Telecom

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed comments with federal regulators opposing Ameritech’s new telephone numbering plan for Illinois. CTIA said the new area code plan is anticompetitive and discriminatory …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, facing intensified criticism from industry and Congress, has set up a task force to help it decide the fate of thousands of specialized mobile radio applications …

RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Nextel Communications Inc. and American Mobile Systems Inc. have entered into an agreement to merge operations, Nextel said. Plans call for the entire, fully-diluted equity interest in AMS to …

Nextel Communications Inc. says it isn’t anxious to jump into another relationship or alliance, and has money enough of its own until 1997. “In the aftermath of a broken engagement, …

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire United States Paging Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $35 million. Headquartered in Wayne, …

Other Iridium investors include: Iridium Canada Inc. China Great Wall Industry Corp. Iridium Africa Corp. Iridium Andes-Caribe of Venezuela Iridium India Private Ltd.-a consortium of Indian financial institutions, investing $32 …