ST. LOUIS-Southwestern Bell Wireless, a division of SBC Communications Inc., expanded its Missouri cellular airtime rates into Arkansas.The company said its customers can place...
LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. launched its Einstein personal communications services network in Appleton, Wis., and will open its first retail store for Appleton...
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reached a definitive agreement with Comcast Corp. to acquire a previously issued and outstanding option covering 25 million Nextel shares.Terms...
WASHINGTON-A University of Maryland economics professor who assisted the Federal Communications Commission in setting up parameters for simultaneous, multiple-round spectrum auctions, such as that...
NEW YORK-The New York State Public Service Commission approved March 20 the merger of Nynex Corp. and Bell Atlantic Corp.As a condition, state regulators...
WASHINGTON-Outgoing Overseas Private Investment Corp. President Ruth Harkin last week picked up bipartisan support from a congressional panel that is under pressure from some...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging...
John Walier will manage customer sales accounts in Glenayre Western Multiplex's northeast region. He will focus on customers of the company's wireless interconnect products,...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Teledesic Corp. won a license from the Federal Communications Commission to provide two-way telecommunications services using a network of low-earth-orbit satellites, and the...
WASHINGTON-The World Trade Organization telecom pact could put the United States at a disadvantage with major trading partners and should be subject to legislation,...
STAMFORD, Conn.-A.P.-Dialing the wrong number landed Archie Tarantino in jail.Trying to dial a drug dealer's pager Friday morning, he instead beeped a cop, who...
To those Europeans who scoff at Americans and their (too) many wireless standards choices, we now have a response: FLEX.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has decided...
France Telecom Group, Sonofon, Tele Danmark AS and Telia AG were awarded licenses to operate nationwide Digital Cellular System 1800 networks in Denmark.Denmark's National...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. received $4 million in orders from Avantel for microwave radios and related services in Mexico. The company said it...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan's dominant telecommunications carrier has issued an equipment tender for a Digital Cellular System for 1800 MHz.Deadline for bids is April 8. The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson formed an alliance with Compaq to develop portable personal computers that will allow mobile users to access the Internet and corporate...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Manufacturer L.M. Ericsson said it has issued warnings to other European equipment manufacturers about the use of the Ericsson logo either on their...
SAN FRANCISCO-Ex Machina Inc. announced it is changing its name to AirMedia Inc. to reflect the growing influence of its AirMedia Live Internet Broadcast...
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration, citing industry funding limitations, recommended the struggling wireless industry-funded bioeffects research program be redirected to give lifetime animal exposure...
A Minnesota cryptographer said the cellular industry knows the cryptographic algorithms used in U.S. cellular digital systems are inadequate and were watered down by...
NEW YORK-Iridium L.L.C., which plans to launch a satellite-based global telephone service, last week registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an application...
After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has...
