As deregulation slowly takes hold of the U.S. electric utility industry, many companies are beginning to take a look at wireless telecommunications as a way to hold on to their …

HOUSTON-Crown Castle International Corp. raised $850 million last week from the sale of two 12-year note issues totaling $482 million and a secondary offering of 21 million shares of common …

NEW YORK-Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and SBC Communications Inc. announced May 3 they would jointly purchase Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc. for $814 million from CoreComm Inc., …

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 1998. The company had net earnings …

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. The order is valued at $19 …

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 long-distance telephone company and the last …

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 1998. Net loss for the quarter …

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 agreed not to try to outbid …

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 loud conversations in restaurants, on …

The market for broadband access services is on the verge of dramatic growth, and fixed terrestrial wireless systems are expected to play a big role, according to a new Strategis …

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 Utilities Commission denied Western’s application …

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 its shareholders one share of …

MONTEREY, Calif.-Ending months of speculation and veiled tension, Microsoft Corp. last week officially announced it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move many see as effectively ending a microbrowser …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission Friday announced a negotiated a consent decree requiring U S West Inc. to pay $800,000 in connection with telephone communications between U S West and Western …

Leveraging its parent company’s strength as a landline and Internet service provider, U S West Wireless said it expects to roll out commercial mobile text-based Internet access during the fourth …

MALVERN, Pa.-Triton PCS Inc. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $11.5 million and a total of 43,741 subscribers. During the quarter the company launched service in …

NEW YORK-Executives of Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., announced initiatives May 5 designed to advance outsourcing of computing at the enterprise level by using the Internet to deliver software …

IRVINE, Calif.-STM Wireless Inc. said Bolivia’s sole long-distance provider, Entel S.A., awarded STM a $5.4 million contract to supply 550 solar-powered subscriber earth station “SpacePhone” terminals, which will be installed …

WASHINGTON-The consumer group fighting for specific E911 call-completion regulations vowed to take its case to court if the Federal Communications Commission adopts a technology-neutral rule this week. When it became …