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In response to customer discontent and criticism among consumer groups, WaveTech Ltd. of the United Kingdom introduced Happy Talk. The service is a new way to do wireless, expected to …

Orange plc, one of the United Kingdom’s two 1800 MHz personal communications providers, announced it established a roaming agreement with the Swiss Post, Telephone and Telegraph. Concurrently, Colin Tucker, group …

NEW YORK-In Latin American countries, “where completion of a phone call is cause for celebration in some cases,” rising gross domestic product signals increasing financing demands for wireless communications infrastructure …

U.K. wireless operator Orange plc claimed victory last week after a High Court judge dismissed a complaint made by Vodafone Group plc following the launch of a comparative ad campaign …

Eurotel Praha s.r.o., Bell Atlantic Corp.’s cellular provider in the Czech Republic, has launched commercial Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in that country. The service covers 43 percent …

IRVINE, Calif.-Cox California PCS Inc. said it will purchase about $500 million in personal communications services network equipment and services from Lucent Technologies. The company said it will employ digital …

A stern letter from the European Commission has gone out to dozens of wireless operators and phone manufacturers in Europe about the use of SIM card locks. “With this pressure, …

Great Britain’s Office of Telecommunications said it is exploring the possibility that wireless phone operators Vodafone plc and Cellnet are charging local telephone operator British Telecommunications plc unfair interconnect rates. …

JUNE 17-19 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Stouffer Hotel, Austin, Texas. Call David Solomon at (800) 835-3887. 17-19 Billing ’96, by TeleStrategies Inc. The Renaissance …

Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. is trading its Orange County, N.Y., market to PriCellular Wireless Corp. in return for Ohio properties that Vanguard feels will fit nicely into its West Virginia …

Jim Wolfinger, president and chief executive officer of Phoenix-based Choice Cellular, has been named president of the National Wireless Resellers Association. Wolfinger will serve a two-year term as president. Russ …

MAY 27-28 High Speed Information Services: Strategies to Win the Race to the Home, by ICM Conferences. The Mart Plaza, Chicago. Call Thomas Serafine at (312) 540-5698. 29-31 Canadian Wireless …

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 …

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 …

Rapid progress to market for Canada’s personal communications services licensees is marked by Industry Canada’s recent release of license conditions and Bell Mobility’s announcement to use Code Division Multiple Access …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase certain assets and on-going business operations of the microwave division of Local Area Telecommunications Inc. (Locate), a …

NEW YORK-Orange plc, a British cellular carrier, sold an initial public offering of common stock March 27 that netted approximately $951 million. In January, Orange, Bristol, England, was formed as …

The number of mobile phone subscribers is rising quickly in Europe, but an increasing proportion of low-volume users and competition among operators could wrench profits over the next decade, forecasts …

Sprint Cellular Co. and United States Cellular Corp. completed an agreement to exchange controlling interests in cellular licenses in Kansas and Ohio. Under the agreement, Sprint Cellular assumes ownership of …

At least one quarter of U.K. wireless telecom operator Orange plc will be floated next month through a global offering of common shares, announced Dewe Rogerson, which manages Orange’s account. …

IFR Systems Inc. has named Dr. Samual Kyehung Lee director of business development for the Pacific Rim. He will also be the management contact for all IFR distributors in mainland …

20-21 Wireless Telecom Values & Finance, by Kagan Seminars. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. For information call Kristen Roelofs at (408) 624-1536. 20-23 PCS ’95, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. …

SEPTEMBER 12-13 Marketing in the Age of Convergence, by TeleStrategies. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information call (703) 734-7050. 14 Women in Cable and Communications Seminar, by Women …

AUGUST 21-22 Cyberspace and the American Dream II, by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Aspen, Colo. For information call Katherine Epler at (202) 484-2312. 22 The Telecom Act …

JULY 30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300. AUGUST 1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association) and CSIS (The …