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WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, wireless czar at the Federal Communications Commission, said he will propose shortly that a new rule making be initiated to fully address prickly issues stifling competitive wireless access …

The market for broadband access services is on the verge of dramatic growth, and fixed terrestrial wireless systems are expected to play a big role, according to a new Strategis …

WASHINGTON-The previously announced Wireless Day at the Federal Communications Commission will occur June 10, said Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. “I am hopeful that (the agenda) …

MURRAY HILL, N.J./NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc. and WinStar Communications Inc. announced an agreement under which WinStar’s Broadband Services unit will resell Lucent’s entire portfolio of enterprise data networking products, including …

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on to access the local market and …

Germany Siemens’ Information and Communication Networks Group, T-Mobil and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they will participate in a field trial to integrate Wireless Application Protocol compatible software from Unwired Planet …

Ukraine Orbcomm Global L.P. announced it has signed a service license agreement with Transexpo Corp. to provide its satellite data services to the Ukraine. According to the agreement, Transexpo will …

Standard & Poor’s Corp., New York, has placed the low-tier, speculative-grade CCC rating of $350 million in Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. convertible preferred stock due 2011 on “CreditWatch with negative implications.” …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Siemens and P-Com Inc. announced they successfully completed the first phase of the commercial deployment of their point-to-multipoint Wireless Access solution with WinStar Communications Inc. in Washington, D.C. …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to re-visit its rooftop access rules. The rules adopted in November to implement the Telecommunications Act of 1996 …

CHESTERFIELD, Mo.-The cable TV and wireless industries are poised to dominate the high-speed Internet access market, according to Datacomm Research Co.’s report, “Bandwidth Bonanza: High-Speed Internet Access Technologies, Markets and …

NEW YORK-By the tenor of their top executives’ flirtatious banter Nov. 2, WinStar Communications Inc. appears to be an amorous suitor to a somewhat hesitant Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. “Spectrum …

L.M. Ericsson Brazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network. Value: US$140 million China. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network. Value: US$138 million China. With Hebei …

NEW YORK-Following the successful launch in eight initial target markets, WinStar Communications Inc. announced plans to expand its accounts sales initiative to 15 major U.S. markets by the end of …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc., New York, is beta testing in Washington, D.C., a point-to-multipoint system with Optical Carrier level-3 (OC-3) radio capacity, said Randy Domolky, the company’s general manager for …

The race is on for local multipoint distribution service carriers to launch service, but many players remain confused about which services to offer and which markets to target. “One of …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. said it will provide its second-generation, point-to-multipoint AIReach Broadband equipment to WinStar Communications Inc. for its broadband fixed wireless network. The multiyear agreement calls for …

NEW YORK-Siemens Telecom Networks will provide point-to-multipoint equipment and systems-integration services for WinStar Communications Inc.’s wireless broadband demonstration network in Washington, D.C. WinStar has engaged Siemens to integrate P-Com’s point-to-multipoint …

The Telecommunications Industry Association’s TR-45 Mobile and Personal Communications Systems engineering committee created a new work group that will address fixed wireless access and wireless local loop applications, said the …

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. agreed to purchase 850 megahertz of bandwidth in New York from CellularVision USA Inc. for $32.5 million in cash. The bandwidth is being disaggregated from CellularVision’s …

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 …

WASHINGTON-In an action that provides insight into the complex policy issues simmering beneath the surface of the fiery debate on local competition, the Federal Communications Commission quietly has rejected a …

WASHINGTON-No one was more surprised at the eventual outcome of the most recent Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction as was Thomas Jones, president of WNP Communications Inc., who walked away …

WASHINGTON-With the number of new bids and new high bids dwindling down to nearly zero, the first sale of 986 local multipoint distribution services licenses may be over today. However, …