DUBLIN, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell substantially all of its assets to AT&T Corp. for up to $192.5 million in cash, subject to …
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp. introduced the local.info Content Alliance, its content provider program designed to enable delivery of geo-coded information and Internet content to wireless subscribers. Local.info brings subscribers personalized, localized …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is not likely to authorize the scanning/jamming devices that recently were approved in Japan. “We would not authorize knowingly any transmitter that interfered with another service,” …
WirelessKnowledge L.L.C., a joint venture between Microsoft Corp. and Qualcomm Inc., introduced Revolv, its first service offering since forming in November. The service will allow users remote access to e-mail, …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, invoking powerful references to the World Trade Organization, competition and convergence, last week said the European Commission’s response to U.S. concerns about potential trade barriers to third-generation …
The union of AirTouch Communications Inc. and Vodafone plc could be a pinnacle event in the third-generation technology debate, industry experts say. The new company’s economic decisions could weigh heavily …
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.-Incumbent cellular carriers are providing formidable competition to personal communications services carriers, according to J.D. Power and Associates’ Personal Communications Services Report, which is an offshoot of the …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again this year is hoping Congress will pass legislation so it does not have to fight to get back wireless licenses from bankrupt companies. Legislation to …
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm North Caribbean Ltd., which was formed by Systems Solutions Ltd. and Voice Technologies Ltd., plans to offer satellite communications services to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Cayman …
WASHINGTON-As parties in the never-ending fight over the implementation of the digital wiretap act prepare to file reply comments this week with the Federal Communications Commission, two federal lawsuits filed …
Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a wireless e-mail solution, called BlackBerry, designed to allow Microsoft Exchange users mobile access to their desktop e-mail. BlackBerry is an end-to-end solution that combines …
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J.-Berliner Communications Inc. and Tectonic Engineering Consultants P.C. announced they have formed a strategic alliance to offer clients a complete design/build approach for telecommunications network implementation programs. The …
The Australian Communications Authority has decided to require pre-selection for calls originating on a fixed network and terminating on a mobile network. The ACA, which is responsible for regulating telecommunications …
MELVILLE, N.Y.-Northeast Digital Networks Inc. announced it signed a letter of intent with All Points Telecom Inc., which plans to purchase 80 percent of Northeast Digital’s common stock, on a …
Motorola Inc. said it expects to meet Wall Street’s earnings expectations for the first quarter, though it remains cautious in light of last week’s currency devaluation in Brazil and the …
DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG announced it has increased its participation in Italian mobile carrier Omnitel Pronto Italia by 3.2 percent. The transaction included offering AirTouch Communications Inc. an option to raise …
NEW YORK-A company called Beatie, King & Abate L.L.P. has filed a class-action lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. individually and as a successor to AT&T Corp., alleging its telecommunications products …
NEW YORK-Lucent Technologies Inc., the Murray Hill, N.J., telecommunications equipment giant, gobbled up two other properties last week. In its bid to become a single-source supplier to a rapidly growing …
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, reacting for the first time to a new congressional report that concluded American satellite exports to China harmed U.S. national security, last week defended U.S. export controls …
SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. announced that as of the end of its first quarter of fiscal year 1999, ended Nov. 30, two of its networks initiated commercial operation and …
