Official dollar losses from wireless fraud have decreased significantly in the past several years, but whether that means the wireless industry is truly winning its war against fraud is a …
Water and power outages more than violent wind affected wireless networks as Hurricane Floyd skirted the East Coast last week. AT&T Corp. Friday apologized to customers for wireless network outages …
MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. introduced a new pricing plan and feature for its Fido PCS offering. Customers now can opt for a $20/200 plan, which offers 200 anytime minutes per month …
WASHINGTON-The Congressional Budget Office predicts the transition to digital television will take longer than anticipated, a possible outcome that will delay the rollout of new 800 MHz public-safety systems across …
NEW YORK-Comparatively few of the hundreds of telecommunications billing companies in business today are publicly traded, but that list could grow by one if Daleen Technologies Inc., Boca Raton, Fla., …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. and Convergys Corp. agreed to settle pending litigation related to billing systems 360
CHICAGO-Cellular One in the Great Lakes region introduced Cellular One to One service, which allows up to 30 different people to talk on a wireless conference call by dialing one …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week urged regulators to question certain aspects of an agreement by giant wireline telcos on how to reduce the amount long-distance companies pay local …
WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. launched a new introductory service plan for its Interactive Paging Service, setting a flat service rate of $15 a month, $30 a month with pager …
WASHINGTON-For the second straight week, Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) hammered the Federal Communications Commission over questionable wireless licensing activity and opened a new probe into the proposed merger …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week told Congress it has reduced the wireless backlog to 6,000 regulatory items and plans to eliminate it completely next year. “This is significant progress …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse has consistently indicated one key to growing wireless market share is targeting the youth market. The carrier is hoping its new …
American Tower Corp. signed a $260 million agreement with AT&T Corp. to acquire approximately 1,942 microwave towers and build 1,000 new wireless communication sites for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. during …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-@mobile Corp. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company a patent for key aspects of its wireless instant messaging technology, called IMessenger. IMessenger enables Internet-based instant …
NEW YORK-Speedia L.L.C. announced a communications initiative to enable delivery of Internet information, news and messaging services for mobile and fixed communications devices. Speedia said it will send subscriber requested …
SnapTrack Inc., a wireless location solution provider, was awarded a key patent that is part of the foundation of its Wireless Assisted GPS system. SnapTrack’s system uses information from both …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed a subscriber communicator manufacturing agreement with Satellite Smart Solutions Ltd., an Israeli company specializing in wireless telemetry and supervisory control and data acquisition …
WASHINGTON-The universal-service fund should be paid for out of general revenues, not from taxes on telephone bills, said Philip M. Burgess, president and senior fellow of the Center for the …
WASHINGTON-A cellular provider that wants universal-service subsidies played tug-of-war last week with the incumbent local exchange carriers receiving those funds. The scene was the CEO Summit on Rural Telecommunications sponsored …
WASHINGTON-While President Clinton’s nomination of Greg Rohde to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration progressed toward Senate conformation last week, the White House’s reappointment of Democrat Susan Ness appears …
