LONDON (AP)-Three British telephone companies charge customers too much to place calls to mobile phones, a regulator said Thursday as he ordered a monopoly investigation of their pricing. “Mobile phones …
RESTON, Va.-The Federal Communications Commission approved the transfer of control of Ardis Co.’s wireless data network from Motorola Inc. to American Mobile Satellite Corp., following a $100-million cash and stock …
Hearings were scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit against Ameritech Mobile Communications Inc. that alleges the carrier schemed to defraud its dealers and put them out of business. The …
Worldwide mobile telephony subscriber numbers will climb at triple the compound annual growth rate expected from the landline side between 1996 and 2002, according to a recently published report from …
NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, reported sales for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, were $21.3 million, a 45-percent increase from the last quarter of 1996. Net income per share …
NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, …
Seeking to take advantage of their similar technology and markets, U.S. Wireless Corp. and Cellular Technical Services Company Inc. last week signed a letter of intent calling for the companies …
WASHINGTON-Four Senate telecom lawmakers plan to introduce universal service legislation this week aimed at preventing mandated Internet links for schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities from draining telephone service subsidies …
NEW YORK-Wireless online financial information services are a hot item, judging from the flurry of recent announcements about new offerings in this category. w-Trade Technologies, New York, said AT&T Wireless …
WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno said Friday she will postpone seeking Federal Communications Commission intervention in the digital wiretap controversy if the telecom industry can show progress in the coming months …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may have violated a key telecom provision of the 1997 budget act by making idle frequencies available to a paging company instead of to a Southern …
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-PriCellular Corp. selected Xypoint Corp.’s wireless enhanced-911 service and signed an exclusive, multi-year contract that covers all PriCellular holdings, said Xypoint. Xypoint’s ISUP-LENS solution will be installed in …
WASHINGTON-The House last week passed legislation to extend wireless privacy protection to personal communications services and to beef up enforcement of the law. House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Platform Software Division announced its add-on software applications for the PageWriter 2000 two-way pager will be available on CNET Direct Inc.’s software distribution and purchasing Web site. …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported its total revenue during 1997 increased by 122 percent to $739 million compared with $332.9 million for 1996. Fourth-quarter total revenue increased 187 percent to …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunications System Ltd. reported revenues of $2.4 million for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, which amounts to 16 times the $146,000 it reported for the same …
To the Editor: I read with more than passing interest the interview by Debra Wayne with CTIA President Tom Wheeler in the Feb. 23 edition of RCR, and in particular …
NEW YORK-Look no further than North American borders for the biggest near-term opportunities to provide billing and customer care systems. In recent years, the focus of procurement contract competition has …
NEW YORK-Citing unfavorable market conditions, Colombia’s largest cellular carrier, Celumovil S.A., has postponed indefinitely its plans to go public. Celumovil’s decision has not, however, altered plans by another local carrier, …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Following its acquisition of the company, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced all products made by its CNET subsidiary will be marketed and sold under the Glenayre Options brand. CNET develops …
