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Toll Free Cellular has laid off most of its employees and put the company up for sale after AT&T Wireless Services Inc. opted not to proceed with plans to offer …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association has proposed manufacturer guidelines to the Federal Communications Commission to address telecom equipment accessibility issues. Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 states that …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. launched eight satellites into orbit Dec. 23, bringing its number of orbiting satellites to 10, the company announced. Satellite controllers at Orbcomm’s Network Control Center in …

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are …

WASHINGTON-Although most of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s second notice of proposed rule making regarding federal, state and local public-safety spectrum through the year 2010 passed muster with the industry, there …

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service finally has issued a director’s order to establish procedures dealing with locating wireless sites on federal park land. As written, the order is in line with …

WASHINGTON-The lawyer for embattled Portals developer Franklin Haney told the House Commerce Committee his client will comply with any subpoena to defend a $1 million payment to lobbyist Peter Knight …

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, the largest in its history, and another acquisition of additional ownership interests in a limited partnership that …

WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving the compliance date back two years, …

Pathnet Inc. signed an agreement with Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative to help upgrade the utility company’s existing internal communications network. Under the agreement, Pathnet plans to begin preliminary construction …

CHICAGO-SourceOne Wireless Inc. recently announced the purchase of Areawide Cellular, a cellular and paging retail operation with 29 locations in the Chicago area. The purchase gives SourceOne an additional 110,000 …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Aliant Communications said it entered a definitive agreement to acquire 3607 Communications Co.’s 50-percent interest in Omaha Cellular G.P. Following the close of the acquisition, which is expected during …

RICHMOND, England-ADC Metrica and L.M. Ericsson signed an agreement for Ericsson to use Metrica’s performance management technology, Network Performance Reporting, in its telecom management solutions for fixed and mobile network …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service announced Dec. 22 it had lowered the speculative grade ratings to Ba2 from Ba1 on about $400 million in outstanding debt issued by Total Access Communication …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. has completed its 1997 launch phase, bringing Sprint personal communications services to 134 metropolitan markets across the country. The company also announced the markets where …

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp. now provides a digital interface between its enhanced Pocket Communications System and Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc.’s digital telephone switches, announced SpectraLink. Digital integration lets Siemens’ in-building …

CALABASAS, Calif.-Iridium North America named Skysite Communications Corp., a subsidiary of U.S. Digital Communications, its North American distributor for the new Iridium satellite-based global wireless communications network. Skysite will offer …

Editor’s Note: In a year where the largest stories of the wireless industry were about personal communications services carriers besieged with financial and other problems, one PCS company, Omnipoint Communications …

A Nov. 24 article in RCR that profiled Cactus Integration Group incorrectly stated the company’s relationship with Lucent Technologies Inc. and erroneously characterized Lucent’s wireless services strategy. Lucent’s agreement with …

NEW YORK-Wireless prepaid services will provide $1 billion in revenues to American carriers this year, double that amount next year and quadruple the figure by 2001, according to projections cited …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it will offer a software product that allows users to send text messages from their personal computer to cellular and personal communications …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and Cincinnati Bell Inc. announced a definitive agreement for Matrixx Marketing Inc., the teleservices unit of Cincinnati Bell, to acquire AT&T Solutions Customer Care for about $625 …

Sprint PCS of Southern California donated $30,000 to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation for its annual Toys for Tots holiday charity campaign. In addition to the cash contribution, more …

WASHINGTON-Down payments for newly won 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses are due at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Bank tomorrow. Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to be there, cash in hand. …

NEW YORK-Twenty years ago, her parents-both civil servants-gave Rosanne M. Cahn, chief economist of equities for Credit Suisse First Boston, New York, a cartoon she said aptly describes her profession. …