NEW YORK-The total number and dollar volume of mergers and acquisitions in the global telecommunications market reached an all-time high in 1995, according to...
WINCHESTER, Mass.-Metrica Inc. said it has signed an agreement with Turkcell to supply network performance technology for its Global System for Mobile communications network...
A German-Italian consortium won the outstanding 49 percent stake in the Czech Republic's second cellular operator, beating out strong contender California-based AirTouch Communications Inc.Deutsche...
CHAPEL HILL, S.C.-Northern Telecom Ltd. announced field trials of its personal communications services 1900 Smart Base Transceiver Station showed Smart BTS provides more than...
Pacific Bell Mobile Services survived what it called "a political hit" when the San Diego City Council approved 12 PCS antenna permits previously suspended...
In Chicago, where cellular penetration is highest and rates are lowest among the nation's 10 most populous markets, Ameritech Cellular Services and SBC Communications...
After discontinuing a five-year relationship with AT&T Corp., HighwayMaster Corp. has formed a new alliance with GTE Corp. and continues to work with IEX...
The Big Mac of wireless devices has arrived. Shaped like a regular cellular phone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator opens to expose an interactive digital...
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler (R-S.D.) last week called for sweeping spectrum reforms, but dodged the issue of whether broadcasters should pay for...
Four parties received licenses to provide personal communications services in Sweden. Nordiska Tele8 and current cellular operators Telia Mobitel, Europolitan and Comviq will build...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission could be heading for a shake-up.Commissioner Andrew Barrett, a Republican appointed by President Bush, has signaled he'll be leaving the...
WASHINGTON-Congress passed a one-week funding extension late last week that averts a third shutdown of the Federal Communications Commission, giving Republicans and Democrats a...
L.M. Ericsson has announced its new stock of Global System for Mobile communications phones designed to offer greater choice and flexibility to the consumer.The...
WASHINGTON-In a move that could chill other potential bidders, Sprint Corp. has taken itself out of the running for a multiyear federal government wireless...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. completed field trials using circuit-switched Cellular Digital Packet Data technology. CS-CDPD allows...
LOS ANGELES-Intek Diversified Corp. of Los Angeles, Simmonds Capital Ltd. of Toronto and Surrey, England-based Securicor Group plc announced they have signed a letter...
L.M. Ericsson announced it has won a contract from Telecel to provide Digital Cross Connect for Portugal's Global System for Mobile communications network. The...
CHICAGO-RCR Publications Inc. has named David Jern northern sales manager. Jern has approximately 20 years of experience in advertising sales and marketing. In 1994,...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor warned that World Trade Organization telecommunications talks will collapse unless more countries agree to open their markets, a development...
SEOUL, Korea-Korea has made yet another policy reversal over its award of personal communications services franchises, while remaining firm about completing the licensing process...
WASHINGTON-Jackson, Miss.-based Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. will have to wait a while longer to learn if it is liable for a $33 million payment...
