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SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed a paging infrastructure contract with Express Telecommunications Co., a regional paging carrier in the central region of Taiwan. The contract, …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced it expanded its Ricochet line of products, which provide unlimited wireless access to the Internet, intranets, e-mail and other online services. The Ricochet SX modem …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced it has received commitments from two cellular operators to deploy its multiple ClearSite receiver subsystems in the carriers’ base stations. Conductus will deliver the systems during …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. announced the commercial launch of a Frequency Hopping Multiple Access network in Seoul, South Korea. The network will be operated by national licensee Anam Telecom under …

LOS ANGELES-SmarTalk announced it will sell 1.3 million shares of its common stock. Robert Lorsch, chairman and chief executive officer, still will remain the company’s largest single shareholder. Lorsch said …

ATLANTA-Scientific-Atlanta Inc. announced it sold its Microwave Instrumentation business to a private group of investors called Microwave Instrumentation Technologies L.L.C. “The sale of the microwave business completes our transition from …

NEW YORK-Sandler Capital Management purchased 750,000 shares of Price Communications Corp. in a private transaction during October, announced Price Communications. “Harvey Sandler is a successful media money manager and we …

DALLAS-In a move the company said would better position it for future competition, PageMart Wireless Inc. announced a reorganization in its executive management structure last week. Ross Buckenham, formerly executive …

ALEXANDRIA, VA.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced that the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Communications Society’s Wireless Communications Conference will be held in conjunction with PCIA’s Personal Communications Showcase …

MONTREAL-Users of Microcell Solutions Inc.’s personal communication service, Fido, can now roam in France, England, Switzerland, Germany and Hong Kong, said the company. Fido customers in these countries can use …

SAN DIEGO-ADC Wireless Systems and interWave Communications International Ltd., which provides digital microcellular network systems worldwide, announced they have reached an exclusive agreement to sell microcellular systems in China, strengthening …

Corsair Communications Inc. released a follow-on product to its PhonePrint fraud product designed to target subscriber handset problems that could lead to churn. Called PhoneCheck, the product pulls data from …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced users of the AccessLink two-way data messaging pager, made by its recently acquired wholly owned subsidiary Wireless Access Inc., can connect to 3Com Corp.’s …

NEW YORK-A New York City in-state reseller of long-distance wireline services did an about face with the advent of telecommunications deregulation here, changing its name and its mission to Russian …

The International Mobile Telecommunications Association announced it is launching a campaign to oppose the regulations proposed by the cellular and personal communications services industries worldwide to restrict the commercial trunked …

LANCASTER, Pa.-PCS One, a joint venture of D&E Communications and Omnipoint Corp., launched personal communications services in Central Pennsylvania, which the operator said is the first PCS service in the …

SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia-Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed a paging infrastructure contract with Liaoning Province Mobile Communications Ltd. in China. The contract, valued at $14 million, is for a …

CALGARY, Alberta, Canada-Wi-LAN Inc. signed an agreement with Hutton Communications Inc. calling for Hutton to distribute Wi-LAN’s Hopper wireless modems and Hopper Plus wireless Ethernet bridges in the United States, …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-MobileMinutes, Bell Atlantic Mobile’s prepaid wireless service, now is available in the New York metropolitan and Philadelphia areas. The prepaid service has no monthly fees and does not require …

Jato Communications Corp., a small Denver-based company, has big plans in the Local Multipoint Distribution Services market. “We think that there is going to be a bandwidth scarcity and LMDS …

WASHINGTON-Public-safety wireless advocates have urged federal regulators not to license additional digital TV stations using frequencies that Congress this year reserved for police, fire and emergency medical service providers. The …

NEW YORK-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and Ameritech Corp. expect to announce by early next month a partnership to deliver dual-mode Code Division Multiple Access/Analog Mobile Phone Service phones. The handsets …

INDIANAPOLIS-Isla Communications Co. Inc., a network carrier in the Philippines, has selected Brightpoint Inc. to install and manage its prepaid cellular service. Brightpoint said it also will provide phone kits, …

NEW YORK-Quickphone has negotiated a nationwide airtime agreement with Shared Technologies Cellular to provide analog cellular coverage to Quickphone’s established markets throughout the United States. “Establishing a nationwide airtime agreement …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to increase safety for students, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson Mobile Phones announced their Safe Schools program yesterday, which will provide wireless phones and service to …