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WASHINGTON-While call blocking may be the easiest and quickest way of preventing pay-phone operators and long-distance carriers from charging excessive access fees on toll-free calls to messaging providers, all three …

Qualcomm Inc. said it expects a reduction in second-quarter earnings from the prior quarter after two South Korean manufacturers requested a partial cancellation or postponement of Application Specific Integrated Circuits …

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 …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, which now projects $30 billion from spectrum auctions during the next decade despite free-falling license prices, plans to seek legislation from Congress this year to sell 36 …

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 …

L.M. Ericsson announced it appointed Sven-Christer Nilsson president and chief executive officer of the company, replacing Lars Ramqvist, who will become chairman of the board. Following the company’s annual meeting …

SINGAPORE-The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore is taking a new approach to encouraging competition in the local wireless market. Beginning April 1, 2000, TAS will lower annual license fees for mobile …

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 …

WASHINGTON-To say there is rancor in the ranks of C-block personal communications services licensees regarding the structure and timing of possible financial restructuring plans is akin to saying Maine residents …

QuickWord, a new product introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show by Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group, is designed to keep families safe and in touch and encourage the use of …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry again has told the Federal Communications Commission that mandatory automatic roaming agreements between commercial mobile radio services carriers are unnecessary at this time, due to cooperation between …

Clarence Friend, a wireless industry veteran, founded Newport Beach, Calif.-based Cellular Development Systems L.P. to provide real-time call rating and billing services to the rental car industry. Now, about four …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc.’s net income for the fiscal 1998 second quarter ended Dec. 31, after giving effect to the cost of about 7 cents per share to settle a …

BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced that Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. will begin consumer trials of its Network Wildfire service with residential, business and wireless customers in Louisiana and Wisconsin. Century …

NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, “our concern is about getting from here to there,” said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings …

Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent telephone companies with continuing to violate …

Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only …

IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI’s wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing system for Advanced Mobile Phone Service …

With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc., plans to jump-start the specialized mobile …

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 …

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 …

WASHINGTON-Wireline telecommunications carriers are gearing up to offer two phases of number portability this year, after successfully winning a time extension from the Federal Communications Commission. Some in the wireless …

WASHINGTON-A total of 21 states have pending legislation regarding emergency service and its parameters scheduled for votes this year, according to a survey performed by wireless E911 equipment manufacturer Xypoint …

With a new president and chief executive officer at the helm, Diva Communications Inc. is working to establish key strategic partnerships throughout the world to secure its niche in the …