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NEW YORK-“One of the humbling things about this business is that, for three out of four years, we are unapproachable and obnoxious, but in the fourth year we have to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission again extended the buildout time on the so-called Goodman/Chan licenses until current litigation can be resolved. In a July 31 ruling, the FCC said Goodman/Chan licensees …

NEW YORK-Cantel AT&T’s Pay As You Go prepaid cellular and paging services, launched nationwide in May in Canada, is using prepaid technology and customer support services from Boston Communications Group …

NEW YORK-After significantly reducing the size and price of its offering, ICO Global Communications Ltd., London, went public July 31, selling 10 million common stock shares at $12 each. Donaldson, …

CHICAGO-Prepaid cellular subscribers in Western Europe exceeded the 10 million mark during the first quarter of 1998, while the United States isn’t expected to reach that milestone until late 2000, …

JERSEY CITY, N.J.-As the International Telecommunication Union wound up its meeting in South Korea July 24 to consider 15 third-generation wireless proposals, Telecom Analysis Systems convened a media briefing to …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it was contracted by Finnish operator Kuopio Telephone Co. to provide a complete 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network that initially will cover Kuopio …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected on Thursday to approve service rules for using the public- safety spectrum in the 746-806 MHz band. This spectrum currently is used for analog …

Dobson Communications Corp. signed an agreement to acquire Sygnet Wireless Inc., which has been looking for a buyer since April. The agreement will expand Dobson’s wireless footprint to include Ohio, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said the effect of the Asian currency crisis has become increasingly noticeable in the company’s net sales, which-varying from country to country and excluding China-decreased by 27 …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Internet networking company Cisco Systems Inc. last week signed a definitive agreement to acquire Summa Four Inc., a provider of programmable switches. Cisco said Summa Four’s open standards-based …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears poised to extend the compliance date for the digital telephony wiretap act until the end of this century. This extension gets law enforcement off the …

WASHINGTON-Taking advantage of a recent court decision that the Federal Communications Commission re-examine its pay-phone compensation scheme, the Personal Communications Industry Association continues to urge the FCC to institute a …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said the FBI arrested a San Diego teenager on charges of fraudulently creating unauthorized voice mail boxes and paging accounts on PageNet’s system. PageNet’s Systems Integrity Group …

ST. LOUIS-Ameren Corp. and CellNet Data Systems Inc. jointly unveiled Ameren Abacus, an energy information service that give operations managers energy-consumption information on production processes, equipment, facilities and other commercial …

RALEIGH, N.C.-The 1999 Special Olympics World Summer Games announced Platinum sponsor Ericsson Inc. will supply mobile phones, two-way radios and telephone handsets for the Games. The ’99 Games, June 26 …

Nextel Communications Inc. announced the option exercise and issuance of 10 million common shares to the McCaw Family in a non-cash transaction. The McCaw Family options, which were to expire …

HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-With $18 million in order bookings during the second quarter, Microwave Power Devices Inc.’s backlog reached a record high of about $100 million, boosted by an $11.1 million military …

rain’s Chicago Business CHICAGO-Motorola Inc. has quietly exited the business of making programmable computer chips used in consumer electronics and other products. Late last week, a spokeswoman for Motorola’s semiconductor …

SEATTLE AND BELLEVUE, Wash.-Lucent Technologies Inc. committed to provide $25 million in financing to Advanced Radio Telecom, subject to certain conditions, to fund the buildout of networks in Portland, Ore., …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. said costs associated with further development and deployment of its FraudBuster product were higher than expected, which contributed to a 69-percent drop in net income, from $898,000, …

Safety and security may be becoming a smaller factor for wireless subscribers. Fewer than half of respondents to an IDC/Link survey of current users reported they used their phone primarily …

WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) last week accused the Federal Communications Commission of concocting a bogus national security issue to avoid attracting public attention to internal negotiations with …

WASHINGTON-The proposed marriage between Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. was met with skepticism from Washington telecommunications policy makers, most of whom do not believe the companies’ claims that the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said it plans to auction spectrum in the 47 GHz band to be used primarily for fixed, point-to-multipoint services delivered through the deployment of …