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ATLANTA, Ga.-The Transport and Access Systems Group of World Access Inc. announced at Supercomm last week its WavePLEX spread spectrum family of digital microwave radios and said it will resell …

VLSI Technology Inc. today announced it is shipping samples of its new Code Division Multiple Access chip solution, which it is calling the first real alternative to Qualcomm Inc.’s CDMA …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly. The …

The shakeout continues. NextWave Telecom Inc.-which had the potential to be the nation’s largest PCS operator-followed two of its C-block counterparts last week and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. …

NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc. obtained a $20 million credit facility, consisting of both revolving and term loans, with Foothill Capital Corp., a Norwest company, according to USCI Inc. “Our customer …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced InterDigital Technology Corp. entered into a worldwide, royalty-bearing Time Division Multiple Access patent license agreement with Toshiba Corp. For an upfront payment of …

WASHINGTON-Labor Secretary Alexis Herman last week again denied allegations of influence peddling and related campaign-finance violations that are being investigated by an independent counsel. Herman is accused of using her …

NEW YORK-Wireless telephony providers are hemorrhaging revenues from organized activity by criminals drawn to the low risk and easy money of subscription fraud. Thieves are exploiting a particularly lucrative window …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled today to rule on a Personal Communications Industry Association petition to forbear from enforcing mandatory wireless resale rules. The FCC has given few clues …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week went on the offensive to put in place a technical standard that will allow carriers to alert subscribers of an impending natural disaster …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has petitioned a federal appeals court here to reconsider a three-judge panel’s decision in April to eliminate equal employment opportunity rules governing telecommunications licensees. Though it …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. acquired the remaining interest in GE Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Ericsson and General Electric Co. The companies formed the joint venture in 1989 to manufacture …

Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology. Motorola’s …

WASHINGTON-Telecom mergers, traditionally seen as threatening by organized labor, have become major platforms for unions and civil-rights groups to push their agendas and try to leverage concessions. As the Communications …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it signed a contract with Computer Sciences Corp. to be that company’s primary wireless messaging service provider. El Segundo, Calif.-based CSC, a consulting firm, claims about …

As RCR reported last week, the General Services Administration is giving the Federal Communications Commission the boot. Time to move out of the downtown offices and out to the Portals. …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton last week renewed favorable trade status for China, while under fire from Republicans and Democrats over allegations linking illegal Democratic campaign contributions to technology transfers from U.S. wireless …

NEW YORK-The GSM Alliance L.L.C. is stepping up marketing efforts with a brand-awareness campaign, including the widespread application of its logo, which is designed to convey the group’s North American …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Intek Global Corp. announced it acquired privately held Mobile Data Solutions Inc., the operator of Data Express, in a move that added automatic vehicle-location to its list of services …

LOS ANGELES-In Touch Paging USA announced several recent customer acquisitions. Most recently, ACMI-which provides prepaid, long-distance and Internet services-signed an agreement with the Los Angeles-based paging provider to bring paging …

WASHINGTON-New revelations surfaced last week of a rift in law enforcement over balancing commercial, privacy and crime-fighting interests in the new age of digita l wiretaps. Until recently, law enforcement …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce subcommittee investigating the Portals lease issued subpoenas to developer Franklin Haney and his lobbyist Peter Knight late last week and said each faces contempt of Congress charges …

BALTIMORE-After a 95-minute delay during which 15 attorneys negotiated the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case last Thursday at the courthouse cafeteria here, the bankruptcy judge said Pocket can participate in …

TOKYO-NTT, Japan’s largest telecommunications company, is consolidating its Personal Handyphone System business with its cellular phone company, say published reports. NTT DoCoMo group companies took a non-recurring charge this fiscal …

SHELTON, Conn.-ADC Telecommunications Inc.’s ADC NewNet introduced its CALEAserver software that allows wireless and wireline service providers to meet intercept-wiretap requirements outlined in the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act. …