mobile satellite

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission urged a federal appeals court here to reject a wireless industry challenge to mobile satellite service permits, saying mobile-phone carriers lack standing to bring legal action …

WASHINGTON-Top mobile-phone operators told a federal appeals court the Federal Communications Commission went astray of the law by awarding additional mobile satellite service licenses despite the sector’s desperate financial condition. …

New ownership has provided mobile satellite services company Globalstar L.P. with hope in the new year. The company last month announced plans to be acquired by equity investor Thermo Capital …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Bankrupt mobile satellite services company Globalstar announced a new reorganization plan to secure $43 million in financing, effectively canceling its expected acquisition by ICO Global Communications Ltd. Instead, …

WASHINGTON-Only 24 states told congressional investigators that they plan to meet the 2005 deadline for wireless enhanced 911 Phase II deployment. “Implementation of wireless E911 is several years away in …

WASHINGTON-Only 24 states told congressional investigations that they plan to meet the 2005 deadline for wireless enhanced 911 Phase II deployment. “Implementation of wireless E911 is several years away in …

Just what are Craig McCaw and Nextel Communications Inc. up to, separately or together? Is there a grand plan waiting to be hatched or just some heady hedges that may-or …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court has rejected a mobile-phone industry request to consolidate challenges to Federal Communications Commission decisions regarding awarding licenses to mobile satellite service applicants and allowing them to …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell told Congress he is opposed to an amendment in a spending bill that would exempt from spectrum auction an application of a wireless startup …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Bankrupt mobile satellite service provider Globalstar L.P. and its subsidiaries have filed a joint plan of reorganization, according to a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. …

WASHINGTON-U.S. law enforcement officials want federal regulators to delay a decision on ICO Global Communications Ltd.’s application to acquire Globalstar Corp. mobile satellite service licenses until public-safety and national security …

WASHINGTON-U.S. law enforcement officials want federal regulators to delay a decision on ICO Global Communications Ltd.’s application to acquire Globalstar Corp. mobile satellite service licenses until public-safety and national security …

Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services. Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. has been authorized by Iraq’s office of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the current governing authority in the country, and the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, responsible …

WASHINGTON-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Verizon Wireless asked a federal appeals court here to overturn a Federal Communications Commission ruling permitting mobile satellite service operators to use their frequencies to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission approved frequency changes for four mobile satellite service operators and said MSS licensees are making progress toward meeting milestones, a development that could hurt mobile-phone industry …

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Ground Control, provider of DIRECWAY two-way mobile and fixed satellite systems, has released its IG-VoIP solution to allow DIRECWAY satellite subscribers to make voice calls to anywhere …

WASHINGTON-Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. today said it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission for authority to add an ancillary terrestrial component to existing and planned mobile satellite systems. …

HELSINKI, Finland-Sonera’s mobile satellite division has been acquired by an international business group led by Italy’s Compagnia Generale Telemar S.p.A. and Sweden’s Laumar Marine AB. Telemar Finland, a branch of …

WASINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission today authorized mobile satellite service providers the flexibility to integrate ground-based transmitters into their operations, but it also reallocated 30 megahertz from the troubled satellite sector …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today warned Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell that allowing mobile satellite service operators to operate land-band transmitters could cause interference to …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside the industry. Which threats will prove …

McCain urges auction for MSS spectrum WASHINGTON-The wireless industry got some powerful support Dec. 20 in its quest to have the Federal Communications Commission auction off spectrum in the 2 …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …