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Cloners beware, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. are active with authentication technology-each carrier in two markets. “We’ve taken the next step from protection to prevention. It’s …

Nokia profits down in first quarter A 62 percent decrease in operating profit reported by the Nokia Group has been attributed to Nokia Mobile Phones. The Finnish manufacturer’s handset division …

MAY 6 The Emerging Market for Wireless Location-based Products and Services, by Telestrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 6-9 Inside Washington: Business and Public Policy Focus …

One mission of the CTIA Foundation for Wireless Communications is to undertake innovative wireless projects, like the one beginning today in Minnesota. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation is giving …

After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming a giant in the specialized mobile …

Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing …

NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …

When MCI Communications Corp. asked him to build a radio tower on top of a mountain using a helicopter, 21-year-old wireless newcomer Michael Budagher said yes. Fifteen years later, his …

Steinbrecher Corp., which was recently acquired by Tellabs Wireless, announced the MiniCell Wireless Access System, a complete cellular system utilizing software-programmable radios with remote and local transceivers. Based on industry …

WASHINGTON-With the huge capital costs of spectrum, infrastructure and marketing playing a major part in the rollout of new personal communications services, PACS technology may become an attractive option for …

VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. has reached an agreement with MobileComm that will allow CWI to introduce CWI-branded paging service to its long-distance customers during this second quarter. CWI focuses …

APRIL 28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference ’96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870. 30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and Markets, by Creamer …

The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where …

Opportunity looms for the Canadian kin of PageMart Inc. and Paging Network Inc. Both companies recently activated service in Canada where market penetration is only 3 percent, or about 1 …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division announced it has been awarded contracts valued at more than $30 million for the expansion of its analog cellular telephone system …

A Korean company has allied with an Indian manufacturer to build pagers and paging systems in India, and directly compete with U.S. manufacturers that claim strong inroads into that nation. …

Safco Corp.’s Electronic Systems Division has opened a third satellite office in Boca Raton, Fla., to serve the Latin American market. David Neumann will lead the new office. Neumann joined …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-PCS Wireless Inc. has appointed Rob Milne director of engineering. Milne formerly was head of product marketing at Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Data Systems Division. Prior to joining …

NEW YORK-As the Federal Communication Commission’s C-block auction for personal communications services draws to a close, a key consideration for systems build-out is the kind of role equipment vendors will …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, having shuffled around key leadership in the aftermath of the plane crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others during a Balkan trade mission, is …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., the wireless partnership of AirTouch Communications Inc., Bell Atlantic Corp., Nynex Corp. and U S West Inc., initiated the first digital wireless phone call …

NEW YORK-Operating outside the limelight cast by telecom deregulation and the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction for personal communications service, the paging sector is pursuing its own profitable agenda in …

Nextel Communications Inc. said the 177 licenses it won at auction are a “relatively small thing” considering the enormous holdings it has already. Nextel has been quiet for the last …

Sales of wireless network equipment in the United States grew more than 72 percent in 1995 to $5.44 billion, up from $3.16 billion the previous year, according to a new …