WASHINGTON-Not only was the future of spectrum policy on the minds of Industrial Telecommunications Association members meeting here last week, it has been on the front burner of several Capitol …
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NEW YORK (AP)-British Telecommunications plc is negotiating to buy its U.S. partner MCI Communications Corp., CNBC reported Friday. The report said a deal could be announced as early as today …
After DSP Communications Inc. announced plans to merge with Proxim Inc. last Tuesday, DSPC’s stock dropped 49 percent to close at $35.25 on the Nasdaq exchange. But Merrill Lynch calls …
COLUMBUS, Ohio-American Electric Power formed a new subsidiary to offer personal communications services licensees assistance in establishing and maintaining their networks. The non-regulated company is named AEP Communications Inc. AEP …
WASHINGTON-When President Clinton signed the telecommunications reform bill on Feb. 8, the wireless telecommunications industry thought it was home free. A national antenna siting policy. Exclusion from local exchange carrier …
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. signed a contract with Southeastern Michigan Gas Enterprises to provide a wireless automatic meter reading system to the Battle Creek Gas Co., a Southeastern subsidiary. The contract …
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc., a personal communications services operator, will expand its “friendly user” network trial by several hundred people in the New York City metropolitan area. The users …
The broadband personal communications services auctions held during the past two years have spawned a plethora of novel policy and fiscal issues for policymakers. The reason: $20 billion. Money changes …
NEW YORK-DataLink Systems Corp. has launched QuoteXpress securities information service via pagers for commercial use in the United States. DataLink, now a public company headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has …
There won’t be many big-time losers among the A- and B-block carriers, wireless analysts say. “They’ll probably all make it, but the question is how well will they make it,” …
If money is the root of all evil, PCS is either going to be a very evil service or PCS is going to prove that maxim wrong. Money is certainly …
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission in response to the FCC’s Notice of Inquiry regarding Section 255 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Section …
CALABASAS, Calif.- Tekelec signed a global licensing agreement to provide its Protocol Adaptable State Machine technology and Chameleon SoftTest products to all of L.M. Ericsson’s divisions. “The combination of PASM …
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. plans to target infrastructure monitoring in the wireless sector with its recently unveiled JavaStation network computer. A lower-cost alternative to the personal computer, the JavaStation …
CINCINNATI, Ohio-Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. will provide billing services to AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and the Cellular One joint venture through the year 2001. Under the contract, Cincinnati Bell …
The fervent growth of the wireless industry has turned into a gold mine of opportunities for Safco Technologies Inc. The Chicago-based company develops and provides automated signal strength testing products …
Twelve of the 84 companies that won C-block licenses for personal communications services are still waiting to receive their license in hand. The Federal Communications Commission has issued 10-year licenses …
PanaVise Products Inc. debuted PortaGrip 2000, a cellular phone holder that features four-way adjustability. The side jaws move back and forth, while the support slide moves up and down, the …
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. has signed a letter of intent to provide subscriber product packaging assembly and inventory management and fulfillment services to Pocket Communications Inc. In addition, Brightpoint said it plans …
