While most in the wireless industry seem fairly positive that wireless Internet services are going to be the next big growth cycle of the future, few have solid ideas on …

DENVER-The communications industry lost a leader and a pioneer with the death of Bill Daniels on March 7. Daniels, known as the father of cable television, began his storied life …

WASHINGTON-Wireless telephone use has moved from a niche market into the mainstream, according to a new report released by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. The study, conducted by Peter D. …

CHICAGO-The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission has designated U.S. Cellular as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier for rural areas, making the company eligible for the same federal universal service funds landline …

WASHINGTON-Both state and federal regulators received lots of advice last week on whether wireless carriers should be granted eligible telecommunications carrier status, a necessity if they want to receive universal-service …

JACKSON, Miss.-Cellular South entered an agreement to acquire wireless assets from Alltel, including personal communications services licenses in Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., and expects to receive Federal Communications Commission …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $14.8 billion in January, an increase from $11.1 billion reported in January of 1999. The report noted …

SAN DIEGO-Ryder System Inc., a provider of logistics and transportation solutions, selected Qualcomm Inc. as its primary and preferred wireless mobile communications and on-board computer provider and has agreed to …

NEW YORK-Rural carriers, many of which began as landline providers, already have experienced a long learning curve in service bundling-a current hot topic in the telecommunications industry. No doubt they …

WASHINGTON-In new research not yet published, a prominent Motorola Inc.-sponsored scientist has found genetic damage from mobile-phone frequency radiation that may support similar findings by Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. After …

BLUE BELL, Pa.-PhoneFish.com introduced a wireless Internet e-mail service designed to give Web-enabled phones access to existing POP3 Internet e-mail accounts without the need to create a new e-mail address. …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Metrocall Inc. and Aquis Communications Group Inc. announced results of their respective 900 MHz spectrum auction bids. Aquis said it won licenses in five of the top seven markets …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. has settled a lingering shareholder class-action lawsuit for $29 million, according to lawyers for the shareholders. The settlement, which RCR first learned of last week, was reached …

PARIS-Nortel Networks announced that U.K. operator One 2 One recently signed a series of orders valued at $100 million for expansion of the carrier’s national Global System for Mobile communications …

ATLANTA-The Weather Channel said its weather.com Web site will provide content and services to the oramobile.com wireless portal from OracleMobile.com, a subsidiary of Oracle Corp.

WASHINGTON-The questions of whether eligible telecommunications carrier status should be awarded to wireless carriers and whether wireless carriers will deploy their broadband solutions without it was a hot topic as …

WASHINGTON-The United States Telecom Association, which represents landline incumbent telcos, has asked a federal appeals court to deny a motion by the Federal Communications Commission to hold in abeyance its …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Triton Network Systems Inc., a provider of broadband fixed-wireless network products, entered into an agreement with IBM Corp. to purchase the assets and hire approximately 50 employees associated with …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s two largest affiliates, TeleCorp PCS Inc. and Tritel Inc., agreed to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction. The deal is valued at about $5.3 billion. TeleCorp …

IBM Corp. and American Mobile Satellite Corp. took their existing business relationship to another level last week, allowing AMSC to better target the potentially lucrative business-to-business market IBM commands. The …