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SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. reached a definitive agreement to acquire personal communications services operating licenses in Macon, Columbus and Albany, Ga., from Zuma PCS L.L.C. covering 1.3 million potential …

Attention to wireless security concerns emerged as the de facto theme of this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Jose, Calif., where several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless Communications International Inc. announced it reached definitive agreements to acquire personal communications service licenses in Denver and Pittsburgh for its domestic subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc. The acquisition, …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. at RCR press time was expected to file papers with the bankruptcy court asking Judge Adlai S. Hardin Jr. to explicitly declare that any attempt by the …

During the first half of 1999, Latin America handset sales exceeded 9.8 million, according to Dataquest, a U.S.-based market research firm. Handset sales were forecasted to reach 24.5 million units …

SAN DIEGO-Sprint PCS plans to acquire a 30.5-percent interest in Mexican wireless carrier Pegaso, said Leap Wireless International Inc., a co-founder and major shareholder in Pegaso. A memorandum of understanding …

Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to purchase personal communications services licenses in Denver and Pittsburgh for an undisclosed amount. The agreement, if completed, …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said that Metrosvyaz Ltd. has filed a lawsuit against Leap and certain of its officers in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of …

Leap Wireless International Inc., which has seen a run-up in stock in recent weeks, announced a new branding strategy for its Chilean operating company. Leap in April bought out its …

Sprint Corp. is in deep negotiations with owners of Mexican wireless operator Pegaso PCS to gain a stake in the carrier, sources close to the companies say. An ownership agreement …

NEW YORK-Landline replacement, the Holy Grail of wireless telephony, received a boost from an array of forces unleashed simultaneously into the communications environment. This is not a high-stakes game of …

NEW YORK-A key component of the IMT-2000 global wireless third-generation standard that the International Telecommunication Union evaluated this month comes from the kind of small, entrepreneurial company whose voice is …

WASHINGTON-Competition in the local loop does not need to come from wireline competitive local exchange carriers, it can come from wireless carriers, a high-level executive told the Senate communications subcommittee …

Greece Panafon and France Telecom announced recently they are holding discussions regarding a possible offering or an issue of an exchangeable bond by France Telecom of all or part of …

Bankrupt C-block licensee General Wireless Inc. has satisfied too much of its reorganization plan for the Federal Communications Commission to appeal it, a Texas district court judge ruled last week. …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. said it ceased support of two Russian operations in which it holds noncontrolling minority interests. According to Leap, the boards of directors of Transworld Companies, …

SAVANNAH, Ga.-H.O. Systems announced it signed a long-term agreement with Leap Wireless International Inc. in which H.O. Systems will provide billing and customer care for Leap’s domestic wireless markets, served …

Leap Wireless International Inc. said it will purchase the Dayton, Ohio, personal communications services license from PCSDevCo Inc. Leap said the acquisition, pending Federal Communications Commission approval, will add more …

International joint ventures formed by manufacturing concerns, and the failure rates of these companies, have been well-documented over the years. The pioneering efforts of telecommunications service providers from developed countries, …

NEW YORK-North American telecommunications carriers rank below manufacturing, consumer products and financial services companies in their adoption of Internet-enabled enterprises, concluded a recent report of American Management Systems, Fairfax, Va. …

NEW YORK-As the Internet accelerates the globalization of telecommunications, mergers and acquisitions among traditional and nontraditional players have eclipsed initial public offerings as the preferred strategy for retaining competitive advantage. …

Ericsson signed a US$100 million contract with Diginet Americas to build out Diginet’s fixed wireless networks throughout Latin America. The agreement makes Ericsson the preferred supplier to Diginet to provide …

BANGALORE, India-Posting a negative growth in its subscriber base, India’s paging industry has plunged into a deep crisis. During the last fiscal year the country’s subscriber base shrank by 100,000 …

Australia Leap Wireless International announced that it is selling its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., to an affiliate of AAPT Ltd., Australia’s third-largest telecommunications company, for Australian $25 …