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WASHINGTON-Four Senate telecom lawmakers plan to introduce universal service legislation this week aimed at preventing mandated Internet links for schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities from draining telephone service subsidies …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may have violated a key telecom provision of the 1997 budget act by making idle frequencies available to a paging company instead of to a Southern …

WASHINGTON-The House last week passed legislation to extend wireless privacy protection to personal communications services and to beef up enforcement of the law. House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Platform Software Division announced its add-on software applications for the PageWriter 2000 two-way pager will be available on CNET Direct Inc.’s software distribution and purchasing Web site. …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported its total revenue during 1997 increased by 122 percent to $739 million compared with $332.9 million for 1996. Fourth-quarter total revenue increased 187 percent to …

NEW YORK-Citing unfavorable market conditions, Colombia’s largest cellular carrier, Celumovil S.A., has postponed indefinitely its plans to go public. Celumovil’s decision has not, however, altered plans by another local carrier, …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Following its acquisition of the company, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced all products made by its CNET subsidiary will be marketed and sold under the Glenayre Options brand. CNET develops …

BellSouth Wireless Inc. sold the majority share of its Cellemetry Data Service to NumereX Corp. Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will form a joint venture called …

BearCom Inc. acquired Fidelcomm Service Co., a two-way radio equipment dealer serving the greater Los Angeles area, said BearCom. The dealership, which has been in business since 1988, will assume …

WASHINGTON-Area-code splits are unnecessary at this time, and the Federal Communications Commission needs to take command of state-controlled phone number allocations that need to move away from the traditional 10,000-number …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was awarded a contract to provide turn-key solutions for a second expansion phase of the Global System for Mobile communications network in Morocco, said the company. The …

NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its Albuquerque Ceramic Products Operation will incrementally reduce its workforce by about 20 percent. The plant produces ceramic components for radios, cellular phones and other electronic …

Ericsson forms office mobility unit ATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace. Ericsson said the …

Latest statistics put the national capital area as the second worst gridlocked place in the country, second presumably to Los Angeles. As a native Washingtonian, I’ve sensed for some years …

Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of its paging services. Under the terms …

Qualcomm Inc. announced a joint agreement with AirTouch Cellular, U S West NewVector Group and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. for the supply of Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access digital Q …

NEW YORK-Rumors of analog’s death are premature, according to a group of former IBM Corp. executives who have joined with other industry veterans to form a new company to exploit …

ATLANTA-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, a group made up of Time Division Multiple Access technology supporters including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., announced a migratable solution to IMT-2000 technology called UWC-136. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. announced it received contracts from competitive local exchange carrier WinStar Communications Inc. valued at $2.8 million. Shipments of Spectrum II and other digital microwave radios …

The Cellular Telecommunication Industry Association’s 1998 convention has come and gone. This gives PCS ’98 convention planners six months to try to one-up this show. It gives P.R. flacks five …

WASHINGTON-The Wireless Telecommunications Bureau is taking steps to solve both the millennium-bug problem and inconsistencies that exist between radio-frequency services applications rules by issuing a notice of proposed rule making …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has asked the Federal Communications Commission to address three regulatory issues surrounding calling party pays, calling on the agency to “step up and deal with …

WASHINGTON-A wireless anti-fraud bill is headed to the White House for President Clinton’s signature, following House passage last week of legislation that will deny drug dealers, terrorists and other criminals …

DALLAS-Chatham Technologies Inc., Dallas, announced Feb. 23 it signed a letter of intent to acquire Innovation Inc., a Bothell, Wash., manufacturer of base stations for the wireless industry. Chatham was …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp.’s Cellemetry data division announced it signed a joint-license agreement with HighwayMaster Corp.’s HighwayMaster Communications Inc. to share wireless data application patents. Patents for BellSouth’s Cellemetry service and HighwayMaster’s …