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WASHINGTON-They announced it, delayed it, set deadlines and then extended them-each one of these at least once and often amid accusations of scandal and preferential treatment. Currently, the tender process …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-High on the agenda of issues raised by African ministers at Africa Telecom ’98 held here in May was using satellite technology for boosting African economies and low …

U.S. utility companies could become significant players in the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years if they can figure out the right strategy to enter the business. Analysts indicate utilities …

When Arch Communications Group Inc. last week disclosed it was in talks with MobileMedia Communications Corp. about acquiring the bankrupt company, it sparked a rash of speculation about the future …

To the Editor: I’ve watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government’s universal service program. Each day brings another news release from a member of …

NEW YORK-“The dam is about to burst on outsourcing in the wireless world,” and LCC International Inc., the giant radio-frequency engineering firm, is getting ready to ride the resulting rapids …

LONDON-ICO Global Communications Ltd. announced last week that it filed registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of $100 million worth of ordinary …

Direct Wireless Corp., a new company based in Houston, has filed patent applications for a wireless communications system that would allow handsets to communicate directly with each other without signals …

A request by Connecticut’s attorney general and state utility regulators that a combined SBC Communications Inc./Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. reduce its local telephone rates could put the planned merger …

NEW YORK-After receiving “Big Daddy” T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the world’s largest wireless carriers offered an …

ATLANTA-Bosch Telecom Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans to develop and market broadband wireless networking solutions designed to help service providers offer integrated voice, data and video services faster …

An indoor solution to wireless electronic asset tracking that uses digital radio-frequency technology to locate personnel and property has been developed by PinPoint Corp., a fledgling company based in Bedford, …

ATLANTA-Wireless data’s success in the future depends on how easily users can access it, said some wireless executives last week at SuperComm ’98. Key executives from the wireless industry’s largest …

With paging systems and devices moving evermore toward FLEX-based equipment, a debate is heating up about the future of second-hand POCSAG-based gear. The nation’s top 10 paging carriers are migrating …

NEW YORK-Wireless telephony providers are hemorrhaging revenues from organized activity by criminals drawn to the low risk and easy money of subscription fraud. Thieves are exploiting a particularly lucrative window …

As RCR reported last week, the General Services Administration is giving the Federal Communications Commission the boot. Time to move out of the downtown offices and out to the Portals. …

A wave of activity between carriers and tower management firms appears to be developing, signaling a growing trend toward carriers selling off their tower assets in purchase/leaseback arrangements. In such …

Puerto Rico A consortium led by GTE Corp. signed a definitive pact to purchase for $375 million a controlling interest of 50 percent plus one share in the Puerto Rico …

Allgon Mobile Stockholm, Sweden-based Allgon Mobile Communications AB introduced a dual-band antenna called “Twin,” which can be mounted on a car window. The antenna can receive and transmit Global System …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning setback for the Clinton administration that bodes well for the wireless industry, a bipartisan group of top telecom lawmakers last week ordered the Federal Communications Commission to …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments, Dallas, announced June 8 the release of its new TRF3040 Modulator/Synthesizer, designed to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture lighter dual-band, dual-mode wireless handsets that use …

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Summa Four Inc. announced it will demonstrate Project Sigma this week at the Supercomm show in Atlanta. This new addition to Summa Four’s product family is a telco-capable, standards-based …

Now that the crisis is over and paging service has been restored, the paging industry is debating exactly what the pre-Memorial Day pager outage means for its future. Carriers that …

NEW YORK-And now let’s have a round of applause for top executives of Arch Communications Group Inc., Paging Network Inc. and SkyTel Corp. These successful emigres from wireless telephony have …

NEW YORK-Wall Street and stockholders so far have been the biggest beneficiaries of federal deregulation of the telecommunications services industry, which is intended to benefit consumers by fostering competition. “Whatever …