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WASHINGTON-The number of bidders participating in the C-block broadband personal communications services auction who are flying by the seats of their pants is staggering. The thought of committing millions of …

NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace. “It’s going to …

A popular reason to carry a cellular phone is personal safety, yet a main complaint from both cellular users and emergency assistance providers is lack of cellular “locatability.” When a …

MONTVALE, N.J.-In a role reversal for the high-tech communications revolution, 27 million blue-collar workers nationwide are targeted as the early adopters for Geotek Communications Inc.’s spring rollout of enhanced mobile …

The number of mobile phone subscribers is rising quickly in Europe, but an increasing proportion of low-volume users and competition among operators could wrench profits over the next decade, forecasts …

Sprint Spectrum L.P. denies any discord among its member companies, despite revisions to the venture’s original plans to launch cable telephony with its wireless service. But telecommunications analysts are split …

WASHINGTON-Are the prices being paid for C-block broadband personal communications services licenses getting to be too rich for even the richest blood? If the recent exit of U.S. AirWaves Holdings …

Some big-city markets saw a decrease in cloning fraud last year after implementing personal identification numbers, but the effort hasn’t beat the bandits. Cloning criminals have hit the road, scanning …

Dear Editor: In her recent letter, Jo Waldron of Phoenix Management misrepresents and simplifies my position on wireless add-on devices by taking a polite corridor discussion out of context. I …

While Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. showed dramatic fourth quarter and year-end income loss for 1995, the company said it was the strongest quarter ever for adding cellular customers. The …

InterCel Inc. has amplified its ability to penetrate the personal communications services business by successfully completing a $315 million combined offering of stock and debt, buying out its partners in …

United States Cellular Corp. tops this ranking with an eye-popping increase in net income that approached 2,000 percent. The company said it disposed of some nonstrategic markets that didn’t fit …

Armed with about 4,000 users on its digital specialized mobile radio system, the Southern Co. is marketing its services to businesses in the southeastern United States, going head-to-head with the …

Editor’s note: Following are five charts ranking major players in the wireless telecommunications industry according to revenues, net incomes, percent change in revenue from 1994 to 1995, percent change in …

As part of AT&T Corp.’s plan to spin off its system and technology business, newly named Lucent Technologies Inc. filed last week for an initial public stock offering, aiming to …

A cellular network using Code Division Multiple Access technology is live in South Korea, but so far enduring only a lukewarm reception. Current analog operator Korea Mobile Telecommunications Corp. introduced …

Offering customers wireless access inside and outside the office will enable wireless carriers to gain new subscribers, retain current subscribers and generate increased airtime revenue, said Jerry Kaufman, president of …

Pockets of wireless local loop operations and fixed cellular services are emerging throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Small-scale operations and field trials are underway in Argentina, Belize, Brazil, the …

A galaxy of new wireless services may soon beam down on the telephony-poor regions of the world. Mobile satellite systems-just like terrestrial-based wireless networks-are evolving from serving specialized markets to …

Less than a year after A- and B-block personal communications services licenses were awarded by the Federal Communications Commission, the PCS industry is entering a new phase of horse trading. …

Taiwan’s new telecommunications law will give wireless companies the chance to break into that country’s communications market, but a 20 percent ownership limit may disappoint some businesses. Taiwan is making …

WASHINGTON-After five years of research and development, and three tries on the keypad, the inaugural call on American Mobile Satellite Corp.’s SkyCell satellite telephone service was made Jan. 24 between …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, one of the government agencies GOP lawmakers beat up on much of 1995, could be brought to its knees this year if stalled budget talks collapse …

Rural Cellular Corp. hopes to raise about $30 million in an initial public offering of common stock that could occur as early as this month. The IPO would make the …

The cellular industry has taken numerous steps to package cellular for the mass consumer retail market, but a small gap remains between the industry’s effort and the complicated process to …