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Safety traditionally has been a strong selling point for the wireless industry, but a Pennsylvania company has begun deploying a product that puts a new twist on the safety angle. …

African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes …

MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. will begin the first three installations of its RangeMaster filter system this month, under a planned 15 cell site purchase by a regional Bell company …

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and …

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 …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world’s first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 …

Another wireless carrier has jumped on the Time Division Multiple Access bandwagon with help from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Oklahoma City-based Dobson Communications Corp., a cellular carrier with about 100,000 …

Bell Atlantic Corp. announced it sold its 33-percent ownership stake in the Italian telephone carrier Infostrada to its partner in that venture, Olivetti spa, which already holds the remaining 67 …

Brazil edged nearer to its stated goal of liberalizing its telecom industry when the Canadian-Brazilian consortium Americel S.A. became the first private mobile phone operator to compete against the state-owned …

L.M. Ericsson signed two joint venture agreements to produce equipment in Russia. The pacts were established in conjunction with Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s recent visit to Sweden. Under the first …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. announced a common stock split in the form of a 25-percent stock dividend payable Dec. 22 to all shareholders of record as of Dec. 10. The …

Players in the crowded Hong Kong market may finally get a little elbow room, as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Hongkong Telecom CSL, plans to acquire …

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new …

PRAGUE, Czech Republic-EuroTel Praha, a cellular operator in the Czech Republic, reported that growth increased 250 percent between third quarter 1996 and the third quarter 1997, ending the period with …

LANCASTER, Pa.-PCS One, a joint venture of D&E Communications and Omnipoint Corp., launched personal communications services in Central Pennsylvania, which the operator said is the first PCS service in the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a contract with wireline operator Philippines Telegraph & Telephone Corp. to deploy a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network next month in southern Luzon. …

As wireless industry leaders continue to tout convergence as the next frontier for the industry, one Southeastern carrier has quietly pulled itself ahead of the game. Alltel Communications Inc. significantly …

SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea’s largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in …

The Dutch government most likely will auction two mobile phone licenses in the spring, rather than the end of this year, because the European Commission blocked the government’s plan to …

OSHKOSH, Wis.-C-block operator Airadigm Communications Inc. said it launched 1900 MHz personal communications services in Fond du Lac and Oshkosh, Wis. The service, branded Einstein, uses Global System for Mobile …

WASHINGTON-For the second time, the law enforcement community has nixed an industry-crafted digital wiretap standard by taking advantage of liberal voting procedures in a way that wireless companies believe amounts …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. is on its way to a rout in the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction, leading its closest competitor in the race for licenses by nearly $29 …

Business finally is taking off for some of the players with nationwide coverage plans in the enhanced specialized mobile radio arena. With technology bugs worked out, marketing and distribution strategies …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. and Globe Telecom GMCR Inc., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in the Philippines, signed a letter of agreement calling for Brightpoint to provide Globe with fulfillment …

HAIFA, Israel-Elbit Ltd., a communications company in Israel, announced it has formed a joint company with Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. and Matav-Cable Systems Media Ltd. to bid on a cellular license …