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DALLAS-Hewlett-Packard Co. is combining the core competencies of its test measurement and computer systems businesses to provide a new Total Customer Management solution for wireless carriers. TCM combines customer and …

DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems announced PCS PrimeCo will deploy CBIS’s Precedent 2000 Customer Care and Billing Systems in its personal communications services network. The companies said …

NEW YORK-Last year, companies involved in various aspects of wireless communications generated 16,000 new jobs in the United States at all levels, and that number is expected to grow by …

Last month’s passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry’s most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are …

Subscriber Identity Module cards are making their debut in the United States as important tools to help personal communications service carriers penetrate the market. SIM cards contain all the subscriber-related …

GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. last week introduced FraudForce, a service aimed at blasting today’s most threatening cellular phone fraud, roaming fraud. Initial deployment of FraudForce will include FraudInterceptor, a tool …

MARCH 6-7 PCS Seminars for ITCs Only, U.S. Intelco Wireless. Doubletree Grand Hotel, Bloomington, Minn. (360) 493-6241. 6-7 Re-engineering Billing Systems in the Telecommunications Industry, by the International Quality & …

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 …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet and Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile announced they will offer Cellular Digital Packet Data services to customers in each other’s markets. GTE said the services will be important to …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a software upgrade for its Autoplex System 1000 Cellular Digital Packet Data system. Lucent said its software, designated 3.0, supports features defined in CDPD …

FEBRUARY 18-20 Mobile Insights ’96, by Mobile Insights Inc. Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix. (800) 419-0413. 19-21 PC Card ’96, by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. San Jose Convention Center, …

Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology …

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price …

Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received purchase orders valued at $5 million to supply digital microwave radios to Smart Information Technologies Inc., a cellular firm and local exchange carrier …

JANUARY 22-23 Liberalization and Privatization of International Telecommunications: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Competitive Market, by The Adam Smith Institute. Inter-Continental Hotel, Geneva. 44-171-490-3774. 22-24 Technology Forecasting for the …

Motorola Inc. has introduced a lightweight, flip-top cellular phone that can be worn on a belt holster or armband. Weighing 3.1 ounces, the StarTac operates on two miniaturized batteries. When …

JANUARY 16-17 Telecom Opportunities in Latin America, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 17-19 Mobile Communications Conference: Wireless on the Move, by Frost & Sullivan. Westin …

PLANO, Texas-EDS Personal Communications business unit announced an agreement to provide its Intercarrier Settlement Services to Hong Kong-based cellular carrier Pacific Link Communications Ltd. Under the agreement, EDS will automate …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. introduced a package of network design and operation services the company says will let any local operator build and run a wireless business. Called networkMCI WIN (Wireless …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site planning, engineering and design. Sun said …

SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services introduced a prepackaged phone that is available in stores and activated by calling a 1-800 number and receiving credit-card verification. The telephone costs about $40 with an …

These days cellular phones are sold just about everywhere you turn, even the drug store. However, it may not be so easy to buy one. One company said it has …

WASHINGTON-Every time a paging or cellular phone signal is sent over the airwaves what happens with the transactional information-the subscriber’s name, address, billing information and eventual usage patterns-collected by the …

WASHINGTON-A broad-based public interest coalition has asked federal regulators to require that mobile telephones provide unrestricted access to emergency 911 service. The Ad Hoc Alliance for Public Access to 911 …

Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. …