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CHICAGO-Cellular Linking, an airtime free service for cellular users, has been launched by Jeman Communications as an interactive advertising service. The company said the service connects advertisers to customers through outdoor advertising, transit signs and radio commercials. The advertiser places …

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-AT&T Corp. and two prominent Brazilian groups are forming a joint venture to pursue wireless telecommunications opportunities in Brazil. The Bradesco financial institution and the Organizacoes Globo communications company together will hold 60 percent of the venture. …

Riding the “third wave” of the cellular industry, Memphis, Tenn.-based Cellcore is gaining ground as a wireless supplier, focusing on three key areas: cellular and personal communications services networks, microcellular networks and integrated communications offerings. Distributed network architecture distinguishes Celcore’s …

PCS PrimeCo L.P. has chosen AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. to be equipment manufacturers for its nationwide personal communications services network. AT&T and Motorola will split the contract equally, with Motorola primarily supplying radio transmitters and receivers. The …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pilipino Telephone Corp. awarded Motorola Inc.’s International Cellular Infrastructure Division a $270 million contract to expand and enhance its Mobiline cellular phone system, said Motorola. The initial phase of the multi-year contract will replace metropolitan Manila’s current Advanced …

U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia’s cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche Telekom AG has made in competitor Satelindo. Telkomsel turned on …

I hereby nominate NBC President Robert Wright official spokesman of the cellular telephone industry. That’s right, the same Bob Wright who warned lawmakers on the Senate Commerce Committee last week the equivalent of `The Russians are coming! The Russians are …

WASHINGTON-The GOP-led Congress this fall will tackle landmark budget and telecommunications bills as part of a legislative agenda so sweeping and historic in scope that the outcome may well determine the success or failure of the year-old Republican revolution and …

Incidents of cloning fraud and associated revenue loss have dropped more than 80 percent in Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s cellular markets since the company started aggressively using personal identification numbers and implementing other fraud control measures, said Nick Arcuri, the …

Fueled by increasing safety concerns and customer demand, the cellular market has become the fastest-growing segment for speech-recognition use in the United States, according to industry analysts. Being able to command a cellular phone to “call office”-instead of requiring users …

WASHINGTON-Congress, in a move that has raised constitutional questions, is pushing legislation that would end entrepreneur block auction litigation and open the way for the sale of more personal communications services licenses in early December. A provision in a House …

Solectek Corp. of San Diego offers a high-speed wireless bridge system that can link local area networks up to 25 miles apart in an ideal setting, or 7 miles apart in an urban area, using spread spectrum radio technology at …

SEATTLE-The Aviation Communications Division of AT&T Wireless Services announced the domestic offering of new ground-to-air service on its all-digital, inflight telecommunications system. “Consumers now have the option of being reached in flight for business or personal matters,” said Randy Ottinger, …

Scientific-Atlanta Inc. will supply its Skylinx.DDS Digital DAMA telephony system to help create a network to support cellular satellite communications in the interior of Argentina-South America’s second largest country. While one of the fastest-growing telecommunications markets in Latin America, Argentina …

PLANO, Texas-ProNet Inc. said depreciation and amortization expenses associated with eight acquisitions since last March are related to its net loss of $335,000, or 5 cents per share, for the six month period ended June 30. The company’s net income …

SEATTLE-Midcom Communications Inc. intends to acquire all the outstanding securities of Cel-Tech International Corp. of Bellevue, Wash., in exchange for about 142,000 shares of unregistered Midcom common stock. The acquisition, valued at more than $2 million, will be accounted as …

WASHINGTON-The level of frustration over entrepreneur block auction litigation is running so high at the Federal Communications Commission that Chairman Reed Hundt is willing to lose in court if it means getting bidding for 493 personal communications services licenses back …

Cellular operators may have to continue to price digital service lower than analog to capture and keep customers until digital service matures and can offer advanced features, said cellular phone analyst Herschel Shosteck. But digital service has been accepted by …

Paging Network Inc. completed the purchase of the paging assets of California-based International Paging Corp. effective Sept. 1. PageNet said it will acquire 50,000 IPC paging customers in California, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, Washington and Utah for a cash purchase price …

In concert with the European Union’s directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the year. Austria’s Ministry for Public Economy and Transport recently issued …

Final tender documents for two Global System for Mobile communications licenses in Poland will be available next month, and several U.S. firms intend to figure prominently in the deal. Bids will be accepted until the end of October. Both licenses …

Safety and security may be among the top reasons people buy cellular phones, but these features often fall short in one area: 911 service. But the state of Washington is hoping to remedy that situation with a new law that …

It appears the next wave of paging is as diverse as its players. While SkyTel Corp. is only a short time away from launching its network, other large players systematically continue researching messaging technologies. Motorola Inc. has penetrated the new …

An AirTouch Communications Inc. consortium is scheduled to launch Spain’s first private cellular system on Oct. 3, on the heels of the government operator’s launch of a similar service. The Airtel consortium defeated at least five other consortia last fall, …

SEOUL, South Korea-Under a contract valued at $540 million, AT&T Corp. said it plans to supply Korea Mobile Telecom with wireless infrastructure equipment for KMT’s nationwide cellular network. Terms of the multiyear agreement call for AT&T Network Systems to install …