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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse says enough is enough when it comes to the press his company has received in recent weeks about capacity problems in New York."It isn't a story anymore," said Hesse in an interview with RCR. "Compared...

BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. said it has added 195 new base stations to its nationwide network during the first half of the year. The effort is part of an ongoing process of expanding BSWD's Mobitex network to match coverage of existing one-way paging networks,...

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. said they are jointly buying a 33-percent stake in Canadian operator Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications for $937 million.BT and AT&T also announced BT will acquire a 9-percent stake in AT&T Canada by acquiring for $401.6 million 30 percent...

NEW YORK-Since the launch of carrier competition in the duopoly wireless market, third-party distributors have had to work hard to manage increasingly complex distribution issues. Carriers, meanwhile, are dealing with this same level of complexity-trying to improve sales processes for existing distribution channels while...

AirCell Inc. received favorable decisions from the Federal Communications Commission that will enable it to move forward with its air-to-ground communications system, targeted for use by general aviation aircraft and regional airlines.Louisville, Colo.-based AirCell has been developing and testing its technology, which uses existing...

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. announced revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 increased from $13.2 billion in second-quarter 1998, to $15.7 billion this year.The company reported earnings of $1.6 billion, or 49 cents per share, compared with $1.5 billion, or 54 cents per share,...

When the clocks roll over at midnight on Dec. 31, the world will welcome not only a new year, but a new decade, a new century, a new millennium and, by many accounts, a new paradigm in the way people communicate.What took decades to...

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry has come out against the Federal Communications Commission's proposal to impose truth-in-billing rules on commercial mobile radio service carriers.Additionally, both long-distance carriers and local exchange carriers oppose certain aspects of the truth-in-billing requirements.The CMRS industry is so competitive that misleading bills...

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was dealt a major blow last week by the Federal Communications Commission, which told the nation's top dispatch operator it cannot use private wireless spectrum to build out its nationwide network."This portion of Nextel's request would require a fundamental change...

The industry has seen AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pick up smaller cellular carriers in order to fill in gaps and avoid paying high roaming fees, and Vodafone AirTouch plc's acquisition of rural cellular carrier CommNet Cellular Inc. indicates other carriers are feeling the roaming-fee...

Qualcomm Inc. placed 6.9 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $156.50 per share for total net proceeds of about $1.1 billion.Conductus Inc. said its common stock will remain listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market thanks to an exception freeing...

Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices.Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring data, recognizing what information is valuable to its user and then transmitting it to a...

To the Editor,Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited in hospitals, planes and other specific areas because they may interfere with the normal functioning of the electronic or magnetic equipment due to radiation of electromagnetic waves.Owners manuals provided by manufacturers of various mobile phones...

ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.'s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. and global positioning system technology....

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 192 towers located in the South from Triton PCS, an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate.The towers are located in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. American Tower developed and constructed many of the towers,...

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Michael Powell warned members of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council last week the millennium bug was a special problem that requires everyone to work together. For that reason, Powell said, information cannot be kept from the Federal Communications Commission.If companies have...

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named Susan Swenson president of Leap and chief executive officer of Leap's U.S. subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc.Swenson, who also will join Leap's board of directors, previously served as president and CEO for Cellular One, a joint venture between Vodafone...

NEW YORK-Qwest Communications International Inc.'s $34.7 billion bid for U S West Inc. and its $11.8 billion bid for Frontier Corp. ranked second and third behind AT&T Corp.'s $55.8 billion offer for MediaOne Group Inc. as the largest proposed mergers announced last quarter in...

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Inc. this week plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule that state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from awarding monetary damages against wireless carriers for misleading advertising, a liability issue with far-reaching implications beyond the litigation...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired six towers in Baltimore, Md., in two separate transactions, said the company.The towers were acquired from Blanton Tower Leasing and Douglas Robison. Spectrum Resources Towers said tenants on the towers include Bell Atlantic Mobile, SBC/Cellular One, AT&T...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said it will begin marketing personal communication services phones and services under a strategic agreement signed with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.The deal calls for Metrocall to sell TeleCorp's SunCom digital phone service with voice mail,...

GTE Wireless Inc. is taking Qualcomm Inc. to federal court, claiming the handset manufacturer violated its patent by incorporating certain roaming technology in mobile phones.In a lawsuit filed in Virginia, GTE claims to hold a patent to technology that facilitates intelligent or preferred roaming-the...

The echoes of MCI WorldCom Inc.'s proposed acquisition of SkyTel Communications Inc. continue to ring loudly throughout the industry, as two other paging companies found themselves linked to telecom carriers last week.In one case, rumors have surfaced that BellSouth Corp. is mulling an acquisition...

The July 5 article referring to AT&T Corp.'s consumer-oriented version of its Digital One Rate plan indicated customers must pay a $30 fee to sign up for three new wireless calling plans. The article should have indicated that when customers sign up for the...