WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave NextWave Telecom Inc. extra time to reorganize its ownership structure in light of anticipated commission changes in foreign-investment rules that could result from an upcoming …
WASHINGTON-In an effort to control paperwork and legal fees connected with compliance to certain Federal Communications Commission guidelines mandated by the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the Personal Communications Industry Association …
WASHINGTON-Key Senate Democrats have threatened to block a package of Federal Communications Commission nominees because they do not represent rural America. In an April 15 letter to White House Chief …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson demonstrated a two-way hyperband hand-off between 1900 MHz and 800 MHz radio frequencies at the Universal Wireless Communications conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The demonstration means network …
VANCOUVER, Wash.-Electric Lightwave Inc. signed an agreement with NW Communications to manage all back-office support in an effort to help streamline NW’s prepaid debit card switching services. According to the …
RESTON, Va.-Constellation Communications Inc. selected Matra Marconi Space as prime contractor for the space segment of its low-earth-orbit satellite system. The initial contract is valued at $600 million. Matra will …
After three years in Motorola Inc.’s Information Systems Group and 23 years with the company, Frank Lloyd has returned to paging, his mind set on growing international markets and advancing …
ANAHEIM, Calif.-LG Information and Communications Ltd. placed an order valued at $4 million with Odetics for K-Star II wireless synchronization systems used in Code Division Multiple Access base station synchronization …
WASHINGTON-Two California lawmakers, citing lack of cooperation from the Federal Communications Commission and the startling prospect that spectrum legislation pushed by Congress and the Clinton administration will not provide a …
NEW YORK-Frontier Corp. of Rochester, N.Y., sold May 21 a $300 million debt issue of notes due 2004 priced at 99.996 percent of par, or face, value to yield 7.257 …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc and Hongkong Telecom formed a joint venture company with The Keppel Group and Singapore Press Holdings. The company was formed to bid on a fixed wire …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc and Hongkong Telecom formed a joint venture company with The Keppel Group and Singapore Press Holdings. The company was formed to bid on a fixed wire …
TAMPA, Fla.-Cliffco of Tampa Bay Inc., a distributor of cellular telephone accessories, acquired Batteries Batteries Inc. Cliffco said battery sales account for about 41 percent of its revenues. Batteries Batteries …
AURORA, Colo.-Two people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a cellular telephone cloning scam. Sarkis Bitaryan and Eleanora Chepshyan were arrested, processed and released pending an additional investigation, said …
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. launched its second personal communications services network in Houston. The company also has a network up in Columbus, Ohio, and has networks under construction in Kansas City, …
C.J. Silas resigned as a member of Comsat Corp.’s board of directors for health reasons. He recently had open-heart surgery. Edwin Colodny was appointed to serve as chairman. Colodny has …
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. and Xypoint Corp. are set to begin the nation’s first commercial trial of wireless enhanced 911 service in Allentown, Pa. “Wireless E911 saves lives. It’s …
The Mexican government will resume auctioning key service segments of wireless frequency bands, with three sets of auctions scheduled for the latter half of the year. The bands, to be …
LONDON-According to information gathered for a recent report, The Strategis Group estimated the west and east European land mobile radio (LMR) market at 7 million private mobile radio (PMR) users …
The House Budget Committee on Friday was expected to approve a balanced budget deal reached by Congress and the White House that anticipates $26.3 billion from spectrum auctions during the …
