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WASHINGTON-While the Communications Workers of America succeeded in winning concessions that make it easier to organize wireless workers at Verizon Communications-the nation’s largest mobile phone and local telephone company-the prospect …

NEW YORK-Merger prospects tend to have a significant impact on a company’s share price, although the degree of that influence can be difficult to precisely identify. The second-largest domestic personal …

Although worldwide cellular and PCS subscribers increased 54 percent during 1999, subscriber growth is expected to slow significantly through 2007, especially in more mature markets, according to findings in The …

MILAN, Italy-Italian communications group Tiscali is said to be looking for a partner for its consortium to bid for a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System license in Italy later this year. …

TOKYO-Japanese telecom carrier DDI Corp. plans to merge seven of its eight regional cellular phone service providers by November in an attempt to cut operational costs, according to the Associated …

BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a Global System for Mobile communications expansion contract with Liaoning Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, in Shenyang to boost the capacity of its network to …

Network engineering consultant Belenos Inc. raised $20 million in second-round venture financing, led by Investcorp Ventures Technology Fund I L.P. and First Union Capital Partners. Investcorp, a private equity fund …

Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world communicates. Knowing they can’t provide that …

Component shortages and a widespread shift to entry-level phones impacted second-quarter earnings from L.M. Ericsson. The company’s stock fell 11 percent on the news and was trading around $20.13 at …

NEW YORK-The credit quality of the seven large incumbent U.S. operators will only be moderately affected by the capital costs of commercializing third-generation technology, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “We …

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, …

NEW YORK-smartRay.com announced partnerships with seven national, international and regional carriers, including Nextel Communications Inc. Under terms of the agreement with Nextel, smartRay.com said it will provide Nextel’s wireless Internet …

Underwater wireless communication is not a new concept, but until recently, it was nothing more than pings, dots and dashes, that only a trained ear could decipher. Acoustic modems now …

GENEVA-The sky-high third-generation (3G) license fees generated by the United Kingdom’s May auction are having serious repercussions for European operators seeking a pan-regional presence. Governments on the mainland are rejigging …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Cuba’s government decreed that the new millennium begins on 1 January, 2001, and to mark the event, grand celebrations are being prepared. In tone with the decision, the …

SINGAPORE-The dominant rise of prepaid cards compared with subscription-based accounts has been the defining element of Vietnam’s mobile phone environment during the last six months. Almost entirely due to the …

NEW YORK-Where wireless data is concerned, Dennis F. Strigl, president and chief executive officer of Verizon Wireless, has assumed the enthusiasm of a recent convert. “I was not bullish on …

NEW YORK-Martin Fridson, managing director of Merrill Lynch & Co., called this year one of “difficult times” for high-yield bonds, a period characterized by “declining liquidity in the secondary (trading) …

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-In a decision released June 9, the Federal Communications Commission sided with AirCell Inc., an air-to-ground communications system provider for the aviation market, in the company’s dispute with a …

WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, challenged with increased use of mobile phones, navigation systems, the Internet and other technologies in vehicles, will hold meetings the next two months on …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry will not suffer if customers are assigned telephone numbers with specific area codes, a state regulator told the Federal Communications Commission last month. “Certainly, one of the …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, clearing the way for research to begin on whether radio-frequency emissions …

WASHINGTON-Carriers and tower owners wishing to build out their networks by siting more antennas are running into regulatory roadblocks that often delay buildout. “The pressure is building on carriers and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson’s mobile phones division launched a new advertising campaign in the United States and Latin America, with its return to television advertising on May 31 during the premiere …

According to popular belief, the future of the paging industry is text messaging, particularly two-way services. So what does that mean for the vast numbers of smaller, regional paging providers …