MCI

NEW YORK-SBC Communications Inc. and U S West Inc. won their legal challenge to the constitutionality of part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. The carriers had asked Judge Joe …

MCI Telecommunications, the communications services unit of MCI Communications Corp., has indicated some of its wireless employees in the Dallas/Fort Worth area may soon be looking for new jobs. In …

1. Jan. 6 NextWave awarded its PCS permits In a decision almost surely headed for the appeals court, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday conditionally awarded NextWave Personal Communications Inc. …

WASHINGTON-The government is expected to begin collecting subsidies from all eligible telecommunications providers this week for the universal service fund. The Federal Communications Commission recently adopted an order outlining the …

Sprint Corp. reportedly is intensifying its search for a European partner to construct a possible merger or partnership scheme that could give the long-distance carrier enough cash to buy out …

Reps. Tom Bliley (R-Va.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) apparently have had it with rope-a-dope delays by Franklin L. Haney. Haney, as you may recall, is the Tennessee investor-developer and pal …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced users of the AccessLink two-way data messaging pager, made by its recently acquired wholly owned subsidiary Wireless Access Inc., can connect to 3Com Corp.’s …

ArrayComm Inc. announced that G. John Gruen III will fill the newly created position of director of corporate development. Gruen will be responsible for building and enhancing strategic partnerships and …

Nearly one year after British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. announced plans to merge, MCI last week terminated the agreement and accepted a $37 billion stock offer to merge …

The country’s three largest long-distance phone companies-AT&T Corp., MCI Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp.-have each announced they are offering their 800-number customers the ability to block toll-free calls originating from …

As far as first press conferences go, new Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard did well. In fact, he was nearly flawless as far as these thing go. Relaxed, composed …

AT&T Corp.’s board of directors unanimously elected C. Michael Armstrong chairman and chief executive officer of the company, effective Nov. 1. AT&T was widely viewed to be under pressure to …

Tectonic Engineering Consultants P.C. named Robert E. Lister a supervising engineer, with responsibility for the structural design and analysis of buildings, infrastructure projects and wireless communication facilities. A licensed professional …

“The best laid plans of mice and men oft go awry.” (Maybe not for the mice, in this case. I doubt they were consulted). Wireless Technology Research head Dr. George …

MCI Communications Corp., which last week found itself with a third suitor in GTE Corp., may finally have an opportunity to enter the wireless arena in more than a reseller …

NEW YORK-Competition, as intended, is causing the telecommunications pie to enlarge. But it also is creating numerous consolidation plays among carriers as they strive for dominance and economies of scale …

WASHINGTON-Wireless resellers have interconnection rights that have been ignored by carriers and federal regulators said an industry coalition, including surprise MCI Communications Corp. suitor WorldCom Inc., in a brief filed …

JACKSON, Miss.-The Federal Communications Commission extended the timetable for public comment on WorldCom’s application to establish a voting trust in connection with the company’s bid to acquire MCI Communications Corp. …

WorldCom Inc.’s surprise bid to acquire MCI Communications Corp. has touched off speculation of other possible mergers, including widely reported talks between AT&T Corp. and GTE Corp. Neither GTE nor …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee members sternly advised Federal Communications Commission chairman nominee William Kennard to rethink agency positions on federal pre-emption and wireless universal service funding and to stop dragging its …

WorldCom Inc. last week made an unsolicited offer to merge with MCI Communications Corp. in a deal that would eclipse British Telecommunications plc’s planned acquisition of MCI, which has been …

WASHINGTON-With industry consolidation increasing and prospects for greater facilities-based competition diminishing, new life has been breathed into the wireless resale debate. Most recently, San Francisco-based AirTouch Communications Inc. has come …

Consolidation as a means to expansion has been the tradition in the wireless industry. Look no further than Craig McCaw, amassing a wireless fortune one cellular license at a time. …

Since the passage of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, it seems rarely a week goes by without the announcement-or rumor-of another blockbuster telecom deal. The recent flurry of merger and acquisition …

NEW YORK-Like late night talk show host David Letterman, Jerome Lucas, president of Telestrategies Inc., McLean, Va., has a top 10 list-this one for wireless telecommunications industry trends. In the …