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...fact that the government has not taken the issue seriously is part of the problem. In his opinion, the studies linking higher incidences of cancer to low-frequency electromagnetic fields raise questions about the whole electromagnetic spectrum, including radiation from such ubiquitous sources as broadcast antennas, walkie-talkies and cellular telephones. But despite all the warning signs, there has been almost no research on the effects of long-term low-level exposure. "The U.S. has gone to extraordinary lengths not to study this problem," says Slesin. "It's as if we're terrified of what we might find...
Some of the busiest telephone lines these days are those between phone-company executives putting together mergers. Last week the circuits were jammed, as giant GTE announced plans to acquire Atlanta-based Contel for $6 billion and form the nation's largest provider of local service and second-largest cellular-phone company. A shadow was cast over the agreement, however, when the Securities and Exchange Commission filed suit, charging that insiders had bought Contel stock before the accord was announced...
Last December McCaw Cellular Communications agreed to acquire New York City- based LIN Broadcasting for $3.4 billion. Then in February Contel vaulted from 13th to sixth among cellular companies by acquiring McCaw's Southeastern operations for $1.3 billion. After the GTE announcement, investors snapped up stocks of other likely merger candidates, including Southern New England Telecommunications, Lincoln Telecommunications and Rochester Telephone...
Soviet purchases of the new technology of communication -- desktop publishing, computers and modems, fax and Xerox machines, cellular telephones -- could also have far-reaching effects. Washington has been cautious about releasing some of this, for fear it might enhance Soviet military power. On the contrary, it is more likely to advance the free flow of ideas and the growth of political diversity. A centralized state would find it hard to turn back the clock...
...potential investors in Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. Motorola estimates that Iridium will need 700,000 users to become profitable. While that is roughly equivalent to the Pittsburgh white pages, it is less than 1% of the 100 million people around the world who are expected to be using cellular phones by the end of the decade...