WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary William Daley next month will lead a trade mission to Latin America, a hotbed for the wireless telecommunications business that the Clinton administration does not want to lose …
WASHINGTON-Key wireless initiatives are caught in the grip of legislative inertia that has paralyzed Congress and the White House and shaken the foundations of both institutions in the aftermath of …
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LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has granted Motorola Inc. a temporary restraining order against Qualcomm Inc. preventing further production, sales or marketing of its …
NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of USCI Inc., said it will expand its cellular service in 25 areas. Ameritel is a non-facilities-based cellular and paging service provider. …
NEW YORK-American Alpha Dispatch Services Inc. launched “Personalized PIN,” a transcription text service enhancement that Sidney Mandel, company president, said is new to the alphanumeric paging industry. Standard personal identification …
For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept. San Jose, Calif.-based …
COLUMBUS, Ohio-Aerial Communications Inc. offers per-second billing in its Columbus, Ohio, market, which may make it the first personal communications services operator to launch such a proposition. Nextel Communications Inc., …
APRIL 13-15 4th Annual Credit Risk Management Forum, by American Management Systems Inc. Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego. (703) 267-5280. 14 Making Sense of the New Telecommunications Marketplace, by …
Antenna placement at the new Denver International Airport is on hold until carriers can convince airport authorities that additional sites won’t cause interference. “We didn’t spend $8 million building a …
ST. LOUIS-Southwestern Bell Wireless began a program in St. Louis that enables cellular 911 calls to be automatically routed to the area’s largest police and sheriff’s departments based on the …
APRIL 7-11 Infocom ’97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Kobe, Japan. (714) 856-5474. 8-9 Wireless Interconnection ’97, by Bellcore. Hotel Royal Plaza, Orlando, Fla. (800) 832-2463. …
WASHINGTON-A freshman Florida congressman concerned with constituent complaints about wireless tower proliferation is considering legislation to overturn the antenna siting provision of the 1996 telecom act. “I am … researching …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson won a contract to supply three new Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Digital AMPS networks in Russia. The contract with Millicom International Cellular calls for Ericsson to …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Telecommunications Sdn Bhd received an order to expand Mutiara Telecommunications Sdn Bhd’s nationwide personal communications network in Malaysia. Ericsson values the contract at $130 million. Mutiara’s order consists …
WASHINGTON-More than half of wireless subscribers and 40 percent of non-users expressed an interest in two-way wireless e-mail, representing a potential market of 44.3 million users, according to a study …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc. were among the vendors selected by NTT DoCoMo of Japan to develop an experimental “third generation” wireless communications system capable of delivering high-speed …
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.-MCI Communications Corp. shareholders voted 77 percent in favor of the proposed merger with British Telecommunications plc during MCI’s annual meeting. The merger still must be approved by BT …
LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs said it is building a new production plant and research facility in Espoo, Finland, near Helsinki. The facility, which is scheduled to open during the fourth quarter, will …
WASHINGTON-Paperwork filed at the Federal Communications Commission April 1 by NextWave Telecom Inc. has the country’s largest C-block personal communications services winner stating once again that the FCC is all …
