Telecom

CHICAGO-The CDPD Forum’s third-quarter report card states Cellular Digital Packet Data service is now available in 99 markets nationwide. The Chicago-based forum will not say how many users are on …

WASHINGTON-If allowed to merge, British Telecommunications plc and MCI Communications Corp. promised to jump start local competition, keep interconnection prices low and promote the use of wireless technology for both …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson acquired the majority of the voting power in its Brazilian associate, Ericsson Telecommunicacoes S.A. Ericsson traded an equal number of preferential shares for voting shares with Matel …

Picture this. Down at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the space shuttle Columbia sits on the launch pad. The astronauts have run tests for months in preparation …

Omnipoint Communications Inc. has been granted access to the New York Power Authority’s structures and rights-of-way. Under the agreement, approved by the board of trustees of the New York Power …

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Aviation officials and electronics experts are debating whether portable electronic devices, including cellular phones and pagers, should be banned during airline flights, according to an investigation conducted by Computerworld …