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MCI Communications Corp. apparently is selling cellular service to residential customers once again after customer service representatives had told potential customers MCI wasn’t taking on new cellular subscribers after June …

Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions. Lucent tests applications marketed through Cooperative Innovations for …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was selected by Srinivas Cellcom Ltd., a Global System for Mobile communications operator in India, to build the largest mobile network ever to be rolled out in …

Industry veteran Fred M. Link died last week. He was 93. Link’s company from 1931 to 1950-first called Fred M. Link Co. and later called Link Radio Corp.-manufactured two-way radio …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. shareholders increased the number of authorized shares of common stock from 75 million to 100 million, re-elected Robert S. Roath as board member for …

LONDON-ICO Global Communications Ltd. announced last week that it filed registration statements with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of $100 million worth of ordinary …

WASHINGTON-In an unexpected development that could further complicate President Clinton’s China visit this week and hurt him when he returns home, U.S. officials last week disclosed security concerns prompting them …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Telecommunications software company Global Mobility Systems Inc. announced it opened a regional office in Richardson, Texas. Dean Jordan was hired as senior sales technical analyst for GMS and bring …

Wireless companies heavily involved in the Asia-Pacific region have renewed confidence that China will not succumb to devaluing its currency. As the Japanese yen dropped last week to an eight-year …

DENVER-The Colorado State Patrol will launch a new program July 1 in conjunction with wireless carriers and VisionTek Inc. in an effort to combat aggressive driving. Motorists who witness “road …

Paging Network Inc. announced a strategic agreement with Computer Associates Inc. to jointly develop and market a monitoring product that integrates PageNet’s wireless information delivery abilities with CA’s Unicenter TNG …

LONDON-Recently formed Belgian wireless communications company KPN Orange Belgium NV was awarded the third license to build and operate an 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium. …

KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association’s conference this week at the Cincinnati …

A German study indicates the electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile telephones cause an increase in blood pressure. Dr. Stephan Braune of the University Neurology Clinic in Freiburg, Germany, strapped a …

ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless International, through its majority ownership interest in Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd., was awarded a license to provide Global System for Mobile communications services in Ireland. As Ireland’s …

PRINCETON, N.J.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it will offer NewsAlert’s real-time news service to two-way pagers, wireless phones and other wireless devices equipped with the PocketGenie application. Users who enter a company’s …

BELMONT, Calif.-Wireless Inc. and Multipoint Networks Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement that will enhance the market position and portfolio of Wireless Inc. to include a complete line of …

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will use Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s paging technology to build out several major markets during the next two years. TSR has ordered more than …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced plans to eliminate about 3,500 jobs in a move expected to save the company $270 million annually. The layoffs are part of a global restructuring that …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) will oppose a universal-service proposal endorsed by the Personal Communications Industry Association last week that would earmark half of the 3-percent telephone service …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Quantum Internet Services introduced the Mir@ge Internet service provider program designed to reduce churn, increase revenue per subscriber and make it easier for wireless carriers to enter the …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations last week found developer Franklin Haney in contempt of Congress for rebuffing subpoenas in the Portals influence peddling probe, setting in motion …

GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. announced it expects its Pocketalk voice paging service to be available by June 25 in Philadelphia. Pocketalk is based on the InFLEXion protocol created by Motorola …

PageMart Wireless Inc. launched a narrowband personal communications services network in Austin and San Antonio, offering a guaranteed-receipt alphanumeric message service called Scout. This makes PageMart the first paging carrier …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Philips Semiconductors announced a new Time Division Multiple Access radio-frequency chipset targeted for designers of dual-band TDMA cellular and personal communications services handsets. The chipset reduces the number of …