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VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Stanton said the carrier is likely to complete its mergers with Omnipoint Corp. and Aerial Communications Inc. in the first quarter as the companies wait for government approvals. Three parties have …

Telstreet.com announced it offers wireless phones, service and accessories online. “Telstreet.com takes responsibility for the entire customer experience from buying to fulfillment to delivery of the order,” said Terry Dwyer, president and chief executive officer of Telstreet.com. “Consumers are guaranteed …

Tired of listening to the same dry quarterly conference calls? Try listening to Bob Price, chief executive officer of rural cellular operator Price Communications Corp. He’s sure to add some color to your life. Last week, the fiery CEO hammered …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said capacity problems and handset shortages constrained the company’s ability to add subscribers in the third quarter. The nation’s largest wireless operator added 269,000 subscribers in the third quarter, down 17.4 percent from the previous year …

BRAMPTON, Ontario-Nortel Networks reported its revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 increased 30 percent to $5.39 billion from $4.14 billion reported for third-quarter 1998. The company said its net earnings were $380 million, or 28 cents per share, …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Motorola Worldwide Information Network Services, an Iridium service provider to government customers, said it expanded its contact options for customers using the Iridium global communications system via Iridium gateways in the United States. M-WINS customers can use the new …

Dear Editor: We are greatly disappointed in RCR’s Oct. 11 article, “AT&T Explores 1XRTT Technology,” by Lynnette Luna. There is no truth to the suggestion that AT&T may utilize cdma2000/1XRTT technology. Ms. Luna’s sources are unofficial and wrong. As we …

Global System for Mobile communications providers met last week in Montreal for the 42nd plenary meeting of the GSM Association to discuss the technology’s evolution and products and services, though by press time the group did not make any specific …

The wireless industry is waiting to see how many customers are attracted to Sprint PCS Group’s wireless Internet services, but they will have to wait at least another quarter. Sprint PCS, which launched nationwide wireless Web service in late September, …

WASHINGTON-The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council is recommending that wireless carriers voluntarily report when a mobile telephone switching office fails, preventing transmission of new calls for 30 minutes or more. Making the reporting requirement voluntary is a win for the …

Dear Bernie, Congratulations on your promotion into the wireless industry. While I admired your foray into wireless with MCI WorldCom’s acquisition of SkyTel, I admit I was surprised at your company’s coup in picking up Sprint’s PCS licenses. You obviously …

Now that small and rural cellular operators have become an integral piece of large operators’ nationwide calling plans and consumers demand more advanced services, many small carriers could feel pressure to move to third-generation-type technologies faster than anticipated. Smaller carriers …

MCI WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp. last week agreed to a definitive merger agreement that will combine the second- and third-largest U.S. long-distance carriers and give MCI WorldCom a much-needed nationwide wireless presence. According to the agreement, each share of …

WASHINGTON-With only eight months before the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, U.S. spectrum policy for third-generation wireless systems is on the verge of meltdown as the Clinton administration and industry continue to clash without a resolution in sight. “The interests …

Rural cellular operators are reaping generous roaming revenues from nationwide operators. As such, larger players have become willing to pay top dollar to acquire these companies and eliminate the high roaming fees they pay to them. AT&T Corp. and rural …

While carriers publicly push ahead with their third-generation technology migration plans, behind the scenes, some may be evaluating technology conversions that could be more cost effective in the long run. Sources close to AT&T Corp. say the nationwide telecommunications carrier …

Lucent Technologies Inc. will be noticeably absent when the Personal Communications Industry Association kicks off its 2000 showcase next September in Chicago. The infrastructure vendor has told PCIA it plans to stop exhibiting at its future shows in North America, …

The wireless guys aren’t the only ones nagging the GOP-led Congress for liability protection against trial lawyers. The insurance, automobile, pharmaceutical, retail, chemical, tobacco and financial industries also have opened their wallets to get Congress to limit class actions by …

Speculation circulated last week that MCI WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp. were in merger talks, following published reports that linked the two companies. Neither company would comment on the reports. Meanwhile, MCI WorldCom closed on its acquisition of SkyTel Friday. …

HIGHLANDS, N.J.-The Wireless Information Networks Laboratory at Rutgers University commemorated Sept. 30 its 10th birthday and the centennial anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi’s historic first, the transmission of wireless telegraphy messages from a lighthouse here. “The first wireless messages … followed …

NEW YORK-Illuminet Holdings Inc., which calls itself the largest unaffiliated Signaling System 7 network provider in the country, plans an initial public offering of 3.9 million shares priced between $14.50 and $16.50 each. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, New York, is …

Italy Olivetti plans to split Telecom Italia, which it won in a takeover bid in May, into two operating companies under its Tecnost acquisition arm. Telecom Italia Mobile, TI’s mobile phone company, will transfer to Tecnost. The deal will help …

NEW ORLEANS-The bankruptcies of certain C-block and mobile satellite companies, coupled with mutual fund outflows, rising interest rates and other macro-economic trends, have aligned like planets in a bad omen for wireless companies that cannot get financing before Halloween. This …

PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced the general availability of the Roameo Time Division Multiple Access 850 MHz to 1900 MHz-based digital wireless office phone system. The companies will jointly market Roameo as part of the AT&T …

Ericsson said its displacement from AT&T Wireless Services as the majority vendor hurt the company and conceded part of the reason it lost AT&T Wireless contracts was because of problems supplying equipment throughout the year. “It hurts,” said Gary Pinkham, …