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Telephone Warehouse, a wireless retailer with stores in Texas, Kansas and Missouri, said it is helping first-time cellular and pager buyers make informed decisions about products with its new mall-based superstore. The store, located in North Dallas’ Valley View Mall, features hands-on product displays and a wide selection of cellular phones and pagers. Each store also has an in-store service department for repairs and installation.

Executive Search International Inc. will assist Pocket Communications Inc. in a national staffing effort. ESI, which specializes in wireless telecommunications employment, is recruiting employees for the Las Vegas, Honolulu, Dallas and Chicago markets. Jobs available include general management, marketing, engineering, customer service, financial and administrative positions.

Some New York cellular users may never have to memorize another phone number. Thanks to Intellivoice Communications Inc.’s new EasyDial voice activated dialing, New Yorkers need only speak the name or number of the person they want to reach. “TalkDial makes dialing a cellular phone as easy as thinking out loud,” said Rick Conrad, regional president for Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile’s New York/New Jersey metro region.

Artecon, a manufacturer and systems integrator specializing in open-systems UNIX products, opened its TeleCom Division sales office in Dallas. Warren Sanders, formerly of Northern Telecom Inc., will lead sales efforts from the new location. The TeleCom Division was created to produce Telco- and Internet-compliant solutions for commercially available workstation, server and application-specific products.

Lincoln Telecommunications Co., a full-service communications company, has changed its name to Aliant Communications Inc. The name change will allow the company to offer services under a single brand name, said Frank H. Hilsabeck, president and CEO. The new name replaces eight different names previously used. The name Aliant is meant to symbolize the strong alliances the company has built with customers, and allow it to better compete in the telecommunications market.

Western Multiplex Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Glenayre Technologies Inc., announced a $2.7 million sale of WM-4T-6 licensed digital microwave radios to Norfolk Southern Railway Co. Atlanta-based Norfolk Southern Railway will use the WM-4T-6 in the areas east of the Mississippi to replace its existing analog spur radios operating at 6 GHz for intracompany networking, said Western Multiplex. Installations are expected to begin during the fourth quarter. Norfolk Southern Railway’s system lines extend more than 14,400 miles of track in 20 states, primarily in the Southeast and Midwest, and in Ontario, Canada.

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