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Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector’s largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months. Meanwhile, the tower industry has been …

NEW YORK-The current public capital crunch has slowed dramatically the buildout of some domestic wireless networks, but it hasn’t changed the positive prospects for the wireless tower industry. “We think …

NEW YORK-Satellite Survey Systems Ltd., a Dallas company with roots in oil and gas exploration, has added another notch in its diversification belt by helping wireless companies pinpoint tower locations …

ORLANDO, Fla.-“We here are circumscribed by a group that accepts and celebrates technology, but we are a very rare breed, a tribe that thinks it is uniquely important because our …

Wireless intelligent network deployments remain slow in the United States as mobile phone carriers have focused on building out digital networks and spending money on switching and radio-frequency infrastructure. That …

GSM in Central and Eastern Europe 8-9 September Prague, Czech Republic IBC UK Conferences Ltd. Tel: (+44) 171-453-5493 Fax: (+44) 171-636-1976 www.ibc-uk.com/prague 2nd European Mobile Radio Congress 14-16 September Prague, …

ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group introduced flash-memory technology that can be used in digital signal processors operating at up to 80 million instructions per second. Lucent’s FlashDSP can be …

If the promise of enhanced wireless services was a hot-fudge sundae with lots of toppings, about the only thing wireless customers have been served so far is vanilla ice cream …

The emergence of personal communications services providers is putting the often-tenuous relationship between carriers and resellers to the test in more ways than one. PCS once was viewed as the …

Flexibility may be coming to a base station near you. Most base stations today are built to accommodate only one or two wireless technologies, but a relatively new concept may …

While many carriers and manufacturers are thinking about and preparing for third-generation wireless systems, buildout on first- and second-generation systems continues. “Most carriers have built out their metropolitan markets, and …

Though the wireless industry remains an employee-driven market, signs indicate the intense demand for employees domestically may be slowing as companies are becoming cost sensitive under intense competition and merger-and-acquisition …

LOS ANGELES-In Touch Paging USA announced it signed an agreement with the New Mexico State Athletic Association for paging services and distribution. Under terms of the agreement, the association will …

A group of smaller, paging manufacturers impudently are challenging the pager dominance of the 800-pound gorilla that is Motorola Inc. by creating products with unique features designed to set themselves …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it signed an agreement to provide its PhoneCheck wireless performance monitor to Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. PhoneCheck is a software application on the …

Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud, which is operating a cellular network in St. Cloud, Minn., under the name Cellular 2000, is ahead of many rural carriers in deploying digital technology …

Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a conference call last week, and found that while current usage levels are low in both Europe and …

The 4th Annual Brazil Telecom Summit 21-22 July Miami, United States World Research Group Tel: (+1) 212-869-7231 Fax: (+1) 212-869-7311 www.worldrg.com Mobile Internet Access 27-29 July San Jose, California, United …

U.S. utility companies could become significant players in the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years if they can figure out the right strategy to enter the business. Analysts indicate utilities …

OTTAWA, Ontario-TMI Communications announced its new Specialized Services packet data mobile communications solution now is available in all 50 U.S. states as well as Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The …

NEW YORK-Like comets flashing across the sky, one vendor that topped the 1996 revenue charts dropped significantly on the 1997 charts, while another that was absent from the major players …

NEW YORK-In a “three-peat” of its 1995 and 1996 performance, AT&T Corp. again took first place in revenues and net income among carriers last year, despite a marked decline in …

EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. announced it plans to broker more than $250,000 of software development work to its channel of certified developers in the next year. According …

Trying to address the various issues systems integrator companies face in the telecommunications industry is like stepping into a mine field, say industry experts. The increased level of competition spurred …

While the growth of the communications industry has created a great demand for test equipment, the changes to that industry have forced test-equipment manufacturers to reinvent themselves so they can …