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NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc completed their deal to jointly buy 33.3 percent of Canadian telecommunications company Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications for $1.4 billion, said AT&T. AT&T also said British Telecom closed its deal to acquire 30 percent …

The economy is rolling along, wireless subscriber additions are climbing and merger and acquisition activity is heating up. This is good news for the personal communications services industry, which last year found itself suffering from tight financing and a general …

Personal communications services carriers can be credited with spurring huge demand for wireless service, but they continue to struggle with brand awareness and perceptions customers have about coverage. “It’s a brand game and a consumer-marketing game,” said Andrew Sukawaty, president …

Aeris Aeris Communications Inc. added to its senior management team, naming Peter F. Stone chief financial officer and Patricia E. Hart vice president and general counsel. Aeris also announced Douglas M. Pavicich is its new director of operations. Pavicich will …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc in its first-quarter earnings results for the period ended June 30 said its sales increased by 17.6 percent over the same period in fiscal 1998, with good growth in its mobile communications and international ventures. BT reported …

NEW YORK-Since the launch of carrier competition in the duopoly wireless market, third-party distributors have had to work hard to manage increasingly complex distribution issues. Carriers, meanwhile, are dealing with this same level of complexity-trying to improve sales processes for …

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and AT&T Corp. said they are jointly buying a 33-percent stake in Canadian operator Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications for $937 million. BT and AT&T also announced BT will acquire a 9-percent stake in AT&T Canada by acquiring …

BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. said it has added 195 new base stations to its nationwide network during the first half of the year. The effort is part of an ongoing process of expanding BSWD’s Mobitex network to match coverage of …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse says enough is enough when it comes to the press his company has received in recent weeks about capacity problems in New York. “It isn’t a story anymore,” said Hesse in …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched a customized news and information service called AT&T Digital PCS Personal News. The new service allows AT&T Wireless customers to receive news, weather, sports, business highlights and other information services via text messages. Through …

AirCell Inc. received favorable decisions from the Federal Communications Commission that will enable it to move forward with its air-to-ground communications system, targeted for use by general aviation aircraft and regional airlines. Louisville, Colo.-based AirCell has been developing and testing …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry has come out against the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to impose truth-in-billing rules on commercial mobile radio service carriers. Additionally, both long-distance carriers and local exchange carriers oppose certain aspects of the truth-in-billing requirements. The CMRS industry …

When the clocks roll over at midnight on Dec. 31, the world will welcome not only a new year, but a new decade, a new century, a new millennium and, by many accounts, a new paradigm in the way people …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp. announced revenues for the second quarter ended June 30 increased from $13.2 billion in second-quarter 1998, to $15.7 billion this year. The company reported earnings of $1.6 billion, or 49 cents per share, compared with $1.5 billion, …

WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. was dealt a major blow last week by the Federal Communications Commission, which told the nation’s top dispatch operator it cannot use private wireless spectrum to build out its nationwide network. “This portion of Nextel’s [waiver] request …

To the Editor, Use of mobile phones is strictly prohibited in hospitals, planes and other specific areas because they may interfere with the normal functioning of the electronic or magnetic equipment due to radiation of electromagnetic waves. Owners manuals provided …

Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices. Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring data, recognizing what information is valuable to its user and …

Qualcomm Inc. placed 6.9 million shares of its common stock in a public offering at $156.50 per share for total net proceeds of about $1.1 billion. Conductus Inc. said its common stock will remain listed on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market …

The industry has seen AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pick up smaller cellular carriers in order to fill in gaps and avoid paying high roaming fees, and Vodafone AirTouch plc’s acquisition of rural cellular carrier CommNet Cellular Inc. indicates other carriers …

NEW YORK-Qwest Communications International Inc.’s $34.7 billion bid for U S West Inc. and its $11.8 billion bid for Frontier Corp. ranked second and third behind AT&T Corp.’s $55.8 billion offer for MediaOne Group Inc. as the largest proposed mergers …

SAN DIEGO-Leap Wireless International Inc. named Susan Swenson president of Leap and chief executive officer of Leap’s U.S. subsidiary, Cricket Communications Inc. Swenson, who also will join Leap’s board of directors, previously served as president and CEO for Cellular One, …

WASHINGTON-FCC Commissioner Michael Powell warned members of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council last week the millennium bug was a special problem that requires everyone to work together. For that reason, Powell said, information cannot be kept from the Federal …

BOSTON-American Tower Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire 192 towers located in the South from Triton PCS, an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate. The towers are located in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. American Tower developed and …

ELite Logistic Services Elite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.’s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. …