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SAN FRANCISCO-A consortium in which AirTouch Communications Inc. holds a 30-percent interest won a nationwide cellular license in Egypt, expanding AirTouch’s reach into the Middle East for the first time, …

LONDON (AP)-Three British telephone companies charge customers too much to place calls to mobile phones, a regulator said Thursday as he ordered a monopoly investigation of their pricing. “Mobile phones …

NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, …

NEW YORK-The Telecommunications Executive Leadership Council, a group of 18 executives, is working with Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. and The Economist to analyze factors critical to success in the next …

DENVER, United States-Determined to penetrate Europe with the Interim Standard-95 (IS-95) protocol, U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. announced in February its United Kingdom trial of a cdmaOne/GSM hybrid network was a success. …

In the summer of 1989, one of my favorite bands, the B-52s, released an album with the big hit-tune “Roam,” in which singer Kate Pierson encouraged listeners to “roam around …

The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 personal communications services licenses totaling 230 megahertz sometime in April, and the Australian Communications Authority is encouraging U.S. companies that currently use digital …

While Global System for Mobile communications technology networks currently have more subscribers, technical and competitive advantages will propel Code Division Multiple Access into a market-leading position by early 2003, concludes …

NEW YORK-Like Sam Ginn, its chairman and chief executive officer, AirTouch Communications Inc. is on a roll, aided by those two key components of success-good luck and good timing. Ginn …

European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base station in an existing Global System …

NEW YORK-Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., the dominant carrier in the Chinese territory, signed a binding agreement Jan. 1 to purchase Pacific Link Communications Ltd. for $623 million. Pacific Link is …

LONDON-Racal Telecom announced it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Distribution Ltd. to provide the corporate market with an integrated package of mobile and managed fixed voice and data …

NEW YORK-Telstra Corp. Ltd. debuted with a bang Nov. 17 on the Australian Stock Exchange, and trading began on the New York Stock Exchange a day later. The hugely oversubscribed …

BETHESDA, Md.-Personal communications services provider American Personal Communications, which operates as Sprint Spectrum in the Washington, D.C., area, announced international roaming agreements covering six new countries in European countries. The …

LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined …

Following intense negotiations with the United Kingdom’s mobile phone operators, the country’s telecommunications regulator extended to Jan. 1, 1999, its number portability requirement for the mobile phone industry. In August, …

NEW YORK-Despite recent volatility in the equities markets and lawsuits against it by six competing carriers, Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company, apparently still plans to proceed by mid-November with its …

AT&T Corp.’s board of directors unanimously elected C. Michael Armstrong chairman and chief executive officer of the company, effective Nov. 1. AT&T was widely viewed to be under pressure to …

The Australian Communications Authority has postponed its planned auction of spectrum for personal communications services until early 1998 to clear up key policy issues that may be ambiguous to potential …

SINGAPORE-An air of triumph permeated last week’s second annual CDMA World Congress as the supporters of Code Division Multiple Access celebrated the past year’s network launches, announced a unified branding …

TORONTO-Microcell Telecommunications Inc. signed a handful of new roaming agreements with European operators, and announced its Fido personal communications services network will be active in Toronto starting next week. Microcell …

Today is the deadline to submit bids for a Digital Cellular System 1800 MHz license in Austria. A winner could be announced next month. The tender was announced about two …

NEWBURY, U.K.-Vodafone Group plc and Qualcomm Inc. said they will conduct a field trial in the United Kingdom starting the fourth quarter to demonstrate how Code Division Multiple Access wireless …

China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China’s Ministry of …