WASHINGTON-In what a spokeswoman for the Personal Communications Industry Association termed a “comedy of errors,” the wireless industry and the Federal Communications Commission last week missed an opportunity to tout …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration’s trade ban against the Taliban in Afghanistan is preventing a New Jersey firm from completing construction of a wireless system in that country, a policy seen by …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. selected it to help develop a wireless trading service for Schwab customers. The planned service is expected to enable …
NEW YORK-AAPT Ltd. announced last week it awarded Samsung Electronics of South Korea a $205 million turnkey contract to design, construct, operate, maintain and provide systems integration services for its …
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications Inc. announced it has completed the beta testing of its AAA Emergency Roadside Service for deaf and hard of hearing users, and said the service …
FCC Chairman Bill Kennard had an excellent opportunity last Tuesday to set the record straight on the side deal his top legal officer cut with the Justice Department and Nextel …
Ericsson Inc. said last week its displacement from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as the majority vendor hurt the company and conceded part of the reason it lost AT&T Wireless contracts …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to resume trade talks with China this week, but prospects appear dim for congressional approval this year of Chinese membership in the World Trade Organization. …
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-Superconductor Technologies Inc. and United States Cellular Corp. signed a five-year agreement under which U.S. Cellular will purchase a minimum of 100 SuperFilter systems during the next year, …
NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. said it lowered the rating on Paging Network Inc. to a B+ from BB-, citing the company’s low cash flow and high spending during its …
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-SBC Communications Inc. completed its acquisition of Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc. following approval of regulatory agencies, announced SBC. The company will continue operating under the Cellular …
MELBOURNE, Australia-Someone is just settling into a film or play, conversing intimately in a restaurant or addressing the ball at the first hole-and a mobile phone ring interrupts. While usually …
Dear Editor: I just received your July-August issue of Global Wireless and read with great interest the article on pages 22-23 titled, “Middle East: Region Sees More Hints of Privatization.” …
More than 660,000 U.S. and Canadian customers subscribed to GSM wireless service in the second quarter of 1999, according to the North American GSM Alliance. This brings the total number …
Bolivia Bolivia’s GOB Superintendent of Telecommunications is accepting international bids for a 20-year concessionary contract for providing PCS. Bidding documents must be submitted by 23 September. The service area to …
Ericsson signed a US$100 million contract with Diginet Americas to build out Diginet’s fixed wireless networks throughout Latin America. The agreement makes Ericsson the preferred supplier to Diginet to provide …
TOKYO-Nissan Motor Co., a major shareholder in nine Japanese cellular companies, will sell all its stakes to Japan Telecom Co. (JT) and DDI Corp. and withdraw from the second-generation cellular …
BANGALORE, India-Posting a negative growth in its subscriber base, India’s paging industry has plunged into a deep crisis. During the last fiscal year the country’s subscriber base shrank by 100,000 …
BANGALORE, India-It’s a difficult time for some cellular operators in India. The Department of Telecomunications (DoT) has terminated the cellular licenses and radio frequency licenses of a few operators in …
BANGALORE, India-Foreign investors are reconsidering their investments in India, with press reports naming several European and U.S. companies lining up to back out of operations there. Swisscom, the Switzerland-based telecommunications …
