1997

Who is tomorrow’s paging user? RCR asked that question of a number of industry execs. Each one had a little different twist on the same theme. PageMart Wireless CEO John …

A specialized mobile radio operator is making plans to offer a pager that operates at 220 MHz. Angell Communications Inc. announced Wings 220, a single line numeric pager that has …

Metawave Communications Corp. named Tom Crawford director of product marketing and business development. He will be responsible for maintaining strategic partnerships that provide new sales and marketing opportunities for Metawave’s …

IRVING, Texas-Aerial Communications Inc. said it will purchase personal communications services handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Nokia Corp. Aerial values both contracts at $75 million. The Mitsubishi G100 …

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.-AirTouch Cellular is providing free cellular telephone programming to cellular phone users affected by an area code split in Michigan’s Oakland County. The company began reprogramming phones May 10 …

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-Several companies are pitching in products and services to help the city of Grand Forks, N.D., recover from record flooding last month. Employees of U S West Communications …

NEW YORK-Bills that would have required hands-free cellular telephone use by drivers were postponed indefinitely last month in the California and Illinois legislatures. The California Senate Transportation Committee shelved, with …

LONDON-Europe reached 7.5 million land mobile radio subscribers last year, of which 7 million used private mobile radio and 500,000 used public access mobile radio, according to a report issued …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. next month will begin construction on a cellular equipment manufacturing plant and global provisioning center in Brazil. The company said more than 300 people will …

LONDON-Prepaid card sales may fuel mobile phone growth, but they also will erode already declining margins, according to a new report by CIT Research Ltd. of London. Cards allow calling …

TORRANCE, Calif.-Intek Diversified Corp.’s subsidiary Roamer One signed an agreement to provide voice communication and computer aided dispatch to Time Warner Inc. for its cable television fleet operating in northern …

NEW YORK-Through an add-on offering of American Depository Shares, FGI Wireless Ltd., an Illinois corporation, is looking to reduce substantially its ownership in Vimpel-Communications, a Russian cellular carrier that went …

Metrica says it holds the sole championship title in its corner of the global telecom industry, network performance management. The United States is especially promising right now for its business, …

NEW YORK-Metrocall Inc. announced an escalation in paging users in two markets where broadband personal communications services have been launched, discrediting the theory that the introduction of broadband PCS services …

DENVER-Winners of the recently completed Wireless Communications Services auction may be likely to choose Personal Access Communications Systems as their technology of choice, said Paul Carroll, vice president of marketing …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. has acquired the naming rights to two sports facilities, the renovated Gatorbowl stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., and a new Civic Center that will be built in …

WASHINGTON-Assistant FBI Director James Kallstrom accused Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Thomas Wheeler of making false and misleading statements to Congress about the agency’s role in implementing the 1994 digital …

WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. introduced its Direct Link one-number service, which integrates voice, fax, messaging and “find me” capabilities into a customer’s cellular phone number. Calls can be routed …

Motorola Inc. has agreed to license to Racal Communications Inc. the digital technology for APCO Project 25 public safety products. Rockville, Md.-based Racal is the seventh company to license the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted a worldwide, royalty-bearing license to Sharp Corp. to manufacture and sell Code Division Multiple Access subscriber products. Sharp is the 16th Japanese manufacturer to receive an …

Belt-tightening, steady growth of one-way services and advances in two-way and voice paging are winning the paging sector renewed interest on Wall Street. “I think there are people in the …

TORONTO-Telular Canada Inc. agreed to become a wholly owned subsidiary of Lava Systems Inc., which together will operate as an integrated information management company. According to the agreement, each Telular …

NEW YORK-When it comes to further consolidation in paging, the industry in the United States has taken a deep breath and is waiting to exhale. During 1995 and early 1996, …

WASHINGTON-Overarching economic, trade and political policies evolving in the United States and abroad are likely to eclipse telecommunications policy as the key drivers of wireless commerce in the next century. …

TUCSON, Ariz.-AirTouch Cellular selected Authentix Network Inc.’s Roamer Verification Reinstatement system for roaming fraud prevention in 17 states. The agreement follows a successful implementation last year of the Authentix Verification …