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MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply equipment for a trial third-generation network operated by Japanese carriers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp. The two carriers announced earlier this …

Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections. Companies …

WASHINGTON-Sen. Mike DeWine (R-Ohio), chairman of the Judiciary antitrust subcommittee, last week expressed strong reservations about SBC Communications Inc. Chairman Edward Whitacre Jr.’s pledge that his company’s $62 billion proposed …

NEW YORK-Geotek Communications Inc., Montvale, N.J., said it plans to restructure the company because it does not have the finances to continue current operations and meet future goals. “Cash resources …

Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. last week announced they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic’s global broadband “Internet-in-the-Sky” satellite communications system. The Boeing Co., a leading …

Sprint Corp. is expected to announce this week a plan that would restructure its ownership in Sprint Spectrum L.P. and allow its cable partners to exit the business. Sprint confirmed …

APEX, N.C.-SmartLink Development L.P. said it signed a letter of intent with King Communications International Ltd., which would combine the businesses of the two companies concurrent with a private financing …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced Direct View, a paging service aimed at off-the-belt paging applications. With Direct View, subscribers can equip an LED display sign with wireless capabilities so it can …

This one’s for the birds, but I hope you will take it seriously and do the right thing. The solutions seem so simple as to make this act of corporate …

WASHINGTON-As the battle over digital wiretap rages on, the FBI is engaged in another battle to gain access to data files that have been scrambled. The battle over immediate access …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association filed comments at the Federal Communications Commission requesting a national calling party pays plan be implemented. Some sort of national framework must exist before wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said wireless carriers could indeed use customer information to market mobile handsets and so-called information services to customers who originally purchased these items from …

SAN DIEGO-ComStream opened an office in Singapore to serve as the regional sales headquarters for its Satellite Products Division. Singapore’s central Asia-Pacific location, a strong technology base and well-developed infrastructure …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies Inc. won a multimillion-dollar contract to design and supply chipsets for SOS Wireless Communications Inc.’s emergency 3-button phone, after it completed the design of the printed circuit …

WASHINGTON-Comments filed last week at the Federal Communications Commission prove no one in the debate over digital wiretap has changed their tune as to how they believe the FCC should …

Personal communications services provider PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. signed a roaming agreement with GTE Wireless that will expand its PrimeTravel coverage area to 45 of the country’s top 50 markets, …

Building on its Element Activation suite of software products introduced last month, Bellcore has created new software product families to provide network monitoring and management solutions to the telecommunications industry. …

WASHINGTON-The Automobile Association of America said last week it should be given “quasi public-safety” status by the Federal Communications Commission. This status would allow it the right of first refusal …

Many wireless carriers last week participated in Wireless Safety Week by encouraging subscribers to help out in emergency situations and use their wireless phones responsibly while driving. Carriers used everything …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is “quickly approaching the chicken-and-egg question” with respect to how the agency should respond to explosive competition in the wireless industry, FCC Commissioner Michael Powell told …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), straddled by cellular industry representatives and health-care activists, last week introduced E911-federal land antenna-siting legislation and signaled he would negotiate with Rep. Edward …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications Ltd. will develop prototype handsets for widespread testing of SnapTrack’s enhanced 911 solution, which is designed to meet the Federal Communications Commission mandate for …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is evaluating a proposal that would require cellular carriers to program cell phones to send 911 calls to the A or B side system that offers …

The SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. merger means two major cellular markets may be up for grabs. Both companies own cellular licenses in Chicago and St. Louis, Mo., as …

The announced merger of SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. has raised speculation there may be another paging unit on the sale block sometime soon. SBC will be the controlling …