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...
NEW YORK-The government of Portugal said its sale of a 13.5-percent equity stake in Portugal Telecom plc and an associated share rights issue raised...
HOUSTON-Easterly Investor Relations announced Crown Castle International Corp. and Quanta Services Inc. have been added to the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the performance...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission yesterday proposed moving wireless heart monitors to two different sets of spectrum blocks where the devices would be primary users.The...
Third-generation technology standards groups say they accept the tri-mode Code Division Multiple Access standard recommended by mobile-phone operators worldwide.The 3G Partnership Project 2, a...
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject petitions on how to structure spectrum sharing between satellite earth stations...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-USA.NET Inc. has joined the Phone.com Inc. Alliances Program with plans to offer a new Web-based e-mail service for UP.Browser-enabled phones.With more...
WASHINGTON-The United States Telephone Association still is not satisfied with legislation to restrict the Federal Communications Commission's merger review and is worried a bill...
NEW YORK-BellSouth Corp. said the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has ranked it the top telecommunications company for the second straight...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Ericsson Inc. selected Natural MicroSystems' products and services for the first integrated wireless network that enables carriers to combine dispatch and group communications...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced the launch of its 100th international roaming agreement through the inauguration of service with Portuguese operator TMN."Presently our...
NEW YORK-Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A. has raised about $204 million in euro-denominated bonds due 2004. The bonds received a speculative grade rating...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector and RadioMobil of the Czech Republic signed a contract to deploy a General Packet Radio Service system...
Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi RT, Budapest, Hungary, was expected last week to place privately about $123 million in euro-denominated bonds it plans to use to...
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it added 163,879 net new subscribers in the second quarter.As of June 30, MIC's worldwide cellular subscriber base...
ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop and promote standardization of a technology for locating the point of...
BOSTON-The wave of flat-rate pricing plans carriers have been introducing during the last year has helped force the wireless industry to go after higher...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week rejected a telecommunications industry proposal to use a product-line approach to make telecom products accessible to the estimated...
Wireless carrier marketing efforts during the last year have largely focused on new pricing schemes, but that may be about to change.AT&T Wireless Services...
PARIS-France Telecom Group said it will sell all of its shares in Deutsche Telekom next year, valued at about $2 billion.Jean-Louis Vinciguerra, France Telecom's...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association is expanding the membership of its Wireless Broadband Alliance to any person or entity, including partnerships and corporations,...
During its second-quarter earnings conference call, Motorola executives said Iridium L.L.C. could face liquidation if it fails to bring in the revenues and subscribers...
Second-quarter subscriber growth in the U.K. mobile-phone market exceeded analysts' expectations as prepaid services continue to provide a growth engine for the industry."The market...
