1998

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to expand the sales of advanced wireless …

To the Editor: Recent letters submitted by RCR readers have questioned MobileMedia’s long-term prospects at a time when the company is actually well on its way to emerging from Chapter …

LAS VEGAS-Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc., a specialized mobile radio services provider, announced it topped the 10,000 subscriber unit mark. “At this time last year, we had only a little over …

Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations. The largest shortfall will come from the company’s semiconductor business, where the Consumer …

Most analysts and industry insiders agree the future of the paging industry lies in providing value-added services to the current paging subscriber base. For some that means upgrading from numeric …

Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 “WireLink extensions benefit resellers” story were incorrectly attributed to WireLink Communications Inc. President …

The United Kingdom continues to dominate news related to Trans European Trunked Radio technology, as a company there recently took steps to offer the first and only commercially available network …

SAN FRANCISCO-A consortium in which AirTouch Communications Inc. holds a 30-percent interest won a nationwide cellular license in Egypt, expanding AirTouch’s reach into the Middle East for the first time, …

WASHINGTON-The Senate plans to vote in May on compromise encryption legislation announced last week, but it is unclear whether the Clinton administration will back it. While retreating from its previous …

Since announcing its new vision last fall, the Wireless Data Forum has taken several significant steps in the last weeks to move toward its goal of transforming into an industry-wide …

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. launched a new branding effort called “Workpower for the Road,” which includes a new logo and a product-Geotek Driver Logistics System 1000-designed to increase mobile productivity, …

BEIJING-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it signed a $9.6-million contract with Shandong Provincial Posts and Telecommunications Administration to expand Shandong’s high-speed paging network. Under terms of the contract, Glenayre’s 280 MHz …

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of “goodwill capital” with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me to do this. First, I’ve come …

A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs. The Home Radio Frequency Working Group’s mission …

BOCA RATON, Fla.-SBA Communications Corp., a developer of build-to-suit wireless antenna sites, closed on the sale of $269 million in principal amount of 12-percent senior discount notes to mature in …

NEW YORK-Several billing and customer-care providers have announced new products in recent weeks, among them, American Management Systems Inc., International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc., Kenan Systems Corp. and Subscriber Computing …

SAN FRANCISCO-MobileSoft announced it formed an alliance with GoAmerica Communications Corp. through which MobileSoft will market GoAmerica’s Web@Hand wireless data services on its website. MobileSoft is a provider of software …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. introduced a new personal communications services phone manufactured by Samsung Telecommunications America. The Samsung SCH-1900 is the second digital Code Division Multiple Access handset from …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications Inc. said it reached an agreement with Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems and Southwestern Bell Wireless to deploy its PhonePrint cellular fraud prevention system in additional Southwestern …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it published a series of documents on system specifications for Cellular Digital Packet Data in the first step toward establishing the documents for standardization. …

What? There is not a shortage of available phone numbers? The rise in fax machines, pagers and cellular phones is not to blame for what is being perceived as a …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it reached an agreement with US/Intelicom and SecurFone America Inc. to provide prepaid cellular solutions for the U.S. market. The prepaid solution, called Buy-the-Minute, is scheduled for …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Small Business Services announced it now has specialists who consult individually with business customers about their telecommunications needs. The enhancement to its “one-stop shopping” concept enables the company to …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellemetry announced an agreement with Global Research Systems, adding Cellemetry applications to GRS’s BusCall service. BusCall notifies families when a school bus is approaching to pick up their children. …

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