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WASHINGTON-MCI WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers, basking in glow of first-quarter earnings that surpassed forecasts, last week did not indicate whether the No. 2 long-distance telephone company is seriously interested in acquiring national wireless operator Nextel Communications Inc. any time …

Telecommunications companies are offering some of the largest bond sales ever. Sprint Capital Corp. on Thursday expanded its $3 billion global bond sale to $3.5 billion. The proceeds will cover negative cash flow associated with building out Sprint PCS’s personal …

LAS VEGAS-Rural Cellular Association leadership is preparing legislation, tentatively called the Rural Cellular Telecom Bill, to be introduced this summer in Congress that it says could relieve its members from regulations designed around and intended for large national carriers. The …

The U.S. Commerce Department says it provided support to CDMA vendors wanting to sell their products in China, but did not discriminate against Time Division Multiple Access technology when it encouraged China to expand Code Division Multiple Access networks during …

Motorola Inc. announced Office Depot will begin carrying the PageWriter 2000 two-way pager in more than 600 retail locations nationwide. TSR Wireless L.L.C. said it has built a ReFLEX 25 two-way messaging network on the West Coast, adding coverage in …

TOKYO-Japan Telecom (JT), British Telecom and AT&T announced 25 April that BT and AT&T each will take a 15-percent stake in JT. As a result of this strategic agreement among three of the world’s leading telecom carriers, BT will become …

DENVER, United States-For mobile phone operators around the world, one key question remains unanswered: What will be the demand for mobile data services? Mobile phone carriers today are attempting to answer this question as they consider what investments to make …

DENVER, United States-May marks the first anniversary of the introduction of AT&T Wireless Services’ Digital One Rate plan, which has dramatically changed the face of the U.S. wireless industry. In an effort to leverage its national presence and win lucrative …

Ericsson Brazil. With Tele Norte Celular for upgrade and new TDMA. Value: US$50 million Chile. With Entel PCS for GSM 1900 equipment. Value: Undisclosed China. With Liaoning Post & Telecommunications Administration for its GSM network. Value: US$150 million Croatia. With …

DENVER-Columbine High School students last week used wireless technology as a lifeline to the world from within the confines of their Littleton, Colo., school while two gunmen terrorized students and faculty in a rampage that left 15 dead and 23 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s recent adoption of truth-in-billing practices was endorsed by the Clinton administration before the vote was taken and it appears many of the administration’s suggestions were incorporated into the final rules. Although the final rules have yet …

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. says it is on track to fix network capacity problems associated with high demand for the digital one-rate service by June. “We have a well-defined plan to get ahead on capacity,” said Rod Nelson, …

The recent battles at the Federal Communications Commission between AirCell Inc. and the cellular carriers that oppose its air-to-ground communications system may be starting to affect AirCell’s business. In a letter sent to Steve Weingarten of the Commercial Wireless Division …

NEW YORK-The New York Wireless Carriers Coalition is hoping for passage this spring of a bill that some group members believe would be the first in the country to set uniform statewide tower-siting requirements for local governments to follow and …

BAL HARBOUR, Fla.-Let the lobbying wars begin. The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium is stepping up efforts to promote Time Division Multiple Access technology around the world following the CDMA Development Group’s success in working to open up the Chinese market …

Wireless broadband service has finally received attention from the likes of big telecom players Sprint Corp. and MCI WorldCom Inc. The race is on to access the local market and cheaply bypass connection to regional Bell operating companies. Sprint announced …

NASHUA, N.H.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. launched its SunCom digital wireless services in Concord, Manchester and Nashua, N.H., and Worcester and Auburn, Mass. Launches in Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Mass., soon will follow, said TeleCorp. A member of the AT&T …

NEW YORK-PriceWaterhouseCoopers L.L.P., well known as a major accounting firm, has a new investment banking division that seeks to fill a niche in financing for telecommunications and other companies, an area not occupied by the major Wall Street firms. The …

Intellicell Intellicell Corp. announced Mike Hedge and Michael King, both previously with CellStar Corp., are heading up Intellicell’s sales and marketing group. Hedge will be responsible for the implementation of an overall strategic growth plan to increase revenues and King …

In the first major initiative since the group formed in December, the WirelessReady Alliance held its first member meeting last week in Vancouver, where members discussed the state of the wireless data industry and plotted future strategy. Sierra Wireless Inc.-which …

“To see what competitive telecommunications will look like tomorrow, look at wireless today,” read a banner at CTIA’s Wireless ’99. That’s not the way Ernest Kelly, president of the Telecommunications Resellers Association, sees it. “I wish I had more encouraging …

MESA, Ariz.-Copper Key Technologies Inc. sold a nationwide license for its CK-Enterprise product to AT&T Wireless Services Inc., which uses it as the foundation for its Comprehensive Mapping, Analysis and Performance Solution, also developed by Copper Key Technologies. Since February …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard denied improperly lobbying for legislation to prevent wireless licenses from becoming mired in bankruptcy litigation, but now-in a new flare up-has drawn sharp rebuke from two fellow regulators for effectively cutting off personal communications …

WASHINGTON-The re-auction of personal communications services licenses for the C, D, E and F blocks closed last week with participants bidding $412.8 million in 78 rounds, or about $3.60 per pop, according to BIA Consulting of Chantilly, Va. The Federal …

CORONADO, Calif.-At the Demo Mobile show last week, Aether Technologies Inc. announced the formal opening of its Enterprise Data Wireless Center in Maryland, designed to extend wireless access capabilities to enterprise information management systems. Initial customers include AT&T Wireless Services …