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WASHINGTON-In a ruling both beneficial and potentially devastating for industry, the Federal Communications Commission ruled wireless carriers are not exempt from all state contractual and consumer fraud laws. The Nov. …

Just weeks after a bankruptcy court approved the first part of his plan to bail out the financially struggling ICO Global Communications, Craig McCaw reportedly is close to completing a …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications companies pay insufficient attention to revenue leaks, possibly due to the misconception that these hidden losses have a minor impact on their bottom line, according to a report …

NEW YORK-The astounding success of NTT DoCoMo’s mobile Internet access service is a resounding note of affirmation to proponents of wireless Web services, said Crispin K. Vicars at the Yankee …

It could have been an isolated path for TDMA operators going forward as they struggled for economies of scale in their businesses, but with a new agreement with the GSM …

The GSM Association and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC) announced they signed a memorandum of understanding to work toward worldwide interoperability between GSM and TDMA technologies. The nearly 490 …

TOKYO-Japan’s major carriers said they had taken all necessary measures by the end of September to cope with any potential Y2K problems. Now, say the carriers, they are busily preparing …

Wireless location-based services have been talked about for years and few carriers have deployed them, but reality should begin to set in within the next few years. The Federal Communications …

TORONTO-Ericsson Australia and Solect Technology Group signed a partnership to jointly provide a range of wireless Internet Protocol solutions to the Australian market. Under the agreement, Ericsson will sub-license Solect’s …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and Byron Dorgan (N.D.), backed by industry and cities, last week introduced legislation to simplify taxation of wireless carriers by local and state authorities. Instead of …

There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, …

Harris Harris Corp. previewed its ClearBurst 2.5/3.4/10.5 GHz point-to-multipoint system, the newest addition to the Harris broadband wireless access product line, which is intended for deployment by public service providers …

GENEVA-The GSM Association announced it plans to establish a roaming forum to address roaming issues among wireless protocols. Approval of the World Roaming Forum will be discussed at a GSM …

NEW YORK-In a market environment Wall Street bankers view as difficult for companies wishing to go public, at least two firms serving the wireless industry have cleared that hurdle so …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission reached a tentative agreement with state regulators on what type of notification will be heard when a person calls a calling-party-pays wireless subscriber, said Kris Monteith, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS announced its business customers now can select a new Nationwide Team Option for team-based calling from any Sprint PCS phone to another Sprint PCS phone. The …

ST. LOUIS-Sun Microsystems Inc. and Amdocs announced a global alliance reseller agreement under which Amdocs will resell and support the Sun platform. Under terms of the agreement, Amdocs’ Ensemble customer-care …

AirTouch Cellular plans to unveil a new version of its calling party pays service later this month. AirTouch will launch the new service first in Colorado, followed by rollouts in …

Despite the economic problems that struck Asia since Telecom ’95, Scott Erickson, vice president of Lucent’s Wireless Access Group, Asia-Pacific, sees the region as leading the wireless industry on several …

NMT 450 operators are to decide by early October whether to push forward with three digital mobile-phone standards that include CDMA technology, which could give cdmaOne technology its first entrance …

While Motorola’s Woody Ritchey admitted that, at the time of Telecom ’95, the company did have cellular infrastructure architecture that included Internet Protocol (IP), it was only at the drawing …

SAVANNAH, Ga.-H.O. Systems announced it signed a long-term agreement with Leap Wireless International Inc. in which H.O. Systems will provide billing and customer care for Leap’s domestic wireless markets, served …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is on the verge of arguably its biggest victory since congressionally mandated state deregulation in 1993: liability protection. Congress is poised this fall to give wireless carriers …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. signed a three-year contract with Nextel International to upgrade all six Nextel International properties to the newest release of LHS’ customer care and billing software, LHS said. …

ATLANTA-Alltel Corp. announced its AS/400-based Virtuoso customer care and billing software has been enhanced to support the provisioning and billing of multiple telecommunication services, as well as automated measures to …