ATHENS, Ga.-Powertel Inc. said it launched commercial personal communications services in Athens, Ga.Powertel provides commercial service in 26 metropolitan areas and major highway corridors...
MONTREAL-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it launched its Fido personal communications services system in Sherbrooke, Quebec, last week.Fido is an enhanced digital wireless communication service...
ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said it released its version 3.0 HotPage software, which provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected an appeal by SkyTel Communications Corp.-formerly Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.-that argued the paging carrier deserved its narrowband personal communications...
Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the...
JACKSON, Miss.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. announced it will close its retail activation center in Jackson, Miss., and consolidate its functions at the Dallas-based call center...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week did its part to improve the nation's roads by proposing that 75 megahertz be set aside for so-called...
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.-SigmaOne Communications Corp. held the first prototype demonstration of its E911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, said the company.Results showed...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it will provide customers with a two-day airtime credit for the downed service time that occurred during the PanAmSat Galaxy...
An indoor solution to wireless electronic asset tracking that uses digital radio-frequency technology to locate personnel and property has been developed by PinPoint Corp.,...
ATLANTA-Bosch Telecom Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans to develop and market broadband wireless networking solutions designed to help service providers offer integrated...
ASHLAND, Ky.-RAM-Page, a division of RAM Technologies, announced it has launched Pre-Paid Paging, a new service aimed at customers who require occasional paging service...
BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications announced the first two-state wireless Phase 1 E911 deployment is up and routing E911 calls to public-safety agencies in Washington County,...
NEW YORK-After receiving "Big Daddy" T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the...
Interlink ElectronicsFreedom Writer OEM, the first application using Interlink Electronics Inc.'s new medium-range wireless communications technology, RemoteLink, is set to be introduced this month...
ATLANTA-Wireless data's success in the future depends on how easily users can access it, said some wireless executives last week at SuperComm '98.Key executives...
Multifrequency paging launched in ChinaMotorola Inc. announced a FLEX multifrequency paging network was launched in the Guangxi Zhuang province of China-the first of seven...
A request by Connecticut's attorney general and state utility regulators that a combined SBC Communications Inc./Southern New England Telecommunications Corp. reduce its local telephone...
COLUMBUS, Ohio-SmarTalk TeleServices Inc. acquired Worldwide Direct, a direct-to-consumer prepaid cellular phone distributor, in a stock-for-stock transaction that provides it with terminal-based prepaid capability.Combined...
ATLANTA-A survey of 500 small business owners, released at SuperComm '98, demonstrated a "tremendous potential for sales in the coming years."The survey, conducted by...
