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AT&T Wireless Services Inc. Chief Executive Officer Dan Hesse says enough is enough when it comes to the press his company has received in recent weeks about capacity problems in …

MANCHESTER, N.H.-Transcept Inc., previously the telecommunications business unit of Sanders, announced last week its inception as an independent, privately held company. Transcept’s focus is on offering equipment that helps carries …

The fallout from the C-block debacle continued last week as Wisconsin-based C-blocker Airadigm Communications filed for chapter 11 protection at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Madison, Wis. Meanwhile, C-block winner …

BOSTON-Smart cards are poised to move beyond their role in identifying Global System for Mobile communications subscribers, due to momentum outside wireless and beyond U.S. borders. The challenge both for …

I had an interesting conversation about wireless communications with the maintenance manager of the downtown Denver hotel where RCR had its recent editorial staff meeting. He is the supervisor for …

WASHINGTON-The telecommunications industry has come out against the Federal Communications Commission’s proposal to impose truth-in-billing rules on commercial mobile radio service carriers. Additionally, both long-distance carriers and local exchange carriers …

When the clocks roll over at midnight on Dec. 31, the world will welcome not only a new year, but a new decade, a new century, a new millennium and, …

The popularity of prepaid wireless services has skyrocketed in the United States, but carriers are experiencing a not-so-pleasant side effect- high churn-and many are challenged by the need to expand …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Morphics Technology Inc., a privately held company that designs and sells software-programmable/hardware-configurable semiconductor products for the wireless industry, raised $13.5 million in its second round of equity financing. The …

Japan, pushing to be the first in the world to deploy third-generation mobile phone systems, is facing a potential deployment delay as the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications works to …

The industry has seen AT&T Wireless Services Inc. pick up smaller cellular carriers in order to fill in gaps and avoid paying high roaming fees, and Vodafone AirTouch plc’s acquisition …

Poor financial results continue to plague personal communications services operator Aerial Communications Inc., and its spinoff from parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is moving slower than anticipated. Analysts …

WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to reject petitions on how to structure spectrum sharing between satellite earth stations and terrestrial fixed users in the …

BOSTON-The wave of flat-rate pricing plans carriers have been introducing during the last year has helped force the wireless industry to go after higher average-revenue-per-user customers, according to Kelly Quinn, …

NEW YORK-Motorola Credit Corp. has sold $500 million of euro-denominated bonds paying 6.75 percent interest in order to raise capital for lending money to purchasers of wireless equipment from its …

The U.S. Department of Justice cleared the planned global venture between AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications plc, said AT&T. In July 1998, AT&T and BT announced their intentions to form …

GTE Wireless Inc. is taking Qualcomm Inc. to federal court, claiming the handset manufacturer violated its patent by incorporating certain roaming technology in mobile phones. In a lawsuit filed in …

WASHINGTON-Republicans, seeing potentially dividing issues in 2000 and hoping to tap into the deep pockets of Digital America, are fighting Democrats for the heart and soul of the high-tech agenda …

As the paging industry continues its transformation to narrowband personal communications services and engages in high-level consolidation, some have questioned the fate of the smaller, mom-and-pop paging carriers. In an …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. is restructuring plan to better position the company for long-term success by eliminating or restructuring non-performing business activities and improving the company’s cost structure. Brightpoint said it believes …

WASHINGTON – Nextel Communications Inc. last week met stiff opposition to efforts to secure private wireless spectrum and approval for the transfer of 900 MHz dispatch licenses from bankrupt Geotek …

DENVER, United States-After several months of fruitlessly chasing the horizontal market of international roaming business users, Iridium announced a refocused marketing plan aimed at the vertical industrial segments and a …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The technology standard TETRA has come up trumps in a feasibility study conducted by Finnish company Omnitele. The consultancy had been appointed by the South African Regulatory Authority …

MONTE CARLO, Monaco-Seemingly lost in the breakneck expansion of the cellular industry is a largely forgotten fact-it was cellular operators wanting a common digital voice standard that drove the rapid …

MEXICO CITY-One year after becoming a winner in Mexico’s PCS auction, Unefon has finally paid for its spectrum. Fellow auction winner Miditel, on the other hand, defaulted on its payments …