SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. last week introduced a one-stop telecommunications and entertainment services package in what many speculate is a competitive strike against similar...
NEW YORK-SCC Commu-nications Corp., a Boulder, Colo., provider of emergency call services to wireline and wireless carriers, has registered with the Securities and Exchange...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced the Federal Communications Commission approved its proposed merger with MCI WorldCom Inc.SkyTel said it expects to send a proxy...
Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but...
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications and Optimay GmbH, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc., announced they signed a licensing agreement that allows Optimay to integrate the Chinese...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Tele-communications Industry Association said it published a new standard, "Mobile Center-Base Station Interface for Public Wireless Communications Systems."The standard is organized into...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Autotrac Comercio e Telecomunicacoes S.A. of Brazil formed a joint venture to bring the OmniTracs mobile information management system to...
Everywhere you look it seems wireless companies are declaring bankruptcy. Iridium, NextWave and Metro PCS all are trying to beat their way through the...
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. said it received a spectrum grant for Hamburg and Cologne, Germany. The company paid a nominal license fee for these...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will ask a federal appeals court to review its decision that eliminated FCC rules on how telecommunications carriers use information...
WASHINGTON-Geotek Communications Inc. creditors blasted the proposed antitrust settlement between the Justice Department and Nextel Comm-unications Inc., while government lawyers continued to fight to...
WASHINGTON-Congressional offices and one senator are planning to fight a Justice Department proposal that would allow law enforcement to enter people's homes and disable...
In yet another paging industry alliance aimed at wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants, Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group said it plans to partner...
WASHINGTON-The recent dress rehearsal for the millennium bug-the rollover of the global positioning system-was successful, said the Air Force."As expected, the satellite and associated...
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio-Horizon Personal Communications Inc., an affiliate of The Chillicothe Telephone Co., expanded its management agreement with Sprint PCS to include 15 new markets...
Adding to the mounting woes of the mobile satellite services industry, ICO Global Communications reportedly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last week.Reuters...
MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill.-Illinois Superconductor Corp. announced it signed a test agreement with an international system supplier for Japan's third-generation cellular system for its RangeMaster...
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said Ericsson Inc. will acquire the assets of LCC's product divisions for approximately $22 million. Closing is expected to occur...
ATLANTA-Satyam Enterprises Ltd., a regional partner of LHS Group Inc., said Global System for Mobile communications operator Fascel Ltd. in Gujarat, India, selected LHS'...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp. entered a definitive agreement to acquire 56 wireless towers from Horizon Telecom Inc.The agreement also calls for SBA to...
NEW YORK-The Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, Calif., registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission Aug. 16 to spin off its test and measurement division...
BOSTON-American Tower Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended June 30 of $59.2 million, more than double the $23.1 million in revenues the...
