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CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp. selected PricewaterhouseCoopers L.L.P. to replace Arthur Andersen L.L.P. as the carrier’s independent public accountant for this year. Nextel Partners Inc. and UbiquiTel Inc. announced earlier this week …

NEW YORK—At its annual meeting, scheduled for 6 May, the board of directors of Motorola has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal that would bar the company from hiring …

NEW YORK—At its annual meeting, scheduled for May 6, the board of directors of Motorola Inc. has asked shareholders to vote against a proposal that would bar the company from …

LONDON—The Lebanese government has come to an agreement with mobile operator Cellis to defuse a long-running legal battle that led it to cancel the company’s operating contract last year. According …

LONDON—The Lebanese government announced it might allow mobile-phone companies Cellis and LibanCell to operate until their contracts expire in 2004, providing that other offers for new licenses are “not up …

NEW YORK-KPMG L.L.P. will conduct a survey to measure smart card use in North America, according to an Aug. 6 announcement of The Smart Card Alliance, formed earlier this year …

NEW YORK—KPMG will conduct a survey to measure smart card use in North America, according to a 6 August announcement of The Smart Card Alliance, formed earlier this year by …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Carrefour, the giant French hypermarket firm, has appointed KPMG to advise it on plans to become a mobile virtual network operator. The company is reported to have approached …

AWR Applied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including …

WASHINGTON-A new day appears to be dawning for FCC Chairman Michael K. Powell. This new day will have Powell greeting four new colleagues by the end of the year, reforming …

PDA technology Blue Impact Blue Impact, a partner of CellPoint, introduced a combined GSM/global positioning system (GPS) module for the Handspring Visor called Tellmen. The Tellmen module is compatible with …

Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting who found existing wireless enablement solutions …

NEW YORK-Managing solely for the bottom line can come back to bite companies at tax time, with the perverse result of hurting the financial statements so important to existing and …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission 700 MHz auctions in May will be “a significant industry-transforming event and near-term catalyst … in the race toward wireless data,” John Bensche, senior analyst …

NEW YORK-Ever been whipsawed? A whipsaw is a double-handled saw designed for use by two people. The dictionary also says the word “whipsaw” means “to defeat or get the best …

NEW YORK-The discriminatory patchwork of state and local taxes on telecommunications carriers imposes a roadblock to providers of the highways over which all Internet traffic travels, according to recent testimony …

British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced they have agreed to work together in developing mobile Internet and multimedia applications and equipment. Specifically, the two said they intend to develop …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced a wireless Internet trial with about 1,000 mobile phone users in the United Kingdom and Norway. Users will be able to access Microsoft …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo urged a federal bankruptcy court to reject efforts to block the liquidation of his consulting firm, but he declined to address allegations that …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The “Year 2000” problem has become a priority item on the agenda of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), reflecting the reality that the global network is only as …

LINCOLN, Neb.-An appeal filed by Transcrypt International Inc. with the Nasdaq Listing and Hearing Review Council was denied, announced the company. Transcrypt had requested its common stock continue to be …

Jeffrey L. Fuller resigned as president and chief executive officer of Transcrypt International Inc., following the company’s battery of recent problems. The company’s chairman, John T. Connor, was named interim …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a provider of specialized mobile radio service, completed an agreement that ends options to acquire 5.5 million shares of its common stock at an exercise …

NEW YORK-Borrowing a tag line from a recently released report of the Paging Leadership Association, industry representatives and analysts say there is “no grim reaper for the beeper.” The association, …

NEW YORK-Telecommunications carriers are experiencing and causing a lot of taxing questions related to how they are defined-and therefore treated-by tax departments in state and local government. It’s not your …