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Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

DENVER-The communications industry lost a leader and a pioneer with the death of Bill Daniels on March 7. Daniels, known as the father of cable television, began his storied life …

NEW ORLEANS-Bidders in the upcoming 700 MHz auction should be able to negotiate with incumbent broadcasters to facilitate a quicker transition to digital TV and the faster rollout of wireless …

Handsets Philips Philips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon …

NEW YORK-A federal appellate court handed the Federal Communications Commission a substantial victory Feb. 18 in a case that challenged the agency’s health and safety standards and siting guidelines for …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced that Dr. Andrew Viterbi, co-founder and vice chairman of the company, will retire next month. Dr. Viterbi, who will remain as a member of Qualcomm’s board …

WASHINGTON-The `consensus’ reached by a government-industry panel on a third-generation mobile phone position that the Clinton administration can take to the World Radiocommunication Conference this spring underscores the complexities faced …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week proposed levying $200 million in analog broadcast spectrum lease fees this year to fund upgrades of federal public safety wireless systems as part of a technology-weighted, …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp., Boston, has obtained amended credit facilities, arranged by four financial institutions, that will permit it to take out revolving loans of up to $2 billion. “The new …

Several telecommunications companies hooked up with auto makers to provide in-vehicle wireless capabilities at last week’s 2000 Detroit Auto Show. General Motors Corp. is in talks with Bell Atlantic Corp. …

WASHINGTON-With only a month until President Clinton sends his 2001 budget plan to Congress, White House and congressional number crunchers face the daunting task of putting a dollar figure on …

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 …

NEW YORK-Stratos Global Corp., Toronto, has begun obtaining presale purchase agreements from customers for its new Inmarsat-M4 service, which will provide Integrated Services Digital Network communications by satellite. Stratos said …

Arch Communications Group Inc. said it will offer weather updates to paging customers through a strategic marketing relationship with The Weather Channel’s weather.com Internet site. The weather.com site offers a …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard’s decision to neither shut down nor fine an unlicensed Texas broadcaster in April-following a friendly phone call from Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas)-contrasts sharply with …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is advocating legislation for spectrum fees, tax certificates and “two-sided” auctions as part of its new spectrum policy, a tack that drew a sharp rebuke last …

OTTAWA, Ontario-The Federal Communications Commission gave Ottawa-based mobile satellite system operator TMI Communications the go-ahead to provide service in all 50 U.S. states via the MSAT-1 satellite, which has a …

Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue’s new SkySpeed.com network for mobile Internet applications for automotive and …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission next month is expected to announce which sectors of the wireless industry will be able to use spectrum made available with the transition to digital TV, …

WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration-which recently agreed with the cellular industry to replicate two studies by Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. that showed positive findings-may have rejected cooperating with industry on …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nextel Communications Inc. is eyeing the African continent as an ideal market for iDEN, the technology it uses in the United States. So much so that a consortium, …

The waning loss of faith in the American political system can be explained away by episodes like this. The alleged misdeed, if true, is bad enough. The way the incident …

WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain late Friday called on the Federal Communications Commission’s Office of Inspector General to “promptly, fairly, and thoroughly investigate” an allegation from a high-ranking civilian FCC employee that …

A U.S. investigative news television program caused a mild stir in the wireless industry after airing a report in October on the possible link between cellular phones and health problems. …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), ranking minority member of the Governmental Affairs Committee, called for a congressional investigation into whether mobile phones pose a health risk to the nation’s 80 million …