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Like a tsunami we don’t see until it’s too late, number portability is heading toward the wireless industry, and few companies seem prepared for the impending storm. While phones, technology …

Many telecommunications companies are banking on the fact that consumers want their long-distance, local, Internet, wireless and cable TV services-or some combination of these-bundled on one bill. Regional Bell operating …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it nearly doubled its personal communications services customer base in the fourth quarter, adding 53,000 customers and closing 1997 with 119,000 subscribers, an 80 percent …

American Tower Systems Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of American Radio Systems Corp., announced it has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of Washington International Teleport from Midcontinent Media …

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. was formally granted the right to provide nationwide coverage in the United Republic of Tanzania, said the company. Millicom also increased its ownership in Mobitel from …

NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and …

ANRITSU CO. Anritsu Co. introduced the MS8606A digital mobile radio transmitter tester that performs Code Division Multiple Access measurements in less than two seconds. Covering the 300 kHz to 3 …

LOS ANGELES-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. said it completed its acquisition of ConQuest Telecommunications Services Corp., following “overwhelming approval by shareholders of both companies.” Under the terms of the acquisition, each share …

WASHINGTON-C-block personal communications service licensees will have an additional seven weeks to file with the Federal Communications Commission their choice-if any-of the four financial restructuring options offered by the commission …

In the new global telecom market, the World Trade Organization is king-the United Nations for global telecom free trade as it were. For the United States, having rules of the …

The Quadrant consortium’s lone bid for Great Britain’s public-safety mobile radio license tender is a result of anti-competitive actions by the United Kingdom in violation of European Union rules, claims …

SBC Communications Inc. and Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. last week executed a definitive agreement to merge in a $4.4 billion stock transaction. San Antonio, Texas-based SBC, a regional telephone …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. launched eight satellites into orbit Dec. 23, bringing its number of orbiting satellites to 10, the company announced. Satellite controllers at Orbcomm’s Network Control Center in …

WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving the compliance date back two years, …

The Asian currency crisis has created hidden opportunities for providers of cellular equipment and for global carriers and vendors to invest in under-capitalized regional carriers and distributors at enticing rates, …

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-ComTec International Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, American Wireless Network Inc., said it completed the initial phase of an agreement to purchase seven specialized mobile radio systems from …

WASHINGTON-Although a broadband wireless pricing survey performed by BT Alex. Brown Research came up with no definitive trend-all up, all down or all the same-it did find that high-end subscribers …

NEW YORK-U.S. Digital Communications Inc., Calabasas, Calif., is a classic example in action of the old saying, “when the going gets tough, the tough get going.” After seven years of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will kick up the pace of the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio services auction tomorrow to 24 rounds per day in another effort to bring the …

WARREN, N.J.-AirTouch Cellular plans to replace its wireless network infrastructure in seven U.S. markets with Lucent Technologies Inc.’s digital wireless platform, announced the companies. AirTouch said it will install Lucent’s …

DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. now covers the entire South American continent after signing a service license agreement with Damos SudAmerica S.A. Orbcomm, a provider of global low-earth-orbit satellite data and …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. recently announced that shipments of its smallest personal communications services phone are under way this month. The CF 788 weighs 4.7 ounces and stands four …

WASHINGTON-As key House and Senate GOP lawmakers probe whether licenses valued at more than $1 billion were given away to Teledesic Corp. and Teligent Corp. as part of a back-room …

NEW YORK-Competition among wireless carriers has driven down per-minute use charges by 6 percent on average, with some carriers slashing prices by more than a third, according to a new …

WASHINGTON-With the numbers showing net revenues of $80.7 million at the end of round 142 last Wednesday, and with 14 new high bids garnered, there was hope at press time …