Telecom

NORMAN, Okla.-The first phase of University of Oklahoma research has concluded that different digital phone technologies can interfere with hearing aids, but researchers have yet to settle on how to …

MIAMI-Geotek Communications Inc. said its digital wireless communications network based on Frequency Hopping Multiple Access technology has begun to offer services to the Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Palm Beach metropolitan …

GENEVA-The United States blocked a telecom agreement among 53 nations of the World Trade Organization by refusing to open its international and satellite markets unless better offers were made by …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-A proposal made earlier this year by Florida Governor Lawton Chiles to tax the state’s cellular customers for distance learning and 911 services is defunct. Gail Sittig, a spokeswoman …

NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation’s traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission adopted a Notice of Proposed Rule Making to expedite the entry of public utility holding companies into the telecommunications industry. The NPRM seeks to implement part …