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Many companies that provide anti-cloning products to analog cellular network operators are gearing up for the takeover of digital-based service in the coming years and are waiting to capitalize on …

WASHINGTON-The FBI told House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) two additional weeks are needed before it can submit a digital wiretap plan to Congress. The Justice Department sought …

WASHINGTON-Fulfilling another congressional directive under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Federal Communications Commission last week released its report and order governing the reallocation of broadcast channels 60-69. “The first …

The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year’s Eve, are being felt in the nation’s capital. The Bells and U.S. District …

There is little doubt that the telecommunications industry has taken on a global hue. Increasingly, American wireless providers are teaming up with foreign companies to expand their service portfolios across …

Paging Network Inc. will be the primary network provider for a remote automotive vehicle security system developed by Adaptive Vehicle Systems, according to an agreement signed between the two companies. …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. introduced two dual-band phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Global System for Mobile communications phone and a Time Division Multiple Access phone, as …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has received an order for Intelligent Networks services and infrastructure from Euskatel, a fixed telecom operator in Spain, Ericsson announced. Euskatel plans to use Access Screening, one …

WASHINGTON-Clinton administration telecom adviser Larry Irving said last week there will continue to be strong support for huge deregulatory and tax carve-outs for the Internet, a position starkly at odds …

ArrayComm Inc. announced the opening of a liaison office in New Delhi, India, to serve a growing interest in its proprietary IntelliCell processing technology and IntelliWave wireless local loop system. …

NEW YORK-The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration made several specific recommendations for future actions regarding highway safety in its recent report. Today, only the states of Minnesota and Oklahoma …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. and New World PCS Ltd. Hong Kong SAR signed a contract calling for Nokia to expand New World’s Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network. The …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week dismissed a long-standing petition for special relief filed against Nextel Communications Inc. by the law firm of Brown & Schwaninger that accused Nextel of …

Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The …

WHEATON, Ill.-The majority of cellular phone users acknowledge the dangers of driving while using their phones but continue do so anyway, according to a survey conducted for the Insurance Research …

1997-It was the year that simultaneously showed the promise and the pain of new entrants into the wireless industry. PCS companies thrived and dived, one paging business declared bankruptcy, while …

Giving the wireless data industry some important momentum to start the new year, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it plans to acquire Motorola Inc.’s Ardis data messaging business, which combined …

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. …

… Kudos to AT&T Wireless for being the proud provider of PCS service that worked in D.C.’s Old Ebbitt Grill. The bartender said most pocket phones don’t work in Old …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. took Omnipoint Corp. to task over its Nov. 24 petition for reconsideration and clarification regarding proposed financial options for C-block personal communications services players. Comments on Omnipoint’s …

The Federal Communications Commission late last week was expected to allocate 24 megahertz for public safety communications and reserve 36 megahertz in the same 800 MHz band for commercial wireless …

PLANO, Texas-Inet Inc. and GoAmerica Communications plan to offer two free months of GoAmerica’s wireless Internet and intranet services with the purchase of Inet’s Spider Cellular Digital Packet Data modem …

MEXICO Corsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will …

TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the mobile satellite industry. TRW said it …

CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. announced it applied to have its True Per-Second Billing service registered as a federal service mark. Saying it is one of the pioneering companies of per-second billing, …