ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. launched paging service through its Global Messaging Gateway, a newly installed satellite uplink facility located in Stockton, Calif.Metrocall now handles about...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week did some house-cleaning on the local multipoint distribution service auction by adopting partitioning and disaggregation rules that give...
NEW YORK-Orange plc outshined the other major mobile network providers in the United Kingdom, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 U.K. Mobile...
Sygnet Wireless Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company, and has retained Lehman Brothers Inc. as its...
WASHINGTON-Representatives of the Land Mobile Communications Council have begun informal contacts with the National Telecommunications & Information Administration, the agency that must approve any...
NEW YORK-Transcrypt International Inc. last week saw its stock trading suspended on Nasdaq, and the company's independent auditor resigned.Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. resigned as...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard told Congress last week that public-safety wireless systems are at risk of succumbing to the Year 2000 computer...
A ruling from a federal bankruptcy court in Dallas may have set a dangerous precedent for the Federal Communications Commission and further muddied the...
The 220 MHz specialized mobile radio industry, sometimes known as the final frontier of wireless spectrum opportunity, gained a major player when four of...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications Techniques Corp., which produces testing equipment for wireless and wireline networks, has obtained a $370 million bank credit facility and hopes to...
ChinaL.M. Ericsson signed four Global System for Mobile communications contracts in China, which the company values at a total of $756 million. Ericsson will...
DENVER-Heather Forsgren Weaver has joined the staff of RCR as a reporter in the Washington, D.C., bureau. She most recently worked for Washington Telecom...
The European wireless community has been reasonably successful at being able to feel superior to its U.S. counterparts. Europe has a unified digital standard....
NEW YORK-France Telecom Inc. is putting the finishing touches on elaborate preparations that began three years ago for France 98, the month-long World Cup...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week asked the Federal Communications Commission to delay until November implementing rules regarding how commercial mobile radio services...
MotorolaMotorola Inc. appointed Dennis Roberson vice president and chief technology officer. Roberson reports to Merle L. Gilmore, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. As...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's long-awaited decision on what should happen with low-power private wireless systems during refarming has been delayed by concerns over interference...
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. reported operational results for the quarter that again exceeded analysts' financial expectations but did not meet their subscriber forecasts.Mtel...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it entered into a strategic partnership with Forbes Inc. to offer wireless information services from Forbes Digital Media to PageNet...
