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WASHINGTON-Wireless telecommunications is an alternative to wireline telephone service but the wireline trade association believes states-which generally do not regulate wireless service-should still decide whether wireless carriers are eligible to …

WASHINGTON-Proponents of a bill that would allow the Baby Bells to offer long-distance data services pointed to the largely deregulated wireless industry as a positive example of deregulation. “Broadband is …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect. Opportunity is …

NEW YORK-A host of players behind the scenes is pulling the complex strings required to amplify and simplify the end-user experience with billing and customer relationship management for the increasing …

NEW YORK-Domestic wireless operators have begun to take prepaid services seriously, although it will be awhile before they approach the successful benchmark set by their European counterparts. Comfort with credit …

Dear Editor: I always appreciate the timely articles on market trends in RCR. Last week, I couldn’t help but notice two very important cover stories-one on the teenage market and …

During the first day of its 2000 User Forum, Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., introduced additional features to its software and systems enabling network-based enhanced services. …

NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless …

NEW YORK-If 7,000 responses from last month’s survey by Solomon-Wolff Associates are an accurate barometer of wider trends, then electronic mail is the primary use consumers want for wireless Internet …

WASHINGTON-The high-flying mobile-phone industry-poised to pick up its 100 millionth subscriber this week-could soon find itself in the throes of a major consumer backlash. Complaints about mobile-phone service-including dropped calls, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on June 8 adopted rules and policies aimed at increasing teledensity on tribal lands but did not address requests from the wireless industry to obtain universal-service …

Throughout the world, wireless providers tend to suffer from a common myopia: Too many carriers see their customer care operations as a simple safety net for agitated customers. While this …

WASHINGTON-Prepaid cellular plans, increased licensing and expanded competition throughout the region will drive future wireless growth in Latin America, according to a report by the Strategis Group. “Latin America Cellular/PCS …

NEW YORK-Rural carriers, many of which began as landline providers, already have experienced a long learning curve in service bundling-a current hot topic in the telecommunications industry. No doubt they …

WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc., a wireless personal communications services provider in the southeastern United States, will employ the branding slogan “We’re On That” to describe an overall service ethic the …

While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with …

In the competitive wireless industry, carriers are faced with an almost impossible task: bringing more customers in the door through attractive marketing programs while at the same time addressing the …

A division, not an exclusion, of interests seems to be emerging between cellular and paging services. Business customers are keeping the paging market in check while the cellular phone continues …

NEW YORK-Ubiquitous connectivity, driven by consumer demand rather than carrier plan, could well develop into a completely new kind of convergent telecommunications, said Joan Barten Kline of J.D. Power and …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its Network Solutions Sector is pursuing several alternatives in the development of advanced emergency 911 wireless caller location functionality that meet the Federal Communications Commission’s …

WASHINGTON-On one level, the wireless campaign on Capitol Hill this year was not unlike that of Congress as a whole. In the end, when it came time for Congress to …

Dear Editor: I feel a need for clarification is in order regarding an unfortunate factual error appearing in your Oct. 4 issue. While the headline was correct “Associations decry AMTA …

WASHINGTON-Although the Federal Communications Commission does not regulate the Internet or broadband access to the Information Superhighway, the agency has created a committee to monitor broadband activities and has released …

SAN JOSE-Decide.com introduced the Decide.com Web site, where consumers can identify, compare and purchase telecommunications products and services based on how they will use them. The company also announced Wireless …