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The story on Rock Creek Park antenna siting in the April 10 issue (page 3) misidentified the companies of two executives. Maureen Kane is the manager of site acquisition for …

WASHINGTON-For the second time in as many weeks, the National Park Service has returned an antenna-siting application to a wireless carrier as incomplete and in doing so may have unwittingly …

WASHINGTON-House Commerce Committee Chairman Thomas Bliley (R-Va.) said the privatization of the International Maritime Satellite Organization and the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization being negotiated by the Clinton administration may be …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone selected Comverse Network Systems to supply a voice/text messaging system for the SFR network in France, announced Comverse. The N.J.-based company completed an initial phase …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

LISLE, Ill.-Coherent Communications Systems Corp. plans to hold a special stockholders’ meeting May 12 to approve the previously announced merger with Tellabs Inc. Following approval of the merger, Coherent would …

Due to incorrect information provided to RCR, Rick Bakosh’s name was misspelled on RCR’s Top 20 Cellular Markets list. Bakosh is the area vice president for Ameritech Cellular’s Chicago market. …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. signed a letter of intent with Foothill Capital Corp., an asset-based lender and wholly owned subsidiary of Norwest Corp., that calls for Foothill to provide …

SAN CARLSO, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. demonstrated the integration of its wireless technology with photocopiers at the Business Technology Association Converging Technologies Conference in Orlando, Fla. The integration allows CellNet …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc. Mobile Phones and Terminals announced it will be the exclusive presenting sponsor of Grammy Award winning singer Celine Dion for her 1998-1999 North American concert tour, “Lets …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data announced Sears Roebuck & Co. awarded it the “Innovation Source of the Year” award and selected it from the retailer’s 10,000 vendors to be its “Partner …

The Land Mobile Communications Council this week is expected to ask the Federal Communications Commission to allocate 15 megahertz now and more spectrum later for private wireless communications. The request …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced an agreement to provide distribution and logistics services for Sprint Spectrum L.P. Brightpoint will offer accessory procurement, brand packaging of accessories, inventory maintenance and management and distribution …

NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., manufacturer of wireless information security and land mobile radio products, has announced additional delays in filing its form 10-K annual report with the …

In the most recent round of billing company mergers and acquisitions, LHS Group Inc. will acquire InfoCellular Inc., and Intertech and International Billing Services said they will work together to …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration says China’s telecommunications services market remains off limits to foreigners, a situation that could complicate the president’s visit to Beijing this June, undermine the Asian giant’s prospects …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. signed an agreement to test and evaluate its RadioCamera wireless geographic location and tracking system in cooperation with Bell Atlantic Mobile’s cellular telephone network. Bell …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.’s board of directors declared June 30 as the record date for the second-quarter dividends on its 6-percent class B mandatorily convertible preferred stock, series 1996, and …

NEW YORK-American Communications Services Inc. last week changed its name to e.spire Communications Inc. and introduced a new national brand. The new corporate identity and brand, mark the beginning of …

Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell it site management business-again-this time to OmniAmerica Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla. The transaction, expected to be …

MONTREAL-Mitec Telecom Inc. announced it received an order to supply 1.9 GHz Code Division Multiple Access amplifiers for “personal communications services-over-cable” wireless application from Sanders Corp. Mitec also said it …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs said it enhanced its customer-care and billing platform to support local-fixed line ordering and to include a customer hierarchy facility for carriers serving the high-end business sector. The …

LOWELL, Mass.-National Internet service provider ZipLink L.L.C. announced it entered into a strategic alliance with Cue Data Corp. to provide full-service, nationwide Internet connectivity and specialized Internet e-mail forwarding and …

PETAH TIKVA, Israel-Team Telecom International and its Brazilian representative, Construtel Projetos e Contrucoes Ltda., have been selected to provide a B-band operator in Brazil with its network management solution for …

SACRAMENTO, Calif.-The Cellular 9-1-1 Education Task Force last week recognized California Highway Patrol dispatchers during Public Safety Telecommunicator Week. The task force is dedicated to educating wireless phone users about …