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DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. said it now can package business services a little more tightly under the networkMCI One program. MCI One is a suite of services offered to residential customers; …

The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it “intends to take a favorable view” …

Digital wireless technologies were designed to answer issues of quality, capacity and cost. But by releasing huge swaths of new spectrum, the Federal Communications Commission has changed the rules, and …

Even in this new era of commoditized wireless competition, sometimes it pays to enter the market by trying to set the bar a little higher. Irvine, Calif.-based Comarco Wireless Technologies …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. has reached an agreement in principle to exchange its option to acquire 20 percent of Comviq GSM AB, the Swedish cellular telephone operator, in return …

Yet another European-based company is entering the U.S. digital handset market, trumpeting its communications and manufacturing expertise, particularly in Global System for Mobile communications technology. A U.S. division of Siemens …

While FLEX has paraded across the globe, gaining recognition as the new global paging standard throughout the Americas, Asia and Middle East, the Motorola Inc. technology has met resistance in …

Telesp Celular, the cellular division of the telephone operating company for the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, announced plans to install a digital network by December 1997 to eliminate capacity …

A week after Mobistar launched Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Belgium, sole incumbent Belgacom Mobile cut its cellular rates between 30 percent and 34 percent. However, Mobistar’s …

Independent cellular operators say they are poised for strong growth in coming years, despite the rising aspirations of mammoth telecommunications operators bent on controlling large market share. “Most people just …

Alexandria, Minn.-based Rural Cellular Corp. said it plans to offer personal communications services and cellular service to customers in portions of Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin through a joint venture …

LEWISTON, N.Y.-New York Power Authority trustees have approved an agreement with Sprint Spectrum L.P. to allow the personal communications services operator to install antennas on NYPA transmission towers. NYPA said …

Metro One Telecommunications Inc. opened trading on the Nasdaq National Market at $8.50 per share in its initial public offering of 2.4 million shares of common stock, of which the …

MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Personal communications services operator Omnipoint Communications Inc. has chosen Paoli, Penn.-based Orga Card Systems to supply subscriber identity modules, or smart cards. Under the terms of the agreement …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission apparently has come up with a winning plan to expand its current rules regarding partitioning and spectrum disaggregation by commercial mobile services licensees. Many current personal …

Competition strategies used by France Telecom may change a little now that the national company has become a private entity, researchers say. “As a private company, they have to be …

Laws and fairness in Poland’s wireless sector are a hot topic this month, as three separate authorities investigate current business practices. A Polish news publication reported the Anti-Monopoly Office in …

Triden Telecom Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Communitronics Inc., a paging company based in Mobile, Ala. Communitronics has 3,000 pagers in service and is expanding its …

WASHINGTON-A lengthy notice of proposed rulemaking adopted July 25 by the Federal Communications Commission but not released until Aug. 13, “initiates a comprehensive review of our existing regulatory framework of …

U.S. partners in a Slovakian phone venture are confident they can restructure their company to meet new license qualifications unexpectedly created by the Slovakian government. Slovakia is scheduled to issue …

France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system …

Germany, one of Western Europe’s most developed mobile telephone markets, is preparing to license a fourth operator to further stimulate competition. Parties interested in the E-2 nationwide 1800 MHz digital …

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-Western Wireless Corp. has turned on a personal communications services network in the Albuquerque, N.M.-El Paso, Texas, major trading area. The company’s service is branded VoiceStream Wireless and is …

Wireless analysts say cellular carriers have two distinct goals in releasing a barrage of pricing plans at this time. Get as many customers on contract as possible, and confuse the …

Hong Kong’s dominant cellular operator Hongkong Telecom said it deeply regrets that the government failed to award it one of six new wireless licenses, and intends to discuss the matter …