Dear Senator McCain: As chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, you have taken courageous stands on many major controversial issues of the day. Even at the risk of becoming a …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C. and the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium last week said they will join forces to collaborate on next-generation technology and to provide a unified …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Software companies Mobile Systems International and Metapath Software Corp. last week announced plans to merge in an effort to help carriers create “customer-adaptive” networks. “Bringing these two companies together …

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, was selected as the preferred U.S. paging service provider of IBM Corp. MobileComm will sign up all IBM employees in the United States who …

ORLANDO-Economic problems elsewhere in the world have hit home in Mexico’s new personal communications services market. Two of the PCS license winners there-Midicel and the SPC consortium-have announced they are …

BETHESDA, Md.-Lockheed Martin Corp. and Comsat Corp. agreed to merge in a two-phase deal valued at about $2.7 billion, said the companies. During the first phase of the transaction, Lockheed …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase and deploy Excel Switching Corp.’s EXS infrastructure and switching platform as a network interface unit in certain wireless local loop markets …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Executives of Lucent Technologies Inc. say they expect the company to continue growing faster than the expanding telecommunications market and expect to take market share from competitors. One …

CANADA Rogers Cantel Inc. said its prepaid offering will be sold by Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix under a new retail agreement between the companies. “Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go” will …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in its role as banker, is providing guidance on the newly established rules for installment payments for spectrum licenses. The guidance explains the differences between the …

WASHINGTON-A House Commerce investigations panel plans hearings beginning next week to question James Sasser, U.S. ambassador to China, former Federal Communications Commission chairman Reed Hundt and others in connection with …

ORLANDO, Fla.-In an effort to move from a provider of mere product to that of end-to-end solutions, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced at PCS ’98 an enhanced services platform designed to …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-GE Harris Railway Electronics L.L.C. announced it has joined with Harris Semiconductor to develop and market a railroad-specific wireless communications system called TrainTalk Intra-Train Communications. The system was designed …

NEW YORK-Paris-based France Telecom Group reported Sept. 17 that its Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers totaled 4.26 million at the end of August, giving it a 51-percent market …

MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced a personal communications services pricing plan that began Sept. 24, offering its customers across Canada 1,000 minutes of airtime for $100. Microcell’s PCS offering, branded Fido, …

To The Editor: Yes, my partner Jo Waldron and I, along with my daughter Michelle had a dream to bring the betterment of life to millions throughout the world. That …

The year-old Asian financial crisis is being blamed for an increasingly gloomy outlook for the third quarter, which ends this week. The situation is compounded by growing economic worries in …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it repurchased 8 million shares of its common stock for $80.4 million under a buyback program originally announced in April 1997. The board of directors …

Alcatel Alsthom’s woes continued last week as several shareholder lawsuits were filed against the company, connected with its earlier announcement that earnings would not meet expectations. Alcatel’s stock fell sharply …

WASHINGTON-Lawmakers for months have been deluged with letters from constituents who fear the Federal Communications Commission will not make the wireless industry comply with the 1996 telecom act’s mandate to …