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An old adage goes: “You get what you pay for.” The anonymous author of this phrase obviously never closely examined an American phone bill. For some services we pay more …

Behind every tower there’s a story. Depending on a tower’s location, tower siting can be a lengthy and complicated process, characterized by research, negotiations and legal maneuvering that may take …

NEW YORK-The Multi-Service Networks Division of Ericsson Telecom AB, Stockholm, is poised to deliver on the promise of convergence by enabling Internet service providers, cable TV operators and local exchange …

Adicom Wireless Adicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless …

SAN DIEGO-Contract manufacturers are beginning to reshape the global plastics industry, according to a senior official with Flextronics International Ltd. Paul Santina, vice president of business development and global plastics …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week retreated from its proposal to overhaul the schools and libraries Internet discount program and may be forced to backtrack on proposed budget cuts to telecom …

MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communication Corp. has deployed and received customer acceptance for what it said is one of the first U.S. wireless GPRS systems. AirNet’s AdaptaCell base stations and its AirSite …

Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new math. Carriers and vendors are walking …

The path to third-generation services for many wireless operators appears to be anything but smooth. While Asian carriers seem to be taking the high-speed approach, European carriers recently have seen …

As wireless carriers focus more and more of their resources on reducing churn, signing up new subscribers and acquiring spectrum for third-generation services, tower siting and construction is continually falling …

When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country’s largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market. “Time to …

SAN DIEGO, United States-Samsung Electronics selected Qualcomm’s MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem integrated circuit and system software solution for use in its new handsets. The handsets will meet the IMT-2000 wideband-CDMA …

It was the wild, wild West of wireless history. After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses …

Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer …

Chilean regulator Subtel announced it will award three national PCS licenses through a beauty contest in the second quarter of 2001. The 10 megahertz blocks will be available only to …

In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology. The trend, …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week received the strongest indication to date that securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum will be difficult if not impossible, as an eclectic mix of military, educational, religious …

Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc., a provider of outsourced services, said it completed its plan to repurchase 130,000 of its convertible, subordinated, zero-coupon bonds due 2018. As of December 31, 2000, the bonds …

AT&T Wireless Group jumped into the very active debt capital market last week selling off $6.5 billion worth of senior unsecured notes, the largest private bond sale ever by a …

Practically everything you ever wanted to know about a specific stock is now accessible through a Palm, Research in Motion Inc. Blackberry or Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld device courtesy …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia-The St.Petersburg-based RadioTel carrier concluded an agreement with the Russian Transport Ministry regarding the construction of the first Trans European Trunked Radio (TETRA) network along the Moscow-St. Petersburg-Vyborg-Finnish …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.) told state regulators last week that the answer to how to get broadband services to rural American might be wireless. “We can’t wire rural America. … …

In France, the country where they offer calorie-laden pain au chocolats and croissants for breakfast, keeping one’s weight under control does not seem to be a problem-probably because the locals …

Just a month or so into the job, President Bush has gone to great pains to convince us the “Digital Divide” is some cockamamie liberal concept unworthy of government support. …