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ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last week, where the company also announced a strategic alliance and …

Chances are slim to none that U.S. mobile phone operators will agree on one standard for the next generation of mobile phone services. Already fragmented with three different digital standards-cdmaOne, …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Iridium, the first GMPCS (Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite) system is set to become commercial worldwide on 23 September, but will not have a signal over South …

BELMONT, Calif.-Wireless Inc. and Multipoint Networks Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement that will enhance the market position and portfolio of Wireless Inc. to include a complete line of …

WASHINGTON-In an action that provides insight into the complex policy issues simmering beneath the surface of the fiery debate on local competition, the Federal Communications Commission quietly has rejected a …

WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a …

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute may be at a crossroads now that Qualcomm Inc. has outlined the terms under which it will grant intellectual property rights to wideband Code Division …

NEW YORK-Amteva Technologies Inc., Glen Allen, Va., announced May 5 the introduction of Unified Messaging Plus, a carrier-class software to allow wireless and wireline phones and other devices to use …

Like the ugly duckling that was teased and spurned in its younger years only to mature into a beautiful swan, the two-way paging market is expected to someday spread its …

NEW YORK-It has been said that where you stand depends on where you sit. And so it was earlier this month when representatives of four wireless carriers and four equipment …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a letter of intent for Lucent to supply equipment and integrate Advanced Radio’s planned wireless broadband data network. Under …

NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood’s idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often is stranger and scarier than fiction. …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Concepts Inc., one of Cellular One of Washington/Baltimore’s largest dealers in the Washington, D.C., area, filed a lawsuit against the carrier Jan. 29 in Montgomery County (Md.) District Court, …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry accomplished much last year on the regulatory road to competition, but the task of creating parity with wireline services and eliminating old monopoly-related regulations is far from …

As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Inet Inc. announced that Frontier Advanced Service Technologies selected the Inet GeoProbe system to monitor and troubleshoot its Signaling System 7 network from a centralized operations center. The …

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new …

‘Tis the season to buy! And with some wireless carriers estimating that between 30 percent and 40 percent of their business takes place this quarter, the industry should be as …

NOVEMBER 10-11 Channel Development for Wireless Distribution and Retail, by AIC Conferences. The Hotel Monaco, San Francisco. (800) 409-4AIC. 10-12 Intele-CardNews Expo of the Americas: A Global Partnership, by Intele-CardNews. …

Sorry Jay, the edge this week goes to your friends at CTIA again. That’s right. Tom just hired himself some “tall timber” lobbying talent: Steven K. Berry, former chief counsel …

WASHINGTON-Most of the wireless industry still has not seen the entire Federal Communications Commission report to Congress on spectrum auctions, released Oct. 9, but those who have agree the commission …

WASHINGTON-Following the House’s lead, three Senate lawmakers have introduced legislation to curb frivolous class-action securities lawsuits against high-tech firms. Such cases have migrated to state courts since a 1995 law …

Now that many personal communications services providers are operating in several cities, most are advertising better call clarity than users received with cellular analog service. But will call clarity remain …

NEW YORK-With production of handsets now hitting the current 300,000 capacity mark during some weeks, Qualcomm Inc. announced second-quarter earnings and revenues April 21 that showed dramatic growth, while gross …

A C-block enterprise created by two Alabama telephone companies is methodically slipping into position to rival big-name wireless players in the Gulf Coast area. The telephone companies believe if they …