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LONDON-The wireless market in the Asia-Pacific region is surpassing fixed telephony, according to CIT Research Ltd. Despite demand for more landline telephones in the area, CIT said overall market penetration …

NEW YORK-Omnipoint Communications Inc. opened for business Nov. 14, but a full-scale promotional campaign for its first personal communications services network-in the New York City metropolitan area-won’t start for another …

WASHINGTON-Almost by default, GTE Corp.’s Government Systems division was awarded the General Services Administration’s eight-year post-FTS2000 federal wireless telecommunications services contract Nov. 12. Current FTS2000 service providers Sprint Corp. and …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-ADC Telecommunications Inc. has licensed PCS Wireless Inc.’s in-building distributed antenna array product line, Cellular MEX/BEX. MEX/BEX is a low power, radio frequency signal repeater that extends distribution …

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and Wall Street. The auction of the …

ABILENE, Texas-Specialized mobile radio provider Pittencrieff Communications Inc. said recent consolidation of its sales and service centers negatively impacted its third quarter results. However, Warren Harkins, chairman, president and chief …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communications Services Inc. has designed an animated electronic presentation on computer disk to promote its ChurnManager system. The disk, called “Wireless Romance, or The True Life Story of …

When Metrocall Inc. reported third quarter earnings, the company also said it has shifted its course toward increasing revenue per unit and away from expansion in the reseller channel. For …

WASHINGTON-Pocket Communications Inc. has selected Danet Inc. as its nationwide billing and customer care software provider. Danet will install customized billing software and systems, which will enable pricing and packaging …

Digital service may not be the carrot that attracts consumers to personal communications services and digital cellular providers. According to a study by Economic & Management Consultants International Inc., 73 …

Frequencies and technologies may not matter much in the scramble to capture the wireless consumer market. Instead, wireless carriers plan to compete in marketing and customer service. “Everyone has a …

Estimated Equipment/ Date and market cost to handset service was Markets planned Company Ownership Technology build network vendors launched for launch AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Corp. TDMA N/A Ericsson, …

The broadband personal communications services auctions held during the past two years have spawned a plethora of novel policy and fiscal issues for policymakers. The reason: $20 billion. Money changes …

NEW YORK-DataLink Systems Corp. has launched QuoteXpress securities information service via pagers for commercial use in the United States. DataLink, now a public company headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has …

There won’t be many big-time losers among the A- and B-block carriers, wireless analysts say. “They’ll probably all make it, but the question is how well will they make it,” …

NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. plans to target infrastructure monitoring in the wireless sector with its recently unveiled JavaStation network computer. A lower-cost alternative to the personal computer, the JavaStation …

Twelve of the 84 companies that won C-block licenses for personal communications services are still waiting to receive their license in hand. The Federal Communications Commission has issued 10-year licenses …

Centennial Cellular Corp. began marketing its cellular communications products and services under the name Centennial Wireless throughout its properties. The company formerly used the Cellular One trademark. Centennial is bolstering …

The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue of multimode and multiband wireless handsets. …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Corp. decided not to bid on a potentially lucrative government-wide wireless telecommunications contract, called Federal Telecommunications Service 2000, stating the procurement contract put forth by the General Services Administration …

WASHINGTON-Antitrust policy is adapting to sweeping pro-competitive, deregulatory telecommunications reforms mandated by Congress, but not abandoning traditional oversight safeguards, one of the nation’s top regulators said. The Federal Trade Commission, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the Personal Communications Industry Association filed petitions at the U.S. Supreme Court late last week to vacate the stay imposed by the U.S. Court of …

Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group has signed a contract valued at more than $100 million to deploy a fixed wireless telephone network in the Philippines. Motorola said the …

OLYMPIA, Wash.-Illuminet and Columbia Spectrum Management said they are helping small personal communications services providers clear spectrum using Columbia Spectrum’s services. PCS license winners must relocate microwave systems that currently …

When Pacific Bell Mobile Services launches commercial GSM-based personal communications services this Friday in San Diego, it will do so alongside a quiet competitor. AirTouch Communications Inc. said it will …