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NEW YORK-At a coverage cost of $7 per population equivalent-one-tenth the cost of cellular-satellite communications promise $300 million in cash flow for each 1 percent of market penetration. That is …

Enhanced services deliver greater convenience, mobility and security to cellular customers, but how much value these “value-adds” provide carriers is uncertain. Depending on the sophistication and expandability of the platform, …

Not wanting to be elbowed aside by rival new suitors, cellular carriers are beginning to serenade subscribers with their own chorus of “Digital! Digital! Digital!” But unlike emerging personal communications …

LOS ANGELES-Celsat America Inc. has entered into an agreement with Hughes Space and Communications Co. as a potential supplier for the Celsat geosynchronous telecommunications satellite system to serve the United …

American Technologies Inc. announced the availability of the MicroTracker remote tracking module, a vehicle location system that combines a global positioning system receiver, radio transceiver and radio frequency modem in …

From Wall Street to Main Street, the outlook for the cellular industry remains positive, especially for major players abroad and minor players at home that exploit markets with lower competition …

Cellular One of Washington, D.C./Baltimore is introducing an off-the-shelf, no-contract cellular service package called Speak Easy. The package costs about $200, includes Motorola Inc.’s TeleTac phone and a free one-year …

The prospect of taking SkyTel 2-Way messaging service from a workable technology to a marketplace product is at the crux of John Stupka’s new role as president and chief executive …

WASHINGTON-Principals of the Code Division Multiple Access advocate North American Wireless Inc. are deep in discussions to decide if the organization has a future in the personal communications services arena. …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

Nokia Mobile Phones announced it has teamed with computer manufacturer Psion to enable wireless users to send and receive short messages over a Global System for Mobile communications-based PCS-1900 network …

Sales and marketing practices in the wireless communications industry are substandard and could cause carriers worldwide to lose as much as a third of their revenues to new competitors over …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

Alerting all couch potatoes, VideoGuide Inc.’s state-of-the-art television enhancement service delivers real-time news and information, wirelessly, and is a seven-day TV program guide and one-touch VCR recording device all in …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. will deploy Cincinnati Bell Information Systems’ Precedent 2000 Wireless Business Management Solution for its personal communications services network. Sprint Spectrum said it has signed a …

U.K. wireless operator Orange plc claimed victory last week after a High Court judge dismissed a complaint made by Vodafone Group plc following the launch of a comparative ad campaign …

Equipment manufacturers with contracts to build personal communications services networks are more than rushed to get those systems up-they’re in an all-out run, said a business leader with a company …

IRVING, Texas-NEC America announced its intent to introduce its first personal Air Communications Technology paging device for mass market development in 1997. The pACT protocol is a new and advanced …

WASHINGTON-Tucked quietly away in the House commerce appropriations bill last week was a Clinton administration-inspired fund into which intelligence and law enforcement agencies can contribute to reimburse wireless and wireline …

NEW YORK-Electric utilities are taking a close look at wireless communications as a means to enhance revenues and operating efficiencies in their recently deregulated and competitive business environment. A variety …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is crafting a politically correct auction plan that would convert TV broadcast spectrum into a launching pad for new wireless telecommunications services. The initiative, briefly mentioned …

In efforts to capture a broad range of consumer users, cellular carriers and equipment providers are stepping up marketing and advertising efforts to include glossy paper and primetime TV. The …

TORRANCE, Calif.-Telemobile Inc. has joined with Belgium-based Telkon N.V. to provide a series of wireless products for what it calls the Wireless Rural Loop. “While the rapidly growing urban cellular …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced plans to establish a national customer care center and a regional headquarters for its personal communications services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The customer …

Just when every conceivable type of transmission site on earth and in orbit seems to have been recruited for wireless telecommunications, the industry now is taking to the stratosphere with …