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NEW YORK-Although Sprint PCS announced earlier this year its subscribers with smart phones had reached 1 million, “the number doesn’t mean anyone is using them and the smart phones are anything but,” said Joe Korb, president of GoAmerica, at the …

WASHINGTON-Fears about the timely deployment of enhanced 911 Phase II service appear to be coming true even as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission expressed optimism that the Oct.1 deadline will be met. In the last week alone, one …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has agreed to become the first carrier for Digital Angel, which expects to offer the first on-body gauge of vital signs transmitted wirelessly in real time to medical professionals. Since Applied Digital Solutions, Hauppauge, N.Y., …

EDGE is dead. Long live EDGE. Depending on where they stand on the EDGE debate, some operators want EDGE born alive. Others think it should be left as merely an idea. Andrew Seybold of the Andrew Seybold Group is not …

ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. reported it added 86,174 net customers during the first quarter of 2001, with net postpaid additions of 105,240 customers offsetting a 19,066 subscriber decline in its prepaid base. Postpaid churn was approximately 2.4 percent for the …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, stung by two government reports last week that largely rule out use of the 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands for third-generation wireless systems, managed to win a commitment from Commerce Secretary Donald Evans to work with …

In addition to being headquarters to a slew of businesses that have become known worldwide, including Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks, Seattle last week was ground zero for GSM technology as VoiceStream Wireless Corp. hosted the GSM Association’s 45th Plenary Meeting. …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week approved legislation to curb unsolicited commercial e-mail, possibly clearing the way for lawmakers to consider a related bill championed by Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) that would ban mobile-phone spam. The anti-spam bill, now ripe …

NEW YORK-Lenders anted up significant capital during the first quarter for the five publicly traded wireless tower companies, even as their share prices declined amid the stock market’s general concerns about telecommunications. “At a time when companies like PSINet made …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company’s business development, strategic …

Sadly lost in the debate over wireless E911 is life itself. The mobile-phone industry and we in the press are engrossed in an E911 debate focussed on deadlines, waivers, costs and technologies. Then comes the tragic story of Karla Gutierrez. …

LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced partnerships that it said will lead to new applications and services for a variety of devices for the GSM/GPRS network it plans to deploy later this year. AT&T plans to work with Accenture, Compaq …

WASHINGTON-The General Accounting Office this week is expected to send drafts of a mobile-phone health report to key government agencies, suggesting congressional investigators are on track to complete by early May an investigation whose results could greatly impact wireless health …

LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001. The company signed a technology agreement with AT&T Wireless Services supporting simplified international roaming capabilities. The …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a tower developer and owner, has closed on 203 of the 275 towers included in its agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T Wireless. The entire sale is expected to be finalized in …

NEW YORK-A private placement of $450 million of eight-year senior subordinated notes, which American Cellular Corp., plans to issue, received a speculative-grade rating of B from Standard & Poor’s Corp., the debt rating organization said March 9. Jointly owned by …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and …

AWR Applied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of …

The idea sounds compelling. With Web-enabled cellular telephones, users can dial up their favorite merchants to make automated purchases. It’s called mobile commerce, but for skeptics like Lawrence Steinert, it’s more a promise than reality. When it comes to new …

Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new math. Carriers and vendors are walking a tightrope trying to find the proper balance between offering …

The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen their paths clogged by uncertainty. For U.S. carriers, 3G plans …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is unlikely to stem the tide of telecom mergers headed for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in the next four years and may be reluctant even to block monopolistic market formations in the …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Group Inc. said it would use most of the $6.5 billion the company raised in its recent bond offering, in conjunction with the $6.2 billion it received from NTT DoCoMo Inc., to build its network and invest …

WASHINGTON-With the Federal Communications Commission having reaffirmed last month that state courts are not prohibited under the telecom act from awarding monetary damages in lawsuits against wireless carriers, the mobile-phone industry suddenly finds itself vulnerable to consumer litigation on a …

It was the wild, wild West of wireless history. After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses to the Baby Bells and others. One of those others …