Telecom

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to auction toll-free 888 telephone numbers, a potential hot-button issue for Congress that could hurt paging operators in the near term and pocket telephone …

U S West Inc.’s board of directors has declared a regular, quarterly dividend of 54 cents per share on the common stock of U S West Communications Group. U S …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Eighty-two percent of business cellular subscribers want a single wireless handset that can be used as an office phone indoors and as a mobile phone outdoors, concludes a two-year …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Media Group announced U S West Cellular will adopt the AirTouch name before the companies’ domestic cellular units merge. U S West …

One of the most important issues facing all wireless carriers is how to achieve rapid deployment of new networks and overcome local opposition to multiple facilities in areas where existing …

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 …