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If your customer was also your neighbor, or someone you ran into often, it might change the way you treat them. That is the reason some rural cellular carriers say …

For the cellular industry, it’s the morning after. Sort of. The industry was deregulated significantly in 1993, a high mark for the powerful cellular lobby in Washington, D.C. Life was …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. demonstrated cdmaOne wireless data capabilities on JSC Personal Communications’ Code Division Multiple Access network at the ExpoComm Moscow ’98 Show, said the company. Qualcomm has supplied Russia …

Bell Atlantic Mobile agreed to acquire the remaining minority interests in the cellular license for the Reading, Pa., metropolitan area, covering a population of 350,000 for about $20 million. Bell …

Berliner Communications Inc., a radio-frequency engineering, site acquisition, project management and construction company for the telecom industry, announced it opened offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia to provide its …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week took the first step in efforts aimed at allowing U.S. citizens traveling abroad to carry handsets for global mobile personal communications services into foreign …

Motorola Inc.’s shares settled Thursday after jumping more than $4 Wednesday amidst rumors Siemens AG was considering buying the telecommunications giant. Motorola shares closed Thursday at $58.25, down $1.13. Trading …

MONTREAL-Microcell Labs-a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.-and Northern Telecom Ltd. announced they plan to create a joint venture to offer wireless data applications globally. The venture will provide …

NEW YORK-Recent developments in fixed wireless telecommunications have “led to outstanding investment opportunities,” said Albert E. Paladino, general partner of Advanced Technology Ventures, Waltham, Mass., during “The 1998 Private Equity …

UNION CITY, Calif.-Diva Communications Inc. announced it signed a contract with South Park Telephone Co. to supply its Diva-2000 wireless local loop system that will provide basic telephone service to …

The number of digital wireless subscribers is expected to increase rapidly this year as more cellular carriers begin to push digital service aggressively. While many cellular carriers last year offered …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here Friday told the Federal Communications Commission to re-evaluate its decision on pay-phone compensation but left in place rules that require pay-phone operators to be paid …

State government officials were joined by Bell Atlantic Corp. in supporting a proposal from the state of Connecticut to create a service-specific area code for wireless customers. The rest of …

WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno last week sought an independent counsel to investigate Labor Secretary Alexis Herman in connection with allegations that Herman used her influence as a former White House …

WASHINGTON – In the wake of a recent decision by a Dallas, Texas, bankruptcy judge that General Wireless Inc. did not pay “the reasonably equivalent value” for its C-block licenses, …

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Cerulean Technology Inc. and BellSouth Wireless Data teamed up to give public-safety agencies access to BellSouth’s nationwide wireless data network using Cerulean’s PacketCluster Patrol software, BellSouth said. PacketCluster software …

The May 12 court date MobileMedia Corp. had scheduled for a ruling on its disclosure statement for the company’s reorganization plan was again adjourned, this time until June 2. This …

WASHINGTON-The decision whether to approve the proposed $62 billion merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. could be driven as much by politics as by antitrust scrutiny, judging from …

The wireless telecommunications industry has grown up more quickly than many other industries in the United States. The industry likes to boast of its relatively quick acceptance in the marketplace, …

KING OF PRUSSIA-InterDigital Communications Corp. announced Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. signed a contract with Unicom, a state-owned telephone company in China, to install a broadband Code Division Multiple Access wireless …

WASHINGTON-U.S. economic sanctions slapped on India last week for nuclear testing are expected to have a relatively minor, short-term impact on wireless investment in that populous emerging market. But the …

ATLANTA-A consortium led by BellSouth Corp. and Grupo Safra were scheduled to begin offering cellular service today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Construction on the Time Division Multiple Access network was …

Paging Network Inc. announced it has recently chosen Lynn Bace to fill the company’s vacant senior vice president of marketing position, effective Aug. 31. Bace has 22 years of management …

WASHINGTON-Brad Clark, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident used his cellular phone three times to help people in emergency situations. His actions won him the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s 1997 VITA …

NORCROSS, Ga.-USCI Inc. said executing its reselling strategy helped increase first-quarter revenues by more than fivefold, from $1.7 million last year to $9.4 million for the quarter ended March 31. …