Spotlight

WASHINGTON-For the wireless telecom industry, 1998 will be a pivotal year. A continuation next year of this year’s policy retreats and defeats at the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill …

MONTVALE, N.J.-The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority awarded Geotek Communications Inc. a $2 million contract for a mobile data communications system to be used by a fleet of 400 vans and …

ATLANTA-Powertel Inc. launched its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network in Atlanta, bringing to 22 the number of metropolitan areas and major highway corridors in which the …

One month from now, the holiday gift-giving frenzy will have subsided and holiday gift recipients will be well entrenched in the traditional return and exchange of gifts. With wireless service …

NEW YORK-When looking for the causes of customer churn, executives of cellular and personal communications services carriers should “start with the man in the mirror,” to borrow words from pop …

WICHITA,Kan.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched VoiceStream personal communications services in Wichita. The VoiceStream Wireless network uses equipment supplied by Northern Telecom Inc. and operates on the Global System for …

NEW YORK-As the new year approaches in the horse race that is commercial deployment of low earth orbit mobile satellite systems, “we’re still at the first half-mile, with the finish …

NEW YORK-The Federal Communications Commission adopted policies Nov. 25 that permit non-United States licensed satellites to provide services in this country. As a result, the FCC said it expects new …