WASHINGTON-A proposal from Western Wireless Corp. to receive universal-service support payments for providing telephone service to rural areas seems to have gotten a lukewarm response from the Federal Communications Commission. …
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association scheduled a forum Aug. 18 in Washington, D.C., to deal with all aspects of number-portability requirements and implementation, said CTIA. Also, CTIA recently issued a …
NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. agreed to purchase 850 megahertz of bandwidth in New York from CellularVision USA Inc. for $32.5 million in cash. The bandwidth is being disaggregated from CellularVision’s …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West Communications Inc. said it added features to its personal communications services handsets to give customers the benefits of their home and office phones. The service, renamed …
The Washington Times last week reported China’s new rocket stage booster developed for Motorola Inc.’s Iridium project created a technology bridge that could help the Chinese deploy multiple warheads on …
Global System for Mobile communications operators in Europe soon could face a formidable opponent for commercial business accounts if Canada’s Telesystem International Wireless Inc. follows through with its plans. The …
Italian telecommunications operator Telecom Italia has abandoned its plans to buy minority interests in certain global holdings of Cable & Wireless plc, the companies confirmed last week. The two have …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. said its subsidiary, Microcell Management Inc., has agreed to work with an unnamed personal communications services carrier to construct 60 towers. The build-to-suit services will take …
TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. said it extended its letter of intent with Asahi Kasei Microsystems Co. Ltd. for two years to continue providing optimized chipsets for the Code Division Multiple Access handset …
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Reltec Corp. said it established a joint venture with Splice do Brazil Telecommunicacoes e Eletronica S.A. to capitalize on opportunities provided by the privatization of Telebras, the state-owned telecom …
Qualcomm Qualcomm Inc. announced its shipment of samples for its fifth-generation chipset, including the MSM3000 single-chip Mobile Station Modem and the IFT3000 and IFR3000 fully integrated Intermediate Frequency chipset. The …
NEW YORK-Price Communications Corp. said it added 20,429 new cellular subscribers during the second quarter, compared with 12,607 new subscribers during the second quarter of 1997. The company’s total subscriber …
WEST POINT, Ga.-Powertel Inc. has launched a summer-long promotion offering four digital handsets for $50 each. The company is waiving its $30 activation fee as well. “Our research has clearly …
Phoenix Wireless Group Phoenix Wireless Group announced several new appointments. Christopher Bear was named director of engineering. He joins the company from AccessLine Technologies Inc., where he was director of …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. began commercial roaming with Estonian Mobile Telephone Co. of Estonia and Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. of Taiwan. The agreements represent Omnipoint’s second roaming partner …
WASHINGTON-The European Commission last week gave conditional approval to the proposed merger between MCI Communications Corp. and WorldCom Inc. The approval is subject to the divestiture of MCI’s Internet services …
I was once told that Dallas has such a great highway system because during the oil bust in the mid ’80s, business people ruled the local government bodies and did …
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. said it has completed the sale of its Myrtle Beach, S.C., property to Triton PCS for about $160 million in cash. The company expects to …
WASHINGTON-As Congress comes back to Washington after the July 4 recess, members again are poised to lean on the Federal Communications Commission on the sticky issue of how the agency …
NEW YORK-TTC, based in Germantown, Md., signed a $3.1 million contract to supply the National Network Operations Center of Nextel Communications Inc. in McLean, Va., with a centralized test and …
