The vast number of players coupled with loads of savvy Wall Street money has set the stage for mass consolidation within the tower industry. The rate of acquisitions has moved …

In the past year, paging companies have engineered a striking makeover designed to change their “look” to better meet the business style of the new millennium. Just as the parachute …

Though the International Telecommunication Union is months away from reaching a consensus on third-generation standards, European and Japanese governments are revealing plans to auction third-generation spectrum next year. The race …

Lucent Technologies Business Communications Systems said it plans to develop aggressively the company’s U.S. network of 1,000 authorized dealers, distributors and value-added resellers, aiming to increase them by at least …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. said it signed a co-marketing agreement with Fujitsu Software Corp. to promote its new Premion Information Service through Fujitsu’s ByeDesk Link server software application. Fujitsu’s ByeDesk Link …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Mobility DCS is offering two new wireless products for international business travelers-Bosch’s World 718 Mobile Phone and DCS Fax Mailbox service. Bosch’s world phone operates on both 900 MHz …

NEW YORK-The DDI Cellular Group, parent company of eight regional Japanese cellular carriers with a total of 4.4 million customers, has selected the INfusion Home Location Register from DSC Communications …

NEW YORK-Convergys Corp. scaled back and sold an initial public offering Aug. 12 that is the prelude to its spinoff from Cincinnati Bell Inc. Convergys sold 13 million shares of …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications wireless handsets. …

While many of its second-tier cellular counterparts have been acquired during the last year in an increasingly consolidated industry, Greensboro, N.C.-based Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. may continue to go it …

NEW YORK-Saying Teletrac Inc. faces “numerous competitive alternatives” to its wireless location services for commercial vehicles, Standard & Poor’s Corp. lowered speculative grade ratings Aug. 7 on $135 million of …

The government of Peru and telecommunications company Telefonica del Peru earlier this month agreed to end the company’s monopoly on conventional telephone service, according to published reports. Telefonica del Peru …

LONDON-The European Commission approved the formation of Symbian, a joint venture launched in June between Psion Software plc, L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and, eventually, Motorola Inc. Symbian plans to promote …

NEW YORK-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc., a Columbus, Ohio, prepaid calling card distributor, saw its stock price dip by 60 percent to a record low of $6.37 per share Aug. 11. The …

The U.S. State Department suspended work July 27 on an international project aimed at launching communications satellite-carrying rockets from a floating launch pad near the equator, fearing American technology secrets …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. and Colombian paging provider Espectracom signed a roaming agreement to extend PageMart’s South American reach to Colombia, said PageMart. Roaming service is expected to begin early next …

CLEVELAND-Reltec Corp. entered into a definitive merger agreement to purchase all the outstanding shares of Positron Fiber Systems Corp. for about $200 million, the companies said. The merger advances Reltec’s …

NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp.’s board of directors authorized a common stock split in the form of a 100-percent dividend payable Aug. 31 to shareholders of record Aug. 17. “Investors have …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Powertel Inc. said it will use Lightbridge Inc.’s FraudBuster service to detect and prevent technical and subscription fraud. FraudBuster is a UNIX-based software product designed to identify wireless usage …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Resellers Association last week told the Federal Communications Commission it should not delay the rollout of wireless number portability despite the industry’s claims it isn’t technically possible to …