest growing segment of the Kansas City, Mo.-based engineering company, and is expected to bring in 20 percent of the firm's annual $1.1 billion in revenue this year."We believe we'll be extremely busy doing...
WASHINGTON-With net revenues reaching $2.14 billion at the end of Round 100 of the Federal Communications Commission's D-, E-and F-block personal communications services auction, SprintCom Inc. and AT&T Wireless PCS Inc. continue to solidify their nationwide footprints, even with as few as 10 megahertz...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. announced it will provide AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with digital wireless phones. The agreement, which is the largest Ericsson has ever signed with any single U.S. customer for wireless phones, is valued at more than $300 million.Ericsson said it...
Digital service may not be the carrot that attracts consumers to personal communications services and digital cellular providers.According to a study by Economic & Management Consultants International Inc., 73 percent of existing wireless phone users in the United States believe they have digital wireless...
The broadband personal communications services auctions held during the past two years have spawned a plethora of novel policy and fiscal issues for policymakers.The reason: $20 billion. Money changes everything, even in ways not altogether obvious. Federal regulators will insist licensing is still bound by...
If money is the root of all evil, PCS is either going to be a very evil service or PCS is going to prove that maxim wrong.Money is certainly at the root of all PCS plans. The government's auction of PCS licenses started the...
CINCINNATI, Ohio-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. will provide billing services to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the Cellular One joint venture through the year 2001.Under the contract, Cincinnati Bell will transfer wireless services data it processes to AT&T's bundled billing system, which can integrate...
PanaVise Products Inc. debuted PortaGrip 2000, a cellular phone holder that features four-way adjustability. The side jaws move back and forth, while the support slide moves up and down, the company said. PortaGrip adjusts to hold any size or shape cellular phone. Three models...
