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With the dramatic changes that are occurring in every sector of the telecommunications industry, analysts and investors on Wall Street and elsewhere are re-evaluating the industry, its sectors and its …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it will concentrate on making wireless regulations more flexible and streamlining licensing procedures in the coming months. The emphasis on the two areas will be …

True to its claim that it would launch two-way paging by mid-year, SkyTel Corp. is turning on commercial service Sept. 19 in 30 to 50 markets throughout the country. With …

When the Federal Communications Commission began the “finder’s preference” program late in 1991, it was hailed by the industry as a win-win situation. The FCC would receive help in the …

ierre Dogan, David Patton and Ray Nettleton Two observations can be drawn from the recent personal communications services license auctions. First, PCS participants are willing to assume enormous financial risk, …

The road to launching the first commercial personal communications services network in the United States, which American Personal Communications plans to do this fall, began at the Personal Communications Industry …

Mobistar, a partnership of Belgian telecommunications manufacturer Telinfo and France Telecom Mobile International, won the second license to operate a Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium. Mobistar will …

The latest step in the continuing march toward ever higher radio frequencies, 38 GHz point-to-point digital services, is providing a set of interesting, unique products. The 38 GHz technology has …

Leon Hensen has been named senior vice president and general manager of Palmer Wireless Inc. of Fort Myers, Fla. Hensen will be responsible for the overall operation of the company. …

I don’t envy FCC Chairman Reed Hundt. Yes, only a few short months ago he was the golden boy of Washington, as should be anyone who delivers the president a …

STOCKHOLM-Malaysian cellular operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson, valued at $60 million, to expand its Mobifon 800 Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service network, …

In concert with the European Union’s directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel PCS Partners L.P. has selected Global System for Mobile communications technology for the personal communications services network that will be built by Powertel. Powertel paid $124.5 million …

Final tender documents for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses in Poland will be available next month, and several U.S. firms intend to figure prominently in the deal. Bids …

Safety and security may be among the top reasons people buy cellular phones, but these features often fall short in one area: 911 service. But the state of Washington is …

ATLANTA-TGA Systems Inc. has installed a TGA Prism II paging system in Russia for start-up Moscow operator, Conversion-7. TGA also has expanded its Prism II terminal in Changzhou, China. Conversion-7 …

Six consortia met the August deadline to apply for Ireland’s second mobile phone license, which could be awarded by the Irish Department of Transport, Energy and Communications by the end …

Launching personal communications services with a multitude of standards may be the way for industry to sort out the benefits of each technology, but it could set consumers up for …

PITTSBURGH-Communications pioneer Jack N. Berkman, founder and chairman of The Associated Group Inc., died Aug. 3 at his New York City home. He was 90. Berkman led Associated Communications Corp. …

SAN DIEGO-The National Dispatch Center Inc. said it will provide international call routing for GlobalRoam, the international cellular roaming service scheduled to be introduced by GTE Mobilnet Inc. in the …

Sprint Telecommunications Venture-which plans to operate next-generation mobile phone service across much of the nation-is keeping to its cable roots by selecting Code Division Multiple Access technology as the foundation …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and Omnipoint Corp. appeared to be close to negotiating a deal late last week on how to prevent big companies from taking illegal control of bidders …

WASHINGTON-The first system and billing identification codes for personal communications services have been assigned to AT&T Wireless Services by Cibernet Corp. Cibernet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications …

Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network, which teh companies anticipate will support …

WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Harold Greene will decide whether AirTouch Communications Inc., a wireless spin-off of Pacific Telesis Group, is held to restrictions imposed on the seven regional Bell telephone companies …