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Repairing, remanufacturing, refurbishing and recycling cellular phones is the business of ReCellular Inc. The company brings phones sent in by carriers, dealers and other clients back to new condition. And …

After three enterprising decades at Motorola Inc.-during which he pioneered high-capacity paging and the first radiotelephone-succeeded by several telecom start-up firms, Martin Cooper was ready to hang up his spurs. …

NEW YORK-The urge to merge struck again with an Easter weekend announcement that AirTouch Communications Inc. would pay about $1.65 billion to buy the 60 percent of Cellular Communications Inc. …

NEW YORK-While wireless and wireline carriers assess and respond to the effects of the 1996 Telecom Reform Act on their business, the Federal Communications Commission also must adapt quickly to …

Eon Corp. of Chantilly, Va., said it plans to offer a low cost wireless two-way messaging service and a host of other consumer-priced wireless services to jump start the lagging …

MCI Communications Corp. surprised the industry when it opted not to participate in the 1994 government auction of new wireless licenses. But while MCI’s competitors were giving billions of dollars …

The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced the MobileAccess smart phone. The phone integrates a cellular telephone with broad messaging and data capabilities in a lightweight, …

DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems announced PCS PrimeCo will deploy CBIS’s Precedent 2000 Customer Care and Billing Systems in its personal communications services network. The companies said …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission officials said microwave relocation guidelines will be clarified but not fundamentally altered later this month, despite intense lobbying by the wireless telecommunications industry for major rule changes …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Nippon Telephone and Telegraph and AccessLine Technologies organized a venture to bring one-number services to Japan’s personal communications services market. One Number Service Inc. is being launched by the …

The nascent 220 MHz industry reached another milestone last month when non-nationwide licensees almost were forced to fish or cut bait. As of March 11, anywhere between 3,600 and 3,800 …

DENVER-ICG Satellite Services said it plans to acquire about 90 percent of Maritime Cellular Tele-Network Inc., a West Palm Beach, Fla.-based provider of cellular communications for commercial shipping. MCN will …

WASHINGTON-With telecommunications reform behind it, Congress now wants to overhaul the Federal Communications Commission. “The key issue is whether a regulatory agency-the Federal Communications Commission-devised in the 1930s based on …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Mark Warner knows how he’d market Virginia, one of America’s booming high-tech hotbeds, if elected to the Senate this fall. He’d have a picture of Thomas Jefferson sitting at …

Last month’s passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry’s most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are …

Telex Communications Inc. has introduced a lightweight headset specifically for cellular phones and other mobile applications. The company said its Telex Nomad Headset is a lightweight, ear-worn device with an …

In Chicago, where cellular penetration is highest and rates are lowest among the nation’s 10 most populous markets, Ameritech Cellular Services and SBC Communications Inc. are fighting it out for …

Subscriber Identity Module cards are making their debut in the United States as important tools to help personal communications service carriers penetrate the market. SIM cards contain all the subscriber-related …

In Chicago, where cellular penetration is highest and rates are lowest among the nation’s 10 most populous markets, Ameritech Cellular Services and SBC Communications Inc. are fighting it out for …

Dear Editor: The Telecommunications Act is now law. The President’s pen unlocked doors to fair and free telecommunications competition that had been closed in some key areas for decades. Business …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced an upgrade to its Wildfire Electronic Assistant, a service available through service providers nationwide that coordinates all of a professional’s daily telephone communications as a …

Wireless resellers say they aren’t sure what will happen when personal communications services enter the marketplace next year, but if PCS launches a price war with cellular operators, everyone’s margins …

GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. last week introduced FraudForce, a service aimed at blasting today’s most threatening cellular phone fraud, roaming fraud. Initial deployment of FraudForce will include FraudInterceptor, a tool …

Celsat America Inc. is awaiting permission from the Federal Communications Commission to launch its vision of a mobile satellite system in 1999. The company filed a pioneer’s preference license application …

The president of a Colorado-based rural cellular operator “emphatically refutes” claims by analog handset manufacturers that cellular growth is slowing, suggesting instead that low phone prices and the battle for …