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WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee said an investigation confirmed that BellSouth Corp. offered to drop a regulatory challenge to Teligent Corp.’s wireless licenses if Teligent would actively support the Baby Bell’s …

Alltel Corp. reportedly is in negotiations to purchase 360

While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their …

WASHINGTON-The auction of Phase II 220 MHz licenses is scheduled to begin May 19, but that date could be pushed back at least 30 days because no bidder’s package has …

Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. has ended commercial distribution of its cryoelectronic receiver front-end products for the mobile wireless base station market, igniting questions of whether superconductor companies targeting the wireless …

Qualcomm Inc. and Ortel Corp. said they demonstrated measurable performance improvements in receive diversity in Code Division Multiple Access personal communications services repeaters. Ortel, a repeater manufacturer, and Qualcomm have …

BALTIMORE-Pacific Eagle Investments Ltd., Masa Telecom Inc., Ericsson Inc. and Siemens Telecom Networks-collective creditors to bankrupt C-block personal communications services licensee Pocket Communications Inc.-have withdrawn a lawsuit filed in U.S. …

Globecomm Systems Inc. and Tecore Inc. formed an alliance to offer design, integration, installation, training and maintenance services for satellite communications and wireless networks. A key feature of the new …

VIENNA, Va.-Ventera Corp. announced it will build an Internet-based software application to track and report key engineering data for Metrocall Inc.’s nationwide paging network. Ventera said the software will capture, …

The good news: Competition is rampant in at least 50 of the top markets. The bad news: Churn is on the rise. This time around, however, applications developers say they …

NEW YORK-McLeodUSA Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced March 10 it plans to place privately a $200 million senior discount note issue due 2008. Proceeds will help finance construction and operation …

WASHINGTON-The pack leaders haven’t changed much during the last week of bidding in the Federal Communications Commission’s local multipoint distribution services auction. The top 10 companies remain the same, although …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step toward establishing the documents for standardization. …

A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs. The Home Radio Frequency Working Group’s mission …

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of “goodwill capital” with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me to do this. First, I’ve come …

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its goal of transforming into an industry-wide …

WASHINGTON-The Senate plans to vote in May on compromise encryption legislation announced last week, but it is unclear whether the Clinton administration will back it. While retreating from its previous …

Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 “WireLink extensions benefit resellers” story were incorrectly attributed to WireLink Communications Inc. President …

Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations. The largest shortfall will come from the company’s semiconductor business, where the Consumer …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a specialized mobile radio services provider, announced it topped the 10,000 subscriber unit mark. “At this time last year, we had only a little over …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to expand the sales of advanced wireless …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Cellular Infrastructure Group of Motorola Inc. said it successfully completed hand-over tests between Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz dual-band cellular systems currently …

LONDON (AP)-Three British telephone companies charge customers too much to place calls to mobile phones, a regulator said Thursday as he ordered a monopoly investigation of their pricing. “Mobile phones …

Hearings were scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit against Ameritech Mobile Communications Inc. that alleges the carrier schemed to defraud its dealers and put them out of business. The …

NEW YORK-World Access Inc., Atlanta, reported sales for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, were $21.3 million, a 45-percent increase from the last quarter of 1996. Net income per share …