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NEW YORK-Recent gyrations in the public capital markets have made for splashy headlines, but they are not likely to stop telecommunications mergers unless there is a prolonged and profound slump, said Dave Rhodes, senior vice president of Daniels & Associates, …

The global market for in-vehicle intelligent transportation systems is expected to grow from $1 billion today to more than $18 billion annually during the next five years, according to a new report from Allied Business Intelligence. Major ITS systems include …

Seventy years ago, the mobile radio industry was born when the Detroit Police Department installed the first one-way radios in their squad cars. Today there are approximately 19 million two-way radios in use in the United States, including 3.1 million …

NEW YORK-When it comes to smart cards, potential consumer demand is the proverbial tail wagging the dog of available supply, according to Avi Zahavi, chairman of the Smart Card Forum’s telephony work group. Right behind secure storage of their medical …

WASHINGTON-It is becoming quite obvious that the key word on antenna-siting disputes is cooperation. In two situations last week, cooperation led to successful results for three wireless companies. In Fairfax County, Va., a circuit court judge told Bell Atlantic Mobile …

The man credited with helping Craig McCaw build a nationwide cellular network has retired from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. “I actually had [retirement] in mind for some time, and they kept asking me to stay,” said Nick Kauser, former executive …

In preparation for PCS ’98, RCR sat down last month with Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association to talk about the trade show, the wireless industry in general, and PCIA specifically. The following is a transcript of …

Investors are nervous when it comes to pricing competition in the mobile industry. Just look at the effects of a Wall Street Journal article in April that described the competitive Jacksonville, Fla., mobile phone market. That article, in addition to …

Wireless operators seem to be reacting to AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate plan, but have fallen short of offering plans that mimic AT&T’s. As reported by RCR Aug. 31, Bell Atlantic Mobile announced last week single rate plans. …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court recently dealt a blow to wireless carriers hoping to site antennas in areas where residents believe they would be an eyesore. “[The wireless] industry should take it as a shout across the bow. The political winds …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. said it has extended its Pay As You Go paging and cellular service to customers in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan. “This product has opened up the wireless marketplace to new and different market segments such as seniors, …

MOBILEMEDIA MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, promoted several people in management positions. Steven Gross was named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He joined MobileComm as senior vice president of sales and marketing in 1996, and since has been responsible …

The massive popularity of 3Com Corp.’s PalmPilot personal digital assistant has spurred several mobile communications companies to develop wireless solutions for the product. The most recent application is from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc., whose Personal Mobile Communications Division recently announced …

Nextel Communications Inc. recently offered a farmer in South Coventry, Pa., a new $70,000, 105-foot silo if the wireless phone company could put an antenna inside of it to fill a gap in its coverage. This is just one example …

Reply to Kennard: Since when has the FCC been for the public? To the Editor: I read [Federal Communications Commission] Chairman (William) Kennard’s response in your Aug. 24, 1998, issue to a previous article about the direction Sen. (John) McCain …

WASHINGTON-A powerful Senate resolution that was to promote third-generation wireless harmonization was thoroughly diluted by U.S. backers of European-based mobile phone technology last week, a bizarre turnabout that drew a mix of new faces into the escalating controversy and further …

WASHINGTON-About a year after the Clinton administration created a special panel in 1996 to assess potential threats to telecom networks and other critical infrastructure, the Pentagon conducted a top secret exercise-code named “Eligible Receiver”-that found national security vulnerability far greater …

Chances are slim to none that U.S. mobile phone operators will agree on one standard for the next generation of mobile phone services. Already fragmented with three different digital standards-cdmaOne, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and GSM (Global System for …

WASHINGTON-The Canadian wireless industry, which slowed considerably last year because of marketplace confusion about PCS (Personal Communications Services)/cellular technology and pricing, appears to have sorted things out and returned to a fast-growth track in 1998. The two new players, which …

The quest for international partnerships continued in the summer as AT&T Corp. announced a US$10 billion joint-venture plan with British Telecommunications plc to more strongly position itself in the global market. AT&T and BT on 26 July said they agreed …

Bell Atlantic Mobile is expected to announce next month rate plans competitive with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate plan-a move that could trigger price wars for valuable high-end users. Sources indicate BAM’s airtime plans will eliminate roaming and …

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it purchased a narrowband personal communications services license from AT&T Two-Way Messaging Communications Inc. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TSR’s acquisition of the AT&T license combined with its earlier acquisition of …

Compared with defining-and keeping-the same wireless strategy over the years, gambling is beginning to look like a sound way to sock some money away for retirement. In today’s frenetic telecom environment, it increasingly is difficult to decide which strategy to …

Tellabs Inc. and Ciena Corp. revised the exchange ratio of their proposed stock-for-stock merger from an equal exchange to a ratio of 0.8 shares of Tellabs for each outstanding share of Ciena following a recent announcement by AT&T Corp. it …

In Chicago, where the mobile phone penetration rate is one of the highest among the nation’s most populous markets, cellular carriers Ameritech Cellular Services Inc. and SBC Wireless have made aggressive moves to match offers coming primarily from their PCS …