DENVER, United States-Personal Communications Services (PCS) carriers have made significant inroads into the U.S. wireless telecommunications industry, weakening the entrenched cellular carriers' net additions...
The highly competitive wireless market in the Republic of the Philippines-with five carriers serving some 70 million people-is perhaps the most ripe for consolidation...
WASHINGTON-The American novelist Edith Wharton once noted the only thing that distinguishes vice from virtue is point of view. Some might say her comment...
WASHINGTON-After a three-day delay due to legal challenges, the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, sold a controlling 50.1-percent voting...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Investment in the telecommunications sector is an urgent priority for Central and Eastern European countries. Financial management consultant Price Waterhouse examined in...
WASHINGTON-Wireline provider Grupo CentroAmericano de Telecomunicaciones (GCA Telecom) has become the first private-sector company to provide basic telephony services in El Salvador. To help...
WASHINGTON-The European Commission in early July gave conditional approval to the proposed merger between MCI Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc.The approval is subject to...
NEW YORK-The United States, where high-yield bond issuance originated, for many years has been the hotbed of this important kind of financing, even for...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Following a long series of regulatory battles, Telecom Italia (TI) finally closed down after just a few months of operation its FIDO...
DENVER-The top man of Ameritech Corp.'s cellular and paging services unit is leaving the company to become president and chief operating officer of Verio...
WASHINGTON-The International Mobile Telecommunications Association created the Council of Ministries Information Service, an outreach program for telecommunications regulators around the world who want to...
VANCOUVER-Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated...
BRAZIL-Local news reports state Telebras, Brazil's state-controlled telecom carrier, is expected to sign a deal with Iridium L.L.C. that would allow the Brazilian carrier's...
WASHINGTON-A much ballyhooed victory by the telecommunications industry to get the dates for compliance with the digital wiretap act extended is less certain as...
CTIA FOUNDATIONThe Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation for Wireless Telecommunications announced Stan Hamm, group president of mobile systems for BellSouth Personal Communications, is the...
SINGAPORE-The International Telecommunication Union has some difficult work ahead of it to harmonize the various third-generation proposals standards bodies around the world will submit...
WASHINGTON-With time left for the 105th Congress quickly dwindling away, the Federal Communications Commission has not seen any action on any of its suggested...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said it opened its London-based United Kingdom subsidiary, Lightbridge Technologies Ltd., as a foundation for the company's growing investment in the...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group was awarded several contracts in China to provide Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure.They include a $21...
AirTouch Cellular customers in Wyoming now can receive Caller ID service. Users of narrowband Advance Mobile Phone Service phones with Caller ID capability can...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Armed with nearly 300 attendees at its show, a new way to count the number of wireless data subscribers and strong...
