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NEW YORK-In its inaugural quarterly teleconference with the investment community, Omnipoint Corp. announced Jan. 31 the second straight year of losses but also numerous milestones passed en route to deployment …

Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers multiple radio frequency outputs in a …

Philips Consumer Communications introduced its Fizz analog mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Fizz phone offers 40 hours of standby time and 220 minutes of talk time with …

The Italian government announced it will merge Telecom Italia into Stet to form a single company called Telecom Italia, which will continue to control the country’s cellular operator Telecom Italia …

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Bell Mobile Services Inc. is in the final stages of testing its ability to transmit data over the Global System for Mobile communications network. Pac Bell Mobile is …

Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license …

The European Commission said it has given the Spanish government three months to inform the EC on the steps it will take to create a level playing field for the …

WASHINGTON-Global System for Mobile communications technology now has a national footprint in the United States, according to analysis by GSM North America following the D-, E-and F-block auctions. GSM North …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said it will provide its Access S&E roaming administration service to BellSouth Mobility DCS. The service provides settlement and exchange of roamer billing information among …

Asia Pacific Cable Network, a submarine telecommunications cable network, began its link up to nine Asian countries. The project, valued at $580 million, is a joint investment of 51 telecommunications …

Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language. The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a …

InterCel Inc. wants to learn if cellular customers who are familiar with rate plans will behave differently when let loose on a 1900 MHz system for a flat $50 a …

JANUARY 16-17 Expanding and Enhancing Wireless Emergency Services, by AIC Conferences. Vista Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 409-4AIC. 19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki …

California Microwave Inc.’s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California Microwave said it values the contract …

Poland’s Minister of Telecommunications announced plans to issue a tender for a personal communications network license at 1.8 GHz. In separate news, international arbitration between Ameritech International and the government …

PARIS-France Telecom Mobiles announced it will activate roaming with American Personal Communications this quarter. The company announced in June its intent to deploy roaming functionality between APC’s PCS 1900 network …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is enhancing its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular phones with Enhanced Full Rate technology. The technology will be installed in the CH388 digital flip phone …

NEW YORK-“There’s gold in them thar hills,” according to Justin Dudley, vice president of engineering for Telecel International Ltd., which has staked its claim to cellular service provision in Sub-Saharan …

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers. “It’s all about …

Pocket Communications Inc. named three new executives to its corporate management team. John A. Hoffman is the new chief operating officer. He has been given responsibility for the day-to-day activities …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

JANUARY 7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141. 9-12 Consumer Electronics Show ’97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674. 19-22 19th …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling …

Sprint PCS service is available in six cities, and just two days remain for Sprint Spectrum L.P. to meet its goal of launching 1900 MHz personal comm-unications services in two …

Pocket Communications Inc. has completed $646 million in financing agreements with three equipment vendors to build network clusters that will make Pocket the nation’s sixth largest personal communications services operator …