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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 & …

Zoning opposition by a James Valentine-supported group has temporarily blocked city approval of a dozen personal communications services site permits sought by Pacific Bell Mobile Services in San Diego. Opponents …

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, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it will supply Northern Telecom Inc. with 1900 MHz digital infrastructure equipment and radio frequency services as part of Nortel’s $1 billion award from Sprint Telecommunications …

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced …

An initial progress report on testing at the University of Oklahoma between hearing aids and wireless phones indicates some interference exists but makes no conclusions at this time. “The key …

Dear Editor: I feel I must respond to Mr. Valentine’s response to your Viewpoint column. First of all, I think Mr. Valentine is certainly keeping in line with his comments …

L.M. Ericsson announced its subsidiary, Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd., has signed a contract to install a switching system for 4,000 mobile telephones in Rangoon, Burma’s capital. Ericsson said it will …

In her Jan. 15 “Viewpoint” column, Tracy Anderson Ford presented her views regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s new certification requirements for personal communications services handsets, which are designed to …

Sprint Cellular Co. may not have completed its anticipated spinoff from Sprint Corp., but it is confident enough of its future to choose a new name. The Chicago-based company will …

WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.’s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating …

Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary. “We made every effort to reach an …

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 …

Microcell Telecommunications Inc. is expected to be first to offer commercial personal communications services in Canada, launching in at least two cities by September, predicts the Yankee Group, a Boston-based …

Rules. It seems as soon as we enter this world, we’re forced to comply with a blanket set of rules that someone else has decided for us. You can’t have …

The cellular industry has taken numerous steps to package cellular for the mass consumer retail market, but a small gap remains between the industry’s effort and the complicated process to …

WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt, appearing to retreat from recent comments in which he suggested support for a marketplace solution to hearing aid interference from pocket phones, warned that …

This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in Hong Kong and four nearing completion …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Motorola INc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group and Xi ‘an Datang Telephone Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly provide cellular and wireless local loop base …

The quickening pace of competition and regulatory liberalization in global telecommunications markets is increasing demand for wireless local loop technology, with annual equipment expenditures expected to reach $7.6 billion by …

Lest anyone forget how many billions of dollars stand to be made – and lost – from teh emerging personal communications services equipment market, just listen to a panel of …

Unless there is court action, a government shutdown or some cataclysmic event, the auction of C-block broadband personal communications services licenses is scheduled to begin today. Thirteen bidders have made …

IRVINE, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it has developed and tested advanced speech coding programming that will bring high-quality voice communications to subscribers using Code Division Multiple Access personal communications …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Telecommunications Venture is expected to announce in the next two weeks its choice of equipment vendors for its personal communications services network. Northern Telecom Ltd., AT&T Corp. …