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Cellular operators need to “get their heads together” if they want to offer cellular as a primary solution for telemetry, said a Houston-based company that manages that service for large …

Wireless industry, watch out! Geniuses are at work in Washington. This is the baby-the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a federal agency that operates at no net cost to U.S. taxpayers. …

NEW YORK-Like the fabled elephant described by a group of blind men positioned near various points of its anatomy, equipment vendors at the recent “PCS-1900 in North America” conference gave …

WASHINGTON-The cellular and paging industries experienced similar declines in revenue per subscriber and operating expenses this year. But despite jitters on Wall Street, the operating performance of most wireless companies …

LOS ANGELES-Ever since PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched service in 11 markets last month, many Code Division Multiple Access proponents believe the technology has passed its first test-widespread deployment. Now …

A Seattle company has created model legislation that wireless carriers can use to convince state legislators to create a dedicated wireless E-911 fund administered at the state level. “We have …

Less than a year since licenses were awarded, PCS is live in Canada. Microcell Telecommunications Inc. turned on its personal communications services network in Montreal and is offering service at …

220 MHz operator US MobilComm Inc. said the conversion to digital technology by Nextel Communications Inc. is offering MobilComm a tremendous opportunity to capture customers. US MobilComm recently rolled out …

The transition from analog to digital handsets in the United States is finally taking off, says a new study published by Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. “After four years of false …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden Corp. has formed a subsidiary, The Private Radio Communications Group, to specialize in research and development, manufacturing and sales of private mobile radio and specialized mobile radio …

SEATTLE-Toll Free Cellular has announced plans for national expansion of its #800 free cellular calling services. The national expansion is propelled by an infusion of capital, provided primarily by limited …

WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike down discriminatory levies on a case-by-case …

A Massachusetts-based company has developed two lightning protection devices specifically for wireless networks that can be retrofitted into existing systems. M/A-Com Inc. of Lowell, Mass., develops and manufactures radio integrated …

Lucent Technologies Inc. has agreed to finance infrastructure equipment for NextWave Telecom Inc., in a deal the companies value at $200 million for the first two years. Lucent will not …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Personal Communications Inc. categorically denied it surpassed the federal rules regarding foreign ownership caps and outside control in a letter answering questions regarding its fitness to become a personal …

I’ve noted before that vendors of the personal Air Communications Technology protocol-one of the newest contenders for two-way paging and messaging systems, and being implemented by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. …

WASHINGTON-Commenters on both sides of the issue regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to kill its finder’s preference programs have one thing in common-their arguments all come down to money. …

WASHINGTON-Despite recent findings that some Federal Communications Commission employees have been using commission-owned cellular phones for their personal use at taxpayer expense, apparently none will be charged for hundreds of …

Dialing 911 is an automatic response in a crisis. But what if the emergency call is placed on a cellular car phone and the signal drops? Mobile Security Communications Inc. …

Mike Lorelli will resign as president and chief executive officer of MobileMedia Corp., the latest in a chain of events that has shareholders, industry and Wall Street wary of the …

Several C-block licensees are questioning the 7 percent interest rate used by the Federal Communications Commission in payment plan notes, but the government stands behind the figure. The difference between …

As the worldwide debate rages on whether pocket phones are linked to adverse health effects, some groups are attempting to capitalize on the issue. Within the next few months, two …

“The debate on CDMA is over, folks,” declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission statistics released Nov. 14, as of Round 109, show only one entrepreneur classified as a small business had dropped out of the current personal communications services auction …

Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users. ConectUS is a …