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How ’bout the attendees at President Clinton’s White House Corporate Citizenship Conference last Thursday here: Robert Allen, chairman of AT&T Corp.; Charles Lee, chairman of GTE Corp.; Richard Notebaert, chairman of Ameritech Corp.; Bert Roberts, chairman of MCI Communications Corp., …

Although sizable telecom rivals in cellular, personal communications services and paging markets nationwide, AirTouch Communications Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. hold hands in the San Francisco Bay Area, where business as usual is a balancing act. Erin Eggleton, spokeswoman …

It was one book in Alighieri Dante’s 14th century classic Divine Comedy trilogy that inspired the name for Lucent Technologies Inc.’s new software program, Inferno. The technology behind Inferno will facilitate communications across most all networks, said the company, promising …

WASHINGTON-According to a public service announcement aired nationwide in conjunction with National Wireless Safety Week, “Rescue 911” host William Shatner pointed out that more than 50,000 emergency calls are made from wireless devices every day. Some of those callers were …

The introduction of fully digital wireless networks means that marginal readings by portable test equipment are no longer acceptable. “It’s all ones and zeros now, so you have to be precisely tuned,” said Jan Whitacre, spokeswoman for Hewlett-Packard Co. That …

Telular Corp. said it is emerging from its restructuring “lean and focused,” in spite of the $12.4 million in one-time charges it cost the company to accomplish the changes. Telular reported a net loss of $17.4 million, or 69 cents …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place in February by the city council of Medina, Wash., calling it a violation of the new …

California Microwave Inc. has appointed Dennis Raney executive vice president and chief financial officer. Raney brings 26 years of broad financial experience, including international operations, financial planning, information systems and product introductions. He most recently served as CFO for General …

Cloners beware, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. are active with authentication technology-each carrier in two markets. “We’ve taken the next step from protection to prevention. It’s like a little Fort Knox for your phone,” said Steve …

No big surprise, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular equipment vendors Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson were named suppliers for the company’s Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services networks, marking Lucent’s seventh end-to-end U.S. PCS contract and one of …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Seattle challenging a six-month moratorium on tower building put in place in February by the city council of Medina, Wash., calling it a violation of the new …

Since the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed last February, you can’t pick up a publication without reading about a panel, white paper, TV roundtable or congressional hearing geared toward coping with or rethinking parts of the new bill. The …

Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged the plea as part of an agreement when he was arrested last year after three years …

One mission of the CTIA Foundation for Wireless Communications is to undertake innovative wireless projects, like the one beginning today in Minnesota. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation is giving 40 phones to a task force for battered women that …

Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to the nascent technology, others are wondering if CDMA is worth …

DENVER-Advantage Cellular Inc., a cellular specialty store that offers AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s cellular service, announced the opening of two licensee locations in Colorado Springs and downtown Denver. The new locations raise the number of Advantage Cellular retail openings in …

GENEVA-The United States blocked a telecom agreement among 53 nations of the World Trade Organization by refusing to open its international and satellite markets unless better offers were made by other nations. “We will not make a deal simply for …

When MCI Communications Corp. asked him to build a radio tower on top of a mountain using a helicopter, 21-year-old wireless newcomer Michael Budagher said yes. Fifteen years later, his company is one of the industry’s leading infrastructure builders. Budagher …

MCI Communications Corp. is breaking out as an early favorite in the race to market with a one-bill offering. Washington, D.C.-based MCI has launched a one-number, follow-me service that includes cellular phones and pagers. It is branded MCI One and …

VoiceTech Communications Inc. announced it has been granted patent approval for its VoiceCue Directory Assistance Call Completion, an application that offers cellular customers fast, easy-to-use call completion from a single, multi-application platform. VoiceTech said the DACC provides direct connection to …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) has pledged to continue fighting for expanded wireless resale, saying his position on the issue has been reinforced over the past year despite lack of support from his own party. “I’m more convinced today than I …

May day, May day! Air-to-ground communications has just flattened out. That is, GTE Airfone Inc. is introducing flat rate pricing of $15 per call on any domestic call including voice, fax and data communications. The new plan will go into …

NEW YORK-The success of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile played a key role in prompting the recent merger agreement between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp., said Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., vice chairman of Bell Atlantic. Under terms of the April …

American Mobile Satellite Corp. is taking steps to shore up its financing after disclosing the possibility of bankruptcy in its annual Form 10-K report filed April 1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Reston, Va.-based mobile satellite company said …

NEW YORK-As the Federal Communication Commission’s C-block auction for personal communications services draws to a close, a key consideration for systems build-out is the kind of role equipment vendors will play. Although many creative financing ideas are under way or …