NEW YORK-The share price of Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc., Greensboro, N.C., closed up $1 at $17.13 per share March 11, the day it announced it plans to sell its Myrtle …

ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a cellular phone company in Turkey, selected Computer Associates International Inc.’s integrated enterprise management solution, Unicenter TNG, to proactively manage its entire information technology enterprise, said Computer Associates. …

NEW YORK-Touted by some securities analysts last summer as small-cap wireless companies likely to outperform broader markets, Anadigics Inc. and Spectrian Corp. now are defendants in lawsuits filed by unhappy …

NEW YORK-Cable & Wireless Communications plc, the London-based international telecommunications conglomerate, sold a $1.8 billion Yankee bond issue March 4, through an underwriting syndicate led by HSBC Securities Inc and …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it received a contract valued at more than $60 million to expand a Global System for Mobile communications network in Serbia, Republic of Yugoslavia. Under terms …

My head has been full of thoughts about government this week. My husband and I had the opportunity to hear former President George Bush speak last Monday as part of …

SAN CARLOS, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. said it obtained the necessary approvals as a Meter Data Management Agent and Meter Service Provider required to serve customers in California’s open electricity …

WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno will decide by this Friday whether to pull the Federal Communications Commission into a digital wiretap controversy that kept the telecom industry and FBI officials busy …

Brightpoint Inc. and CellStar Corp. said they discontinued negotiations to form a joint venture in India. The proposal for the venture was announced in mid-January. The companies were unable to …

NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc announced its mobile satellite communications customers will enjoy price reductions up to 15 percent, when the company introduces a new U.S. dollar billing rate. BT will …

WASHINGTON-Portland, Ore.-based Mountain SMR Group L.L.C., which is in default on the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio service license it purchased last winter during a Federal Communications Commission auction, is …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee said an investigation confirmed that BellSouth Corp. offered to drop a regulatory challenge to Teligent Corp.’s wireless licenses if Teligent would actively support the Baby Bell’s …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a letter of intent for Lucent to supply equipment and integrate Advanced Radio’s planned wireless broadband data network. Under …

Argentine President Carlos Menem last week announced a telecommunications liberalization plan that would give American wireless companies broader access to the Argentine telecommunications market. Under the president’s executive decree, Argentina’s …

TEMPE, Ariz.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said Auto-Owners Insurance Co. of Lansing, Mich., selected its National Services Division to provide messaging services for its insurance agents across the United States. The …

Alltel Corp. reportedly is in negotiations to purchase 360

While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their …

WASHINGTON-The auction of Phase II 220 MHz licenses is scheduled to begin May 19, but that date could be pushed back at least 30 days because no bidder’s package has …

MIAMI-Let’s Talk Cellular & Wireless Inc. announced its operating results for the second quarter and six months ended Jan. 31, reporting increased revenues and static net income for the quarter, …

Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. has ended commercial distribution of its cryoelectronic receiver front-end products for the mobile wireless base station market, igniting questions of whether superconductor companies targeting the wireless …