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ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. released its new Wireline-Wireless Mailbox, which enables customers to have one integrated voice mailbox for their home and cellular phones. The service, initially available in Atlanta, allows customers …

BellSouth Corp. said last week it could issue a tracking stock for its highly successful Latin American operations by late April or early May, a move that will allow investors …

Perhaps the greatest indicator of the wireless data industry’s rise to popularity is the way paging carriers are positioning themselves in the space today. Pioneering wireless data carriers like American …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. announced fourth-quarter earnings, excluding one-time charges, rose from 42 cents per share in 1998 to 53 cents per share in 1999, an increase of 26 percent. The company …

Wireless carriers and Wall Street are excited about the huge revenue potential advertising via mobile phones could bring in the future, but just how to offer it to customers is …

Attention to wireless security concerns emerged as the de facto theme of this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Jose, Calif., where several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated …

New sales records of all kinds were set during last year’s fourth quarter, reinforcing the importance of the last three months of the year for the wireless industry. “In the …

The Operators Harmonization Group maintains its informal status as members continue to discuss the possibility of becoming an official group. OHG, which began work more than a year ago as …

This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and …

If recent announcements by paging vendors and carriers are any indication, two-way paging products and services are poised to make a big splash in 2000. Both Motorola Inc. and Glenayre …

Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the opening of a new research and …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Infowave Software Inc. announced it entered into a reseller agreement with RAM Mobile Data Ltd., a U.K. provider of wireless communications applications. Under terms of the agreement, Infowave …

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet traffic travels, according to recent testimony …

Bell Atlantic Corp. got the Christmas present it has been wishing for since it was separated from Ma Bell lo those many years ago. On Dec. 22, the Federal Communications …

Mergers and acquisitions are proliferating worldwide, with the strongest mark being made in Western Europe. Carriers are scrambling to maintain their footholds, while looking to the next potential market investment. …

The European paging industry is in the midst of another makeover as it struggles to compete with mobile telephony as a mass-market communications medium. Devices that can send and receive …

U.S.-based BellSouth has grandiose plans for its future in Latin America. Despite its recent moves in Europe with wireless operator E-Plus, BellSouth remains committed to Latin America as its primary …

The International Telecommunication Union announced network experts who met in Geneva earlier this month agreed on six sets of specifications for IMT-2000 networks. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, under the …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. became the first U.S. operator to enter the European wireless industry’s recent merger and acquisition frenzy by exercising its right of first refusal to acquire 100 percent of …

MANAGUA, Nicaragua-Privatization of state-owned telephone companies is moving ahead in the two Central American countries hit hardest by last year’s Hurricane Mitch. Reuters reported three applications have been submitted for …

Wireless stocks became the darling of Wall Street this year. Just a year ago analysts were predicting the death of stand-alone wireless stocks as landline companies planned to fold their …

The Operators Harmonization Group began work more than a year ago as a loosely tied group of four operators trying to end the world’s heated battle over third-generation technology standards. …

GREENSBORO, N.C.-The inspections division of the Greensboro Engineering & Inspections Department and BellSouth Mobility DCS have teamed to develop Mobile Inspector, a technology that allows inspectors to work entirely in …

Wireless carriers are gearing up for the upcoming holiday shopping season with several promotions, most of them aimed at consumer and family gift giving. “We’re obviously in a situation now …

REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace.com introduced its person-to-person instant messaging service for mobile wireless devices. The company said the server-based service will allow users on different networks and devices to send instant text-messages …