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ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. said it will begin marketing personal communication services phones and services under a strategic agreement signed with TeleCorp PCS Inc., an affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The deal calls for Metrocall to sell TeleCorp’s SunCom digital …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. acquired six towers in Baltimore, Md., in two separate transactions, said the company. The towers were acquired from Blanton Tower Leasing and Douglas Robison. Spectrum Resources Towers said tenants on the towers include Bell …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Consumers Alliance Inc. this week plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to rule that state courts are not pre-empted by federal law from awarding monetary damages against wireless carriers for misleading advertising, a liability issue with far-reaching …

The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the planned global venture between AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc, said AT&T. In July 1998, AT&T and BT announced their intentions to form a global venture to serve the communications needs of multinational …

The July 5 article referring to AT&T Corp.’s consumer-oriented version of its Digital One Rate plan indicated customers must pay a $30 fee to sign up for three new wireless calling plans. The article should have indicated that when customers …

GTE Wireless Inc. is taking Qualcomm Inc. to federal court, claiming the handset manufacturer violated its patent by incorporating certain roaming technology in mobile phones. In a lawsuit filed in Virginia, GTE claims to hold a patent to technology that …

The echoes of MCI WorldCom Inc.’s proposed acquisition of SkyTel Communications Inc. continue to ring loudly throughout the industry, as two other paging companies found themselves linked to telecom carriers last week. In one case, rumors have surfaced that BellSouth …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-TeleCorp PCS Inc. said it initiated service in Puerto Rico under the SunCom brand name. It is the company’s largest market-3.8 million people. TeleCorp said it will sell the SunCom service through major retailers, including Office Max, …

More and more, I find myself agreeing with FCC Commissioner Harold Furchtgott-Roth. However, even as I write that, I’m not necessarily comfortable with the claim. It generally has been my experience that political mavericks like Mr. Furchtgott-Roth are disruptive to …

Deutsche Telekom AG has about $18 billion at its disposal after its $11-billion secondary offering last week, and speculation is running high about what acquisitions it will make in Europe and the United States. “I will not name names today,” …

CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. said it signed an outsourcing agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to extend the current contract for inbound customer care and related services to 2006. Convergys handles many types of customer-care calls for AT&T Wireless, including general billing, …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Corp. introduced a consumer-oriented version of its Digital One Rate plan, a plan that eliminates roaming and long-distance fees and is targeted at the business user. AT&T said this DOR version, incorporated in the AT&T Personal Network …

TORONTO-You could call it short-term pain for long-term gain. At least that’s what the Canadian wireless carriers must be hoping. They’re rapidly winning new customers, but at a cost to their bottom line. Bell Mobility announced in May it’s shedding …

GENEVA-Five rivals made the shortlist in the bid for control of the United Kingdom’s fourth-ranked mobile operator, One-2-One, which was put up for sale by owners Cable & Wireless and MediaOne in March following MediaOne’s acquisition by AT&T in a …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission plans to hold field hearings in rural America on the best ways to connect those areas of the country to the Information Superhighway. For one thing, local communities will not be able to dictate what kind …

Aquis Communications Group Inc. signed a definitive agreement to buy the paging assets of Francis Communications Ltd. of El Paso, Texas. This is the company’s third acquisition since buying the paging assets of Bell Atlantic Paging and Paging Partners Corp. …

BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced Group Calling, a business offer with unlimited calling among a wireless group of five to 50 subscribers and unlimited airtime to as many as five landline numbers at three fixed rates within a …

As the arms of wireless communications continue to stretch across the country, wireless local loop services are becoming increasingly popular, especially in rural areas where landline phones don’t reach many homes and businesses. In the past year, companies such as …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems announced it formed a strategic marketing agreement with Rogers Cantel Inc. to provide the next generation of the Cantel AT&T Wireless Office Service nationwide. Under terms of the agreement, Rogers Cantel will provide the airtime while …

Authentix Authentix Network Inc. announced David Rowan and Raymond Szull joined the company as regional vice presidents in sales. Rowan will be based in Pennsylvania and will be responsible for eastern sales, and Szull will be based in Illinois, in …

It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for broadband wireless access in the United States remains positive. As …

NEW YORK-The C-block auction for personal communications services radio-frequency licenses “was the only thing I presided over that was seen as a catastrophe,” Reed E. Hundt, former Federal Communications Commission Chairman, said last week. “There are some other catastrophes that …

MONTE CARLO, France-Nine global wireless communications companies formed a focus group to promote an Internet protocol-based wireless system for third-generation mobile communications technology. The group, called 3G.IP, consists of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., British Telecommunications plc, Rogers Cantel Inc., L.M. …

Granite Systems Inc., a Manchester, N.H.-based provider of network configuration management systems for the telecommunications industry, plans to announce its Network Interface Module this week at SuperComm in Atlanta. The NIM is designed to facilitate automated discovery and reconciliation of …

Liberty Media Group’s announcement last week that it plans to acquire The Associated Group Inc. would give Liberty, the Tele-Communications Inc. offshoot traditionally focused on video programming, a foothold in the emerging broadband wireless access market. Among other things, Associated …