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I’ve been kind of a wired wireless guy lately. My wife, Liz, just gave birth to Graham Robert, who weighed in at 9 lbs. 8 oz. and now joins our …

This year promises to be a transition period for the Latin American wireless market, a year hosting key events necessary to drive the subscriber growth that is projected by the …

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced …

WASHINGTON-Congress passed landmark telecommunications reform legislation late last week, paving the way for the wireless lane of the information superhighway and setting the stage for a fierce debate on a …

Having grown weary of competing in the increasingly commoditized market for analog cellular telephones, Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems Inc. is retrenching and restructuring its phone division in hopes of making …

NEW YORK-Wall Street gave Omnipoint Corp. a resounding welcome Friday, buying seven million shares of an initial public offering of common stock that opened the trading day on Nasdaq at …

WASHINGTON-Bidders returned to the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of C-block broadband personal communications services and 900 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses with renewed fervor last week, following complications from the …

WASHINGTON-Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) threatened last week to block telecommunications reform legislation from moving forward until changes are made to auction television licenses potentially valued at up to …

WASHINGTON-As the telecommunications reform marathon of 1995 nears the finish line, the great political race of 1996 is taking shape before a restless American electorate. Political theater at its best. …

I greet you this New Year with praise of gridlock. While many people are downcast about the chaos accompanying balanced budget and telecommunications reform bills, I find comfort in the …

WASHINGTON-Congressional GOP and White House budget negotiators reached an agreement on auctioning radio spectrum through the year 2002 as part of renewed talks aimed at producing a compromise on a …

WASHINGTON-While congressional Republican leaders late last week signaled problems with landmark telecommunications reform legislation, the wireless telecommunications industry declared victory after securing antenna siting, long-distance access and other provisions that …

WASHINGTON-While competition intensifies in wireless telecommunications with the licensing of new carriers throughout the nation, the industry’s biggest foe in 1996 and beyond could be local landline telephone companies. There …

WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword. …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s first-ever auction of 900 MHz specialized mobile radio spectrum is set to enter its third week of daily, one-round bidding, and there is no indication that …

WASHINGTON-House and Senate conferees agreed on key wireless provisions in the telecommunications reform bill last week, but with several controversial issues still unresolved and time running out this session it …

WASHINGTON-Congress, in the face of an impending veto and resumed fighting with the White House over government spending that could lead to another government shutdown next week, approved a Republican …

Paging Network Inc. has a new face and so does the wireless industry with the appointment of Glenn Marschel as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Marschel comes …

WASHINGTON-Congress, in a partial setback for the Federal Communications Commission, has limited-but not precluded-the use of auctions to license refarmed private wireless spectrum. Auctions are one of several market-based incentives …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will go forward with the C-block personal communications services auction and allow Radiofone Inc. and several others that had sought waivers of PCS-cellular cross ownership rules …

VIENNA, Va.-North American Wireless Inc. announced that seven small businesses have agreed to participate in its nationwide network. The firms are planning to bid in the Federal Communications Commission’s personal …

In an initial study of customer satisfaction among cellular telephone service consumers, J.D. Power and Associates found that local Bell telephone companies achieved higher satisfaction rankings than their nonwireline rivals …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site planning, engineering and design. Sun said …

WASHINGTON-Expanded spectrum auction authority and other telecommunications legislation are about to get caught up in a high-stakes budget battle between the Clinton administration and the GOP-led Congress that might not …

SEATTLE-AT&T Wireless Services introduced a prepackaged phone that is available in stores and activated by calling a 1-800 number and receiving credit-card verification. The telephone costs about $40 with an …