SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and U S West Communications Inc. announced a 12-month, $120 million agreement for U S West to purchase Qualcomm Code Division...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has delivered the first Bluetooth Development Kit, which it said will enable early Bluetooth adopters to more quickly and...
WASHINGTON-The fallout of last week's Federal Communications Commission decision on solving the dead-zone problem saw the chairman's office denouncing the industry's response and consumers...
FRANKLIN, Tenn.-Having survived a March 6 car crash that nearly killed him, country singer George Jones pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and having...
NEW YORK-The $5 billion Internet backbone upgrade that Teleglobe Communications Corp., Reston, Va., announced last week is intended to meet the growing cross-border data...
MONTREAL-The GSM Alliance and Nortel Networks announced they completed North America's first third-generation wireless telephone call using a wideband Code Division Multiple Access trial...
CHICAGO-The North American GSM Alliance said 3.6 million customers across the United States and Canada use Global System for Mobile communications wireless phones."More than...
Latin AmericaAccording to The Strategis Group, privatization in Latin America is driving fixed-line growth as privatized operators build out networks to meet license requirements,...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has filled two recently vacated management positions by electing senior vice president Leo Mondale its new chief financial officer...
WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council asked the Federal Communications Commission to give commenters an extra month in answering the many questions raised in a...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's re-auction of 161 local multipoint distribution service licenses closed last week with bids totaling $45 million."I'm extremely pleased with the...
Microsoft Corp. gave some legitimacy to the wireless Internet access arena last week with its $600 million investment in Nextel Communications Inc. and an...
WASHINGTON-Mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers with wireless subsidiaries got some powerful help last week when 16 lawmakers urged the Federal Communications Commission to forbear...
NEW YORK-The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York handed NextWave Personal Communications Inc. a big victory May 13, cutting its...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. announced it has spun off its 80.1-percent ownership in personal communications services division VoiceStream Wireless Corp.Western distributed to each of...
Western Wireless Corp. appears to have a long struggle ahead as it attempts to offer fixed wireless service in rural America.The South Dakota Public...
Mobile phones have become commonplace in our society, but they aren't welcome every place.People increasingly have become annoyed listening to others' ringing phones and...
AT&T Corp. last week signed a definitive merger agreement with cable company MediaOne Group after cutting a deal with rival bidder Comcast Corp., which...
Metrocall Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $145.2 million, a substantial increase from the $96.3 million reported for first-quarter...
WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. last week halted talks to buy Nextel Communications Inc. after succumbing to differences over price, putting shares of the No. 2...
VLSI Technology Inc. said it received a major order from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. for its OneCT single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution....
LONDON-Cable & Wireless Communications reported revenues for the fiscal year ended March 31 of $4.3 billion, an increase from the $3.7 billion reported for...
