MCI Communications Corp. is going to resell cellular service from arch competitor AT&T Corp? What is the world coming to? Chaos, I say. There is no orderly development in this …
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The cellular industry is getting ready to enter its teen years and-just like human counterparts-is expected to be affected by growing pains, although they’re more likely to be technological than …
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All’s fair in love and war. And wireless telecommunications competition is beginning to look like a battlefield. But not necessarily the “level” playing (battle)field government keeps trying to create when …
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When it rains, it pours. That phrase certainly has been true for news taking place the last two weeks in the wireless industry. The U.S. digital standards war is getting …
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It looks like the local Bell companies, long-distance telephone carriers and cable TV operators are one step closer to being able to compete in each other’s backyard, as the House …
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The Federal Communications Commission ruled earlier this month that state public utilities commissions can no longer regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers. This ruling affects not only the cellular …
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As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it …
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Editor’s Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released April 28. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and summaries about publicly traded telecommunications …
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Editor’s Note: The following information is a Smith Barney Inc. analysis released April 28. From time to time, RCR plans to print investment opinions and summaries about publicly traded telecommunications …
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The Federal Communications Commission set an Aug. 2 date to begin the proceedings when Telephone Electronics Corp.-after aligning itself with PCS PrimeCo L.P., the consortium of three Baby Bells and …
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Many a garried employee trying to fill out paterwork to comply with Federa Communications Commission regulations probably agrees wholeheartedly with the Progress & Freedom Foundation, a high-tech think tank studying …
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Editor’s note: After only a little more than a year as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Reed Hundt has spearheaded some of the most dramatic changes ever for the …
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True, America views the nation’s capital with a jaundiced eye. And well it should. The system is broke and needs fixing. Lobbyists, special interest money and lawmakers-for-life control the ways …
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Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless industry! But while the industry revels …
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The Oct. 28 deadlind for those applying with the Federal Communications Commission to participate in next month’s auction for broadband personal communications services licenses has come and gone. And with …
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The Federal Communications Commission is experiencing a metamorphosis: Established as a custodian of the public airwaves in the interest of the public, it has become a cash cow for the …
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Who’s the Federal Communications Commission fooling with all this talk of “designated entities,” or providing incentives-and frequencies-for small businesses, women and minorities in the upcoming PCS auctions? The FCC, a …
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Nothing can replace the World Series, which was canceled last week along with the remainder of the major league baseball season after millionaire players and owners failed to agree who …