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WASHINGTON-For Beverly Wilborn, being female and African American has not kept her from climbing the corporate ladder in a telecommunications industry dominated in all respects by white males. In that respect, she is the exception to the rule. Wilborn, 49, …

NEW YORK-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. secured a $750 million bank credit facility, enough to replace $516 million in existing vendor financing commitments and to cover its 1998 capital expenditure needs. The eight-year senior secured term loan received speculative grade ratings …

To the Editor: As an African-American and CEO of United Calling Network Inc., a licensed California public utility and a competitive access provider maintaining our own switches provided by Lucent Technologies Inc., I’ve learned a lot about fairness and integrity …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cincinnati Bell Wireless plan to team up to provide personal communications services in two urban Ohio markets, according to a joint venture between their parent companies. The agreement, subject to Federal Communications Commission approval, …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-A commercial transportation service that operates a fleet of 500 vehicles in metropolitan New York adopted AT&T PocketNet service as its dispatch and communications platform, announced AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Business Class Transportation is switching from a voice radio …

AT&T Corp. also told analysts it plans to push a calling party pays program for its wireless customers, as well as a dual-band, dual-mode handset with extended battery time. AT&T said it plans this year to offer its wireless customers …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Lotus Development Corp. have teamed up to provide wireless access to Lotus Notes with AT&T PocketNet phones and service. Lotus planned to demonstrate how the service provides access to e-mail, calendars and address books …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp.’s fourth-quarter earnings announcement last week was notable both for what the company said about its recent past and about its plans for the near future. The country’s largest telecommunications carrier, working to streamline operations in the highly …

Since before she was born, I have wondered what I want my daughter to be when she grows up. After dismissing college professor (too snooty), doctor (too time-consuming), and president (and this was before Bill Clinton’s alleged whatever with whomever), …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has signed another deal with a wireless company in its quest to fill in the missing links of its nationwide digital wireless network. The company has entered into a joint venture with TeleCorp Inc., an …

WASHINGTON-Cellular Concepts Inc., one of Cellular One of Washington/Baltimore’s largest dealers in the Washington, D.C., area, filed a lawsuit against the carrier Jan. 29 in Montgomery County (Md.) District Court, asking for $28 million in damages. The lawsuit in part …

SINGAPORE-At the initial launch of dual-band services in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore and Taiwan reached the starting line simultaneously. Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte. Ltd. on Jan. 20 launched dual-band service between its Global System for Mobile communications 900 and GSM 1800 …

While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in the marketplace. Twenty-six out of RCR’s 40 top PCS operators …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced that its joint venture in Taiwan, Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. Ltd., launched its dual-band wireless communications service in Taiwan. The Global System for Mobile communications network is designed for integrated operation at both the …

AT&T Corp. is expected to announce to analysts today its operating strategy for the year that will include as many as 19,000 layoffs, management restructuring and the integration of its wireless business with its long-distance, local and Internet service divisions, …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service assigned a speculative grade rating of B1 to a $130 million bank credit facility that Centennial Puerto Rico Wireless Corp. obtained to finance operating losses and the rollout of its personal communications services network. At the …

NEW YORK – Price Communications Corp. announced its new subsidiary, Price Communications Wireless – formerly Palmer Wireless – poster 19,296 net subscriber additions during the fourth quarter, bringing its total customer base to 310,000 at the end of last year. …

NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and 20 percent of their gross revenues from long-distance wireless calls. …

Brazil Microwave radio equipment manufacturer Harris Corp. announced plans to open a plant during the second quarter in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In addition to its manufacturing operations, the new facility will employ engineers, sales representatives and customer support staff, and …

Overall wireless pricing has decreased between 6.1 percent and 10 percent in the United States since September, said Robinson-Humphrey Co. L.L.C.’s latest pricing survey. “This relatively low price decrease is quite encouraging, considering that this survey was done during the …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has begun streamlining its operations nationwide, eliminating engineering and operations positions. Sprint PCS spokesman Tom Murphy said the reorganization reflects the company’s move from building out new markets to an operational phase. Murphy declined to comment on …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. is poised to begin a technical trial in Las Vegas of what it describes as the first F-block personal communications services network built to date. The company also has built test networks in San Diego, San Antonio …

NEW YORK-AT&T Corp., New York, announced it will acquire Teleport Communications Group in a stock swap transaction valued at about $12 billion, based on AT&T’s current stock price. The acquisition is AT&T’s first big move into the local phone business …

Many companies that provide anti-cloning products to analog cellular network operators are gearing up for the takeover of digital-based service in the coming years and are waiting to capitalize on problems digital operators will face. Authentication systems are expected to …

The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year’s Eve, are being felt in the nation’s capital. The Bells and U.S. District Judge Joe Kendall prove venue shopping has its rewards. Thanks …