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Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged the plea as part of an agreement when he was arrested last year after three years on the run. Mitnick,...

WASHINGTON-The number of bidders participating in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction who are flying by the seats of their pants is staggering. The thought of committing millions of dollars to build a network that is expected to directly compete with numerous established...

Western Wireless Corp. said aloha to Honolulu's wireless communications market by offering consumers yet another way to communicate-via a personal communications services handset.The Bellevue, Wash.-based company announced it has activated its PCS 1900 network based on Global System for Mobile communications technology in Honolulu...

Colombia continues to be a top performer in the Latin American cellular arena, with the highest digital growth and high overall cellular penetration.As part of its licensing process, the Colombian government mandated that cellular carriers deploy a certain amount of digital technology in their...

NEW YORK-PriCellular Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement with U.S. Cellular Corp. to acquire the New York-6 rural service area consisting of about 111,000 pops in Greene and Columbia counties between Albany and New York City. The RSA was acquired for $178...

Palmer Wireless Inc. said it signed up its 200,000th cellular phone customer. Eight years ago, Palmer began operating its first cellular system in Fort Myers, Fla., and now owns and operates 15 nonwireline cellular telephone systems in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, covering...

On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the industry in the United States. Of course I spoke of the great advancements we...

WASHINGTON-Recent studies showing cellular telephones can interfere with cardiac pacemakers have prompted industry-funded research to see if next-generation, digital pocket phones pose a public health problem in the United States.Wireless Technology Research, a group financed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and organized two...

A Boulder, Colo.-based company has teamed up with several North American cellular operators to develop standards that could lead to the development of so-called intelligent vehicle products.CellPort Labs Inc. plans to create, develop and license technology and products to expand wireless voice and data...