WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to extend the compliance date for the digital telephony wiretap act until the end of this century. This extension gets law enforcement off the …
CROWN COMMUNICATIONS John P. Kelly was named chief operating officer of Crown Communications, the domestic operating subsidiary of Crown Castle International Corp. Robert Crown will continue as president and chief …
WASHINGTON-Taking advantage of a recent court decision that the Federal Communications Commission re-examine its pay-phone compensation scheme, the Personal Communications Industry Association continues to urge the FCC to institute a …
Several paging carriers released their second-quarter earnings reports last week, each revealing a continued effort toward achieving profitability and reducing debt. Metrocall Inc. capped off a busy second quarter with …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said the FBI arrested a San Diego teenager on charges of fraudulently creating unauthorized voice mail boxes and paging accounts on PageNet’s system. PageNet’s Systems Integrity Group …
ST. LOUIS-Ameren Corp. and CellNet Data Systems Inc. jointly unveiled Ameren Abacus, an energy information service that give operations managers energy-consumption information on production processes, equipment, facilities and other commercial …
RALEIGH, N.C.-The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games announced Platinum sponsor Ericsson Inc. will supply mobile phones, two-way radios and telephone handsets for the Games. The ’99 Games, June 26 …
NEW YORK-Charles R. Lee, chief executive officer of GTE Corp., and Ivan G. Seidenberg, CEO of Bell Atlantic Corp., rode into town July 28 on a horse with no name, …
Mobile phone sales during the second quarter gave Nokia Corp. a boost when it released its second-quarter earnings July 24, while its Swedish rival L.M. Ericsson suffered a plunge in …
NEW YORK-Nextel International Inc., Seattle, last week announced it launched commercial service of its integrated Digital Enhanced Network in Manila, Philippines, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Nextel International, a wholly …
Nextel Communications Inc. announced the option exercise and issuance of 10 million common shares to the McCaw Family in a non-cash transaction. The McCaw Family options, which were to expire …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-With $18 million in order bookings during the second quarter, Microwave Power Devices Inc.’s backlog reached a record high of about $100 million, boosted by an $11.1 million military …
rain’s Chicago Business CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. has quietly exited the business of making programmable computer chips used in consumer electronics and other products. Late last week, a spokeswoman for Motorola’s semiconductor …
SEATTLE AND BELLEVUE, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. committed to provide $25 million in financing to Advanced Radio Telecom, subject to certain conditions, to fund the buildout of networks in Portland, Ore., …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said costs associated with further development and deployment of its FraudBuster product were higher than expected, which contributed to a 69-percent drop in net income, from $898,000, …
Safety and security may be becoming a smaller factor for wireless subscribers. Fewer than half of respondents to an IDC/Link survey of current users reported they used their phone primarily …
WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) last week accused the Federal Communications Commission of concocting a bogus national security issue to avoid attracting public attention to internal negotiations with …
WASHINGTON-The proposed marriage between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. was met with skepticism from Washington telecommunications policy makers, most of whom do not believe the companies’ claims that the …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said it plans to auction spectrum in the 47 GHz band to be used primarily for fixed, point-to-multipoint services delivered through the deployment of …
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. announced its results for the second quarter, which was highlighted by the proposed merger with Ameritech Corp., as well as robust wireless subscriber growth. SBC’s subsidiaries …
