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WASHINGTON-To say there is rancor in the ranks of C-block personal communications services licensees regarding the structure and timing of possible financial restructuring plans is akin to saying Maine residents …

QuickWord, a new product introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show by Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group, is designed to keep families safe and in touch and encourage the use of …

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs won a contract to supply its MartisDXX managed access and transport network solution to Indian mobile network operator Spice Telecom for its Global System for Mobile communications cellular …

WASHINGTON-With the federal deficit giving way to an anticipated surplus, congressional and White House number crunchers are less apt to be as preoccupied with spectrum budget policy as they have …

LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. announced that Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. will begin consumer trials of its Network Wildfire service with residential, business and wireless customers in Louisiana and Wisconsin. Century …

Matrix Systems introduced the Model 7000 Series Coaxial Relay Modules, designed to maintain coaxial switching continuity over a wide range of critical and severe environments and applications. The relay modules …

Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only …

With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc., plans to jump-start the specialized mobile …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has completed work on a calling-party-pays standard scheduled for presentation to “appropriate industry standards bodies” this month and next in an effort to end the …

ArrayComm Inc. announced its next-generation IntelliCell-enhanced Personal Handyphone System cell stations are operating in Tokyo’s PHS network, following months of field trials conducted with DDI Pocket Telephone. DDI holds a …

PageMart Wireless Inc. has announced it will be the next carrier to offer acknowledgement paging using its own network, joining SkyTel Corp.’s 2-Way Network. “We’re going to have the second …

NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, plans to go public. With Merrill Lynch & …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has received an order for Intelligent Networks services and infrastructure from Euskatel, a fixed telecom operator in Spain, Ericsson announced. Euskatel plans to use Access Screening, one …

ArrayComm Inc. announced the opening of a liaison office in New Delhi, India, to serve a growing interest in its proprietary IntelliCell processing technology and IntelliWave wireless local loop system. …

NEW YORK-Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., the dominant carrier in the Chinese territory, signed a binding agreement Jan. 1 to purchase Pacific Link Communications Ltd. for $623 million. Pacific Link is …

Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The …

Italy’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations. Called Fido, the system allows customers …

MEXICO Corsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will …

TRW Inc. announced it will integrate its interests in Odyssey Telecommunications International Inc. with ICO Global Communications, marking the first consolidation move in the mobile satellite industry. TRW said it …

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Pacific Telecom, the largest in its history, and another acquisition of additional ownership interests in a limited partnership that …

Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices. “The third quarter was a weak quarter in terms …

LONDON-Racal Telecom announced it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Distribution Ltd. to provide the corporate market with an integrated package of mobile and managed fixed voice and data …

WASHINGTON-Down payments for newly won 800 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses are due at Pittsburgh’s Mellon Bank tomorrow. Nextel Communications Inc. said it plans to be there, cash in hand. …

WILMINGTON, MASS.-INFONXX, an enhanced directory assistance service provider, deployed Priority Call Management’s Oryx platform in a dozen sites nationwide, supporting three call centers. INFONXX offers a range of operator assisted …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Inet Inc. announced that Frontier Advanced Service Technologies selected the Inet GeoProbe system to monitor and troubleshoot its Signaling System 7 network from a centralized operations center. The …