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WASHINGTON-The Superintendent of Rock Creek Park, an urban national park, said it would take five months before an environmental assessment is completed to determine whether Bell Atlantic Mobile can site …

The success of the personal communications services industry has astounded industry analysts, PCS company executives and cellular carriers alike. The PCS industry is about two years old and already has …

NEW YORK-Even if telecommunications giants seeking to combine with each other clear the myriad hurdles confronting their plans, the success of their bids to merge may depend ultimately on approval …

To the Editor: I thought Lynnette Luna’s recent story on Powertel’s distribution center was very thorough. However, I feel compelled to respond to the comments from Mr. Laikin and Mr. …

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WASHINGTON-A proposal from Western Wireless Corp. to receive universal-service support payments for providing telephone service to rural areas seems to have gotten a lukewarm response from the Federal Communications Commission. …

Irwin Jacobs, chairman of Qualcomm Inc., fought a David and Goliath battle during the 1980s to get Code Division Multiple Access technology accepted by the U.S. wireless establishment. Having accomplished …

As the digital revolution begins to move at a substantial pace, mobile phone manufacturers have some tough decisions to make. The demand for digital handsets is growing, especially in the …

Second-tier wireless companies are hot properties, helping to push wireless stock prices past the Standard &Poor’s index. Centennial Cellular Corp. earlier this month became the third second-tier cellular carrier to …

With the lifespan of paging devices getting ever shorter, and with new advanced paging devices flooding the marketplace, paging carriers must be extra careful in their purchasing patterns. Kevin Reynolds, …

While the majority of wireless carriers are moving toward outsourcing their handset distribution needs, Powertel Inc. is moving in the opposite direction. The West Point, Ga.-based personal communications services company …

WASHINGTON-Two wireless trade groups urged the government to develop flexible rules that do not impose undue cost on carriers, manufacturers and consumers in comments filed regarding rules for providing people …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced Sprint PCS Management Reporting, a software application for small-and medium-sized businesses that contains invoice detail for the current month and two previous months. Delivered …

Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud, which is operating a cellular network in St. Cloud, Minn., under the name Cellular 2000, is ahead of many rural carriers in deploying digital technology …

The larger players in the paging industry have bellied up to the consolidation table and, with fork and knife in hand, are poised to dig in. Still digesting its acquisition …

FWT Inc. announced its first installation of the PowerMount antenna system on anything other than an electrical transmission tower-this one inside the legs of a Shell Oil Co. sign at …

The sinking ship that is Geotek Communications Inc. wallowed deeper into troubled waters last week when the company filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while its captain and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Investment in the telecommunications sector is an urgent priority for Central and Eastern European countries. Financial management consultant Price Waterhouse examined in a recent report the challenges of …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have …

WASHINGTON-The American novelist Edith Wharton once noted the only thing that distinguishes vice from virtue is point of view. Some might say her comment is an apt description of the …

SINGAPORE-If there’s one good thing that has come out of the current economic crisis in Southeast Asia, it’s the added push it has given to the long-talked-about and much-needed shakeout …

The highly competitive wireless market in the Republic of the Philippines-with five carriers serving some 70 million people-is perhaps the most ripe for consolidation compared with all Southeast Asian countries. …

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The debate of issuing a third or fourth cellular license in South Africa is gaining momentum, with the industry pressuring the government to speed up the tendering process …

BANGLADORE, India-Bangladesh is one of the world’s least-developed countries, and most of the rural heartland lacks roads and electricity, as well as telephones. For its 140 million people, Bangladesh has …

On 10 December 1997, the frequency auction for trunking services concluded, resulting in 580 channels being auctioned and raising almost US$40 million. Argentina Wireless Telecomunicaciones paid more than US$27 million …