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The European Commission said it has given the Spanish government three months to inform the EC on the steps it will take to create a level playing field for the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group won a contract to expand Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd.’s narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service network in Thailand. The contract, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, responding to congressional pressure, will likely leave intact microwave relocation rules affecting public safety but change negotiating parameters governing other 2 GHz private wireless and personal …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice cellular phone service in Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. DigitalChoice uses 13-kilobit Code Division Multiple Access technology. The DigitalChoice service includes caller …

Only one personal communications network license will be awarded in the Netherlands this year, reported the American Embassy in The Hague. However, the Dutch Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications is …

NEW YORK-Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd., the second-largest wireless carrier in Thailand, plans the private sale of $400 million in debt securities to fund capital expenses and reduce short-term …

BRUSSELS-Belgacom Mobile said it will appeal a court ruling that requires the operator to suspend a sales promotion for its Proximus cellular service. The Global System for Mobile communications carrier …

A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not Bart Simpson, but a new cellular …

Israel’s two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing a third cellular operator. “The (technology) …

The government of Taiwan delayed the award of new mobile phone licenses because of misgivings about the foreign ownership of several consortia. Taiwan is offering two nationwide personal communications network …

IRVINE, Calif.-SOS Wireless Communications Inc. will begin retailing its SOS Phone during the first quarter through Amway Corp., Sears’ Automotive Catalog and selected Sears stores and Montgomery Ward’s Signature Group …

InterCel Inc. wants to learn if cellular customers who are familiar with rate plans will behave differently when let loose on a 1900 MHz system for a flat $50 a …

rederick M. Joyce, Esq. It is a time-worn political axiom that no candidate ever lost a vote by speaking in favor of Mom, apple pie, and the American flag. In …

New York paging reseller Public Paging and operator ProNet Inc. are suing each other over a reseller agreement designed to give Public stock shares if it meets certain sales goals. …

Poland’s Minister of Telecommunications announced plans to issue a tender for a personal communications network license at 1.8 GHz. In separate news, international arbitration between Ameritech International and the government …

Wireless industry growth has created new opportunities for engineering firms like V-Comm, which boasts a staff of experienced telecommunications engineers. V-Comm said its approach to business combines bottom-line operations logistics …

OTTAWA-TMI Communications agreed to provide mobile satellite communications services to Cable & Wireless Caribbean Cellular, a marine cellular network operator in the Caribbean. The service, CellSat, allows users to switch …

To the cynic, walking away from AT&T Corp. and the prospect of being chairman of the world’s biggest telecommunications company to head a wireless start-up with unproven technology was no …

The Secretary of Communications in Argentina announced concrete plans to award two personal communications services licenses in early to mid-1997. Initially, the two PCS licenses will be granted for 30 …

Cellular operators need to “get their heads together” if they want to offer cellular as a primary solution for telemetry, said a Houston-based company that manages that service for large …

Bell Atlantic Corp. has increased its ownership in Italian carrier Omnitel Pronto Italia, nullifying Mannesmann AG’s agreement with Olivetti SpA to purchase an additional 5.8 percent stake in the operator. …

Sprint PCS service is available in six cities, and just two days remain for Sprint Spectrum L.P. to meet its goal of launching 1900 MHz personal comm-unications services in two …

Pocket Communications Inc. has completed $646 million in financing agreements with three equipment vendors to build network clusters that will make Pocket the nation’s sixth largest personal communications services operator …

WASHINGTON-Business executives rate long-distance carriers as being more innovative in their customized telecom solutions than are local exchange carriers, an opinion wireless carriers should heed when considering a venture into …

NEW YORK-CIBC Wood Gundy Securities Corp. “is on the threshold of making announcements” about deals to help some vendors finance the purchase of their wireless equipment by cash-poor, start-up American …