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WASHINGTON-As the Justice Department broadens its antitrust probe of WorldCom Inc.’s proposed $37 billion purchase of MCI Communications Corp., Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/Push Coalition is using the mega-merger as a …

NEW YORK-Globo Comunicagues e Participagues S.A., doing business as Globopar, plans to sell a $300 million issue of 10-year senior unsecured notes to refinance a bridge loan and short-term debt. …

Socket Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced an agreement to develop and support software that will allow FLEX-enabled palmtop computers powered by the Windows CE operating …

Much hype has surrounded information services and what they mean to the future of the paging industry. By providing customers with information-such as news, sports scores and stock quotes-carriers hope …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may have violated a key telecom provision of the 1997 budget act by making idle frequencies available to a paging company instead of to a Southern …

BEIJING-“Please come in, sir, and have a look. The cheapest prices and the best choice.” No, we have not discovered Beijing’s red-light district, and the time is not midnight. We …

Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration …

Imagine a reseller being able to offer paging services to thousands of customers while only paying a carrier for one cap code. Stop imagining. WireLink Communication Inc.-a small pager manufacturer …

United States Cellular Corp. appointed Paul Henri Denuit to a special committee of the board of directors that will consider how the company should respond to a proposal from its …

WASHINGTON-After two years, is the Telecommunications Act of 1996 a success or failure? In the eyes of Washington telecom insiders, is it an industry boon or an industry bust? Right …

CommQuest Technologies Inc. today introduced a tri-band Global System for Mobile communications chipset that will allow global roaming in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands using …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry accomplished much last year on the regulatory road to competition, but the task of creating parity with wireline services and eliminating old monopoly-related regulations is far from …

WASHINGTON-Fulfilling another congressional directive under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Communications Commission last week released its report and order governing the reallocation of broadcast channels 60-69. “The first …

WASHINGTON-For the wireless telecom industry, 1998 will be a pivotal year. A continuation next year of this year’s policy retreats and defeats at the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. is rumored to be at an advanced stage in negotiations to acquire Teleport Communications Group Inc., the first and largest competitive local exchange carrier in the country. …

Wouldn’t it be nice to know if people are actually going to like the holiday gifts you so thoughtfully picked out especially for them? You ponder, prepare and then pray …

HOUSTON-Castle Tower Corp. and Crown Communications merged, announced the companies. Castle Tower is a subsidiary of Castle Tower Holding Corp., now know as Crown Castle International. With headquarters in Pittsburgh, …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service have aligned to produce a guide to help federal land managers work with the wireless industry in …

WASHINGTON-With the numbers showing net revenues of $80.7 million at the end of round 142 last Wednesday, and with 14 new high bids garnered, there was hope at press time …

WASHINGTON-“The view is better from up here,” commented Bill Kennard as he banged the gavel in his first Federal Communications Commission meeting as chairman Nov. 25. Kennard and new compatriots …

Reps. Tom Bliley (R-Va.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) apparently have had it with rope-a-dope delays by Franklin L. Haney. Haney, as you may recall, is the Tennessee investor-developer and pal …

WASHINGTON-Public-safety wireless advocates have urged federal regulators not to license additional digital TV stations using frequencies that Congress this year reserved for police, fire and emergency medical service providers. The …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.) has asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard to delay any decision on antenna siting pre-emption for a year to give policy makers more time to …

WASHINGTON-The Library of Congress may ask the Federal Communications Commission for a piece of the auction-revenue pie to promote a program to preserve TV videos. The Library of Congress in …

Sitting in a meeting several years ago, Douglas (Bud) Weiser and his staff were oblivious to a tornado touching down not too far from their office. Traditional emergency warning systems-outdoor …