Mandarin Communications, a Hong Kong wireless operator, launched its new personal communications services offering, touted as the region’s cheapest, featuring an $88 flat monthly charge for unlimited airtime. The company …
SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is launching a global recruitment drive to increase the number of staff dedicated to its Global System for Mobile communications business by about …
AURORA, Colo.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has opened a state-of-the-art operations center in Aurora, Colo., to provide a wide range of network management services to telecommunications companies in the local, long-distance and …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Lightbridge Inc. and Trans Union Corp. announced the introduction of the Fraud Detect Model, a new fraud-scoring technology for the telecommunications industry. The agreement with Trans Union, a consumer …
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc. announced it signed a contract valued at $2.1 million with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Taiwanese partner, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd. The order for LCC’s field …
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee members sternly advised Federal Communications Commission chairman nominee William Kennard to rethink agency positions on federal pre-emption and wireless universal service funding and to stop dragging its …
The Federal Communications Commission denied Southern California SMR entrepreneur James Kay Jr.’s appeal to disqualify Administrative Law Judge Richard Sippel from presiding over an evidentiary hearing Kay won the right …
Clearnet Communications Inc. launched its Mike enhanced specialized mobile radio network in Ottawa-Hull. The Ottawa-Hull, Ontario, network covers nearly 1 million people in the region-on the Ontario-Quebec border-including Aylmer, Barrhaven, …
WorldCom Inc. last week made an unsolicited offer to merge with MCI Communications Corp. in a deal that would eclipse British Telecommunications plc’s planned acquisition of MCI, which has been …
NEW YORK-After a two-year bear market, wireless stocks began a rebound in April that is ongoing, and companies involved in all aspects of the industry are well worth a look, …
I am glad to be sitting here writing this column this week. The boss is on vacation and it was my turn to hold down the fort. Of course, if …
WASHINGTON-While the United States and Japan avoided a nasty trade fracas by agreeing last week to new measures to open Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.’s $13 billion procurement market, a …
ORLANDO, Fla.-Subscription fraud-the practice of assuming another person’s identity and possibly his or her credit history-is the successor to cloning in the wireless industry, and carriers are putting in place …
Confirming rumors that have been circulating for weeks, Teligent LLC announced that Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. of Japan has agreed to make a $100 million strategic investment in the …
A shift in mobile phone operators’ attitudes toward leasing sites has caused a Cary, N.C., company to push ahead with plans to develop and build its own tower sites and …
WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here last week refused to block the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio auction scheduled for later this month, but the legal challenge against new Federal Communications …
NEW YORK-Within five years, the Global Chipcard Alliance envisions a transformation from today’s fragmented patchwork of closed systems to a worldwide seamless environment of multipurpose smart cards, said David P. …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola’s Land Mobile Products Sector announced it signed a $38 million, 10-year contract with the city of San Francisco to provide a digital 800 MHz trunked radio communications system. …
WESTLAKE, Texas-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Benjamin Scott, who has decided to leave the wireless business and pursue a new career opportunity as president …
WASHINGTON – In a surprise move, National Telecom PCS Inc., which lost its C-block American Samoa personal communications services license last year due to default but which has been fighting …
