WASHINGTON-The Asia-Pacific paging market is expected to expand from 87 million subscribers at year-end 1997 to more than 168 million in 2002, according to a new study, “Asia-Pacific Paging Markets: …
“From the mighty pen, true wisdom flows. If it says so, then it is so. If it is so, so it is. A thought’s not fit to think ’til it’s …
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom Towers L.L.C. of Arlington, Va. Arch …
MOSCOW-Russian paging operator Multi-Page and Seattle-based Segol RadioPAGE Inc., which operates a network in Russia, merged at the end of January in a move seen as heralding the impending consolidation …
Orbcomm Orbcomm Global L.P. said it successfully launched eight satellites Dec. 23 from the Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia. Based on results of testing that is about half finished, …
CUSHCRAFT Cushcraft Corp. introduced the FRX450 UHF fiberglass omnidirectional antenna, which provides for transmission and reception of vertically polarized signals in the 450 MHz to 470 MHz frequency band. The …
DENVER-An affiliate of PriCellular Corp. has acquired the cellular assets of the Tennessee 4 rural service area from Tennessee 04 Partners L.P., an affiliate of Bachow & Associates Inc., announced …
United States Cellular Corp. appointed Paul Henri Denuit to a special committee of the board of directors that will consider how the company should respond to a proposal from its …
Look out, Craig McCaw! A low-earth-orbiting pie in the eye-Bill Gates a la mode-could be in your future once the world finds out you’ve joined forces with McCaw expatriates and …
Just less than a month before the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for new mobile phone licenses, Isla Communications Co. and Globe Telecom Gmcr both launched prepaid Global …
A former Oregon reseller of Paging Network Inc. is suing the Oregon branch of the nation’s largest paging carrier, and is encouraging others to join it in a possible future …
PageMart Wireless Inc., which recently selected Glenayre Technologies Inc. as the primary supplier of its planned nationwide two-way narrowband personal communications network, announced a $10 million net loss for the …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Online service subscribers make up a majority of wireless users and are considered top prospects for wireless providers marketing emerging technologies or bundled services, according to a recent survey …
SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc.’s Asia-Pacific Paging Networks Division announced it signed an $8 million contract with Zhejiang P & T Radio Paging Corp. for a high-speed, multifrequency, roaming paging network. The network …
WASHINGTON-For Beverly Wilborn, being female and African American has not kept her from climbing the corporate ladder in a telecommunications industry dominated in all respects by white males. In that …
Bundling cellular equipment with a service plan played a significant role in the success of the wireless industry. People could justify penny phones, even if it meant signing up for …
WASHINGTON-The Vermont congressional delegation last week applauded Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard’s rejection-for now-of federal pre-emption of local zoning regulation, but vowed to continue fighting for legislation to overturn …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-US Wireless Corp. announced it has successfully completed testing its wireless E-911 caller location product, which exceeded the 125-meter range required by a 1996 Federal Communications Commission mandate. …
NEW YORK-USN Communications Inc., Chicago, went public Feb. 4 with an initial public offering of 8 million shares priced at $16 each. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., New York, was …
NEW YORK-Seeking to crack down on what it considers abusive overseas transactions by American companies, the Internal Revenue Service recently published a warning of impending regulatory action in its bulletin. …
