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Motient Communications Inc. announced it will shut down the rural sections of its network, reducing its DataTAC network coverage from 200 million people to 137 million. The move is not …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens AG showed off their new wares in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show in Germany. Such announcements are especially important for Siemens, which has …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission and the United South and Eastern Tribes have agreed to a set of voluntary best practices for siting towers on lands of cultural significance to some …

WASHINGTON-ATIS today released a comprehensive plan to craft new industry standards for converging multimedia architectures across wireline, PCS/cellular and Wi-Fi networks. ATIS said the Mobile Wireless Services Priority Work Plan …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Avis Rent A Car recently announced several enhancements to the Avis Assist mobile-phone-based navigation system. The service, which targets traveling business people, includes a global positioning …

WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Carl Wood (D) has lost majority support for his telecom consumer plan, with fellow Commissioner Geoffrey Brown (D) deciding to draft an alternative bill of …

IRVINE, Calif.-Verizon Wireless introduced its North America’s Choice rate plans, extending home airtime rate areas across sections of Canada and Mexico. The plans, which Verizon Wireless said would initially be …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless has upgraded its Web site, www.verizonwireless.com. Enhanced sections of the Web site include consumer education, customer satisfaction, customer accounts, Spanish-speaking customers, business services, company information, employment, becoming …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially formed their previously announced “Roadrunner” joint venture to build out GSM/GPRS service along more than 4,000 miles of rural highways …

REDMOND, Washington, United States-AT&T Wireless Services and Cingular Wireless officially formed their previously announced “Roadrunner” joint venture to build out GSM/General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service along more than 4,000 …

HELSINKI, Finland-Tele2, Sweden’s second-largest telecom operator after Telia, has confirmed plans to present a joint bid with London-based Star Capital Partners to acquire Italian mobile operator Blu’s network. A sale …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Just weeks after flagging disappointing financial results and with revenues failing to increase in line with expectations, Logica has decided to close its product development facility in southern Ireland. …

NEW DELHI, India—Indian cellular operators have demanded immediate removal of cellular-phone ownership as a criterion for mandatory filing of income-tax returns, saying it is discriminatory. The move led to a …

MOSCOW—Two major Russian GSM carriers—MTS and Vimpelcom (BeeLine)—launched their first third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network trial sections this month, and a third carrier is to follow suit …

NEW YORK—Fanlink Networks plans to debut its “fan-friendly” wireless technology at the Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints NFL game this Sunday at the Louisiana Superdome. The new technology will …

LONDON—Sweden’s Ericsson was appointed the main supplier by all three GSM operators in Nigeria.These contracts follow on from the recently granted GSM licences to EWN (Econet Wireless Nigeria), Nitel and …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris.net, a Web-to-wireless telemetry network operator, and American Innovations, a supplier of remote monitoring systems, have teamed up to offer what they say is a surer way to …

As wireless technologies wax stronger in the market, established wireline corporations such as IBM Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. are learning to leverage both divisions as a fruitful business …

The weak economy has turned profit into loss, changed workers into job applicants and dropped high stocks into the tank. Now, it seems to have transformed love into poison between …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will begin examining the relationship between wireline and wireless carriers and which regulators-federal or state-have jurisdiction over interconnection. It is a “question of our jurisdictional basis …

Vast Solutions Inc., a wireless data company spun off in the Arch Wireless Inc.-Paging Network Inc. merger last year, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this month in the U.S. …

As Bluetooth-enabled products continue their slow introduction into the marketplace, a new study by Frost & Sullivan forecasts global shipments of Bluetooth products to reach more than 11 million units …

LAS VEGAS-Whether we like it or not, most of us are plugged in, turned on or otherwise connected to everyone else on this planet. But in spite of these universal …

Lucent Technologies Inc. seems to face adversity on all fronts. On the technical front, its competitors have roared past with optical equipment innovations. On the business front, it keeps issuing …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian telecommunications giant Telstra has significantly boosted the capacity of its mobile telephone networks to cater to the large influx of visitors to Sydney, Australia, for the Olympic Games. …