Telecom

OKLAHOMA CITY-A lawsuit stemming from the rural service area lotteries of the late 1980s was resolved recently when United States Cellular Corp. won a $9.5 million award from Southwestern Bell …

ORLANDO, Fla.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in Florida announced it will market wireless telephones using an automated kiosk that dispenses ready-to-use cellular phones directly to the customer. The Interactive Retail Information …

Japanese telecom leaders suggest they will lift some foreign investment restrictions in cellular if they can get greater access to Western markets in return. Fifty-one countries are negotiating trade rules …

Manufacturers shipped more than 88,000 handsets in 1995 as the market for in-building wireless communications systems began its trajectory toward an estimated 1.6 million handsets shipped in the year 2000, …

PARK RIDGE, N.J.-The Hertz Corp. car rental company announced the rollout of a system that uses wireless technology to improve the speed and accuracy of communications between Hertz shuttle bus …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and RWE Telliance AG announced they have executed a memorandum of understanding to merge their German public access mobile radio networks, RegioNet and Terrafon Bundelfunk. The …