Western Wireless

WASHINGTON-Neither federal regulators nor lawmakers are likely to approve sweeping pre-emption of local-state taxation of wireless licenses, according to sources, but policymakers could strike down discriminatory levies on a case-by-case …

Editor’s Note: The companies listed below are the current holders of A-, B- and C-block licenses for broadband personal communications services in the United States. Some of the companies have …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services will let its San Diego subscribers roam free of charge for the next six months in New York City, Honolulu, Portland, Ore., Salt Lake City, …

“The debate on CDMA is over, folks,” declared Jerry Butters, an executive with Lucent Technologies Inc., last week when PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched 1900 MHz service in 11 major …

WASHINGTON-Certain parts of the Federal Communications Commission’s interconnection and local exchange rules dealing with negotiations between local exchange carriers and commercial mobile radio service operators will not be included in …

Digital service may not be the carrot that attracts consumers to personal communications services and digital cellular providers. According to a study by Economic & Management Consultants International Inc., 73 …

Estimated Equipment/ Date and market cost to handset service was Markets planned Company Ownership Technology build network vendors launched for launch AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T Corp. TDMA N/A Ericsson, …

If money is the root of all evil, PCS is either going to be a very evil service or PCS is going to prove that maxim wrong. Money is certainly …

CINCINNATI-GTE Mobilnet Inc. initiated the first call on its personal communications services network to Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls in her office at Cincinnati City Hall. The inaugural call represented the …

NEW YORK-“The summer of 1996 was when high-yield (debt) investors decided they’re not in the venture capital business. They prefer cash flow now, not cash flow in five years,” said …

NEW YORK-The good news for emerging personal communications services players is that capital is available, and the investment community is bullish on wireless telephony as a general category. The bad …

Tomorrow has always been a bit tricky to forecast. Did John Walter know on his first day at R.R. Donnelley that one day he would be picked to run AT&T …

Western Wireless Corp. is expected soon to privately sell $200 million in notes due 2007 to help finance its ongoing personal communications services buildout and to acquire additional spectrum in …

Andres Link and Richard Swerdlow met three years ago playing basketball in Miami, and began discussing business opportunities. Last month, the University of Florida named the pair’s partnership, Cellular Works, …

The full-size SIM card may lend itself more easily to future services, said Powertel Inc., a U.S. wireless operator that has contracted to buy handsets from one of two manufacturers …

EUGENE, Ore.-The Eugene City Council voted Sept. 16 to put in place a 120-day moratorium on tower building in the area, but accepted applications for sites submitted before the moratorium …

Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications, American Portable Telecommunications Inc., BellSouth Personal …

Nextel Communications launched a fully digital communications service in Chicago, Milwaukee and other large cities in Illinois, Wisconsin and northern Indiana. Features of the new PowerFone service include digital cellular …

WASHINGTON-More regional holding companies filed petitions for review at various courts of appeals of the Federal Communications Commission’s local competition and interconnection order in hopes of killing, or at least …

The Eugene, Ore., City Council has proposed a four-month moratorium on tower building for wireless phone services that has some operators sympathetic and others calling their attorneys. Eugene officials and …

States rights vs. federal rights. It’s an argument that is becoming more and more common in today’s wireless industry. It’s certainly not a new argument, and it’s certainly not an …

WASHINGTON-Aside from a computer glitch that pushed the auction of D-, E-and F-block broadband personal communications services licenses back to one round per day, bidders now are coping with the …

Several state tax offices and wireless carriers responded to the tax predicament faced by Western Wireless Corp. in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Revenue sent Western a proposed assessment that …

NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp. raised $250 million in gross proceeds in its sale of 10-year senior notes Thursday to help finance the buildout of its personal communications services network in the …

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc., a provider of management solutions for the wireless industry, has completed the installation of the first Unix version of SCI’s Intelligent Message Router for Western Wireless …