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WASHINGTON-Teachers and principals from 120 U.S. schools that were supplied with wireless phones said the phone would be their first choice for a communications tool to have in the classroom, …

WASHINGTON-Wireless carriers this week will be writing checks-big checks-to the Federal Communications Commission to pay statutorily required regulatory fees. Regulatory fees finance approximately 80 percent of the FCC’s operating expenses. …

IRVING, Texas-Daniel Phythyon, chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is slated as the keynote speaker at the Radio Club of America’s breakfast meeting Sept. 24, in conjunction …

So, you want to build a wireless telecommunications network. Then you must be thinking about how to leverage the infrastructures of existing cellular and PCS systems. After all, you figure, …

CLEVELAND-Reltec Corp. said its financial results will not meet analysts’ expectations because of issues and circumstances it believes to be unique to the fiscal period. Reltec experienced a capacity shortfall …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Intelligent Information Inc. introduced a wireless commerce platform called Village Square for wireless phone, pager and wireless data device users. Village Square allows users access to various personal information …

Qualcomm to spinoff Leap SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced a record date of Sept. 11 for the proposed spinoff of Leap Wireless International Inc. The board declared a one-share dividend of …

Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to “improve operational stability of the network,” according to Ed Staiano, …

WASHINGTON-Under even the most abnormal of normal circumstances, it usually is possible to handicap odds for passage of wireless legislation before Congress adjourns. But these are not normal times. An …

Nextel Communications Inc. recently offered a farmer in South Coventry, Pa., a new $70,000, 105-foot silo if the wireless phone company could put an antenna inside of it to fill …

A Dallas bankruptcy court approved General Wireless Inc.’s reorganization plan early last week, only to have a federal district court effectively stay the ruling on Thursday in response to a …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to acquire Advanced Computer Communication, a California-based vendor of remote access and internetworking products, for about $285 million in cash. The purchase is congruent with …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it will begin charging new customers for the CNN Interactive news service. Current subscribers receive the service free. The announcement came as the two companies disclosed …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications said it sponsored the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Executive Lock-Up, to air locally during the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon. Business executives were “arrested” and locked up …

Globecomm Systems Inc. said its board of directors authorized a stock repurchase of up to $2 million of its outstanding common stock, representing about 450,000 shares, or about 4.9 percent …

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced it has closed the sale of its transmission towers to Pinnacle Towers Inc. for $170 million in cash. MobileMedia diverted the fee for the 163 …

WASHINGTON-Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.) shortly plan to introduce new legislation that would repeal federal pre-emption of local zoning regulation, encourage alternative technologies in lieu of large …

WASHINGTON-The World Radiocommunication Conference is a lot like the Olympics: preparations for the next one start almost before the current event has ended. And, like the athletes who competed earlier …

WASHINGTON-Imagine for a moment law enforcement is able to convince the Federal Communications Commission to approve all the items it is asking for to implement the digital wiretap act. And, …

NEW YORK-The National Association of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C., has launched a new Web site designed to provide Year 2000 product and service information for businesses dealing with Y2K computer upgrade …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. last week said its third-quarter revenue and earnings per share will be lower than analyst estimates. The company expects revenues for the third quarter ending …

NEW YORK-Venture-backed investments in the second quarter reached an all-time high of $3.7 billion, breaking the prior record of $3.3 billion set in the last quarter of 1997. These investments …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc.’s stock began trading on the OTC Bulletin Board late last month, after it was delisted from the Nasdaq National Market May 11 for non-compliance with rules …

While the short-term forecast for wireless operators in financially troubled parts of the world could be turbulent, carriers remain optimistic the wireless industry will weather the current financial crisis without …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week issued an order granting the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s request for a nine-month stay of wireless number portability requirements. The Wireless …