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AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its cellular ventures in Germany and Italy have continued to experience strong customer growth. AirTouch said its German cellular venture, Mannesmann Mobilfunk, currently has more than …

DENVER-ICG Satellite Services said it plans to acquire about 90 percent of Maritime Cellular Tele-Network Inc., a West Palm Beach, Fla.-based provider of cellular communications for commercial shipping. MCN will …

REDMOND, Wash.-Data Critical Corp. announced it has been awarded two patents for its Data-Through-Paging technology. One patent covers the “packetizing” component of the company’s protocol, whereby textual and/or graphical data …

NEW YORK-Wireless links may play a crucial role for long-distance, regional Bell operating companies and cable TV firms seeking competitive advantage in the newly deregulated landscape. Deregulation is occurring in …

Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced they have reached an agreement to settle the patent litigation that has been pending between the two companies since December 1984. The …

NEW YORK-In the short run in the U.S. analog cellular phone equipment market, Nokia Corp. and, to a lesser extent, L.M. Ericsson, have gained ground on industry giant Motorola Inc. …

Tellabs Inc. has agreed to acquire Steinbrecher Corp. for about $76 million. The agreement is subject to regulatory approval and approval by Steinbrecher’s stockholders. Founded in 1973, Burlington, Mass.-based Steinbrecher …

The president of a Colorado-based rural cellular operator “emphatically refutes” claims by analog handset manufacturers that cellular growth is slowing, suggesting instead that low phone prices and the battle for …

PHOENIX-Pacific Communication Sciences Inc. unveiled the first product in a new line of Personal Access Links at the recent Mobile Insights ’96 conference. The PAL telephone can make calls over …

NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace. “It’s going to …

Florida cellular customers may soon see a 50-cent increase in their monthly bill, in the form of a fee to fund 911 technology and distance learning. Some cellular carriers indicated …

DALLAS-PageMart Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, PageMart International, has teamed with Canadian partners to launch PageMart Canada Ltd., a new nationwide Canadian paging company that will operate on the …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Systems Division announced three contracts for paging infrastructure equipment in China from Hunan Post and Telecommunication Administration, the Shaanxi PTA and the Hainan PTA. …

Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy’s first private Global System for Mobile communications cellular provider, said it has reached a roaming agreement with government-owned Telecom Italia Mobile SpA and announced three additional …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a software upgrade for its Autoplex System 1000 Cellular Digital Packet Data system. Lucent said its software, designated 3.0, supports features defined in CDPD …

Two long-distance telephone service rivals have announced initiatives to provide wireless data access to their high-speed transmission networks. MCI Telecommunications Corp. said it will implement circuit-switched cellular access to its …

Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology …

Dear Editor: I feel I must respond to Mr. Valentine’s response to your Viewpoint column. First of all, I think Mr. Valentine is certainly keeping in line with his comments …

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price …

Having grown weary of competing in the increasingly commoditized market for analog cellular telephones, Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems Inc. is retrenching and restructuring its phone division in hopes of making …

ALAMEDA, Calif. – Geoworks and Ericsson Inc. announced an alliance to deliver a range of afforadable “smart phone” next-generation cellular phones combining voice and data transmission capabilities. Under the terms …

NEW YORK-Provided technological breakthroughs occur to improve transmission quality and quantity, wireless communications could become a substitute for fixed wireline communications within a decade. That assessment was offered Jan. 25 …

In her Jan. 15 “Viewpoint” column, Tracy Anderson Ford presented her views regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s new certification requirements for personal communications services handsets, which are designed to …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced a new pricing structure for its Cellular Digital Packet Data network that reflects a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction from previously published rates. GTE said the …

AirTouch Communications Inc. announced that its cellular venture in Kyushu, Japan, has launched commercial service. Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co. Ltd. initially will serve the capital city, major highways and the …