The end of the Cold War six years ago signaled the end of defense as a driver of technology creation. Engineers have since sought ways to apply defense designs to …

Financial catastrophe has MobileMedia Corp. in the news almost daily with talk of corruption, stockholder lawsuits and bankruptcy. But the company now faces heightened pressure from competitor Paging Network Inc., …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-With the delivery of 3,000 base stations to Japanese cellular operator NTT DoCoMo, L.M. Ericsson’s base stations support more than 2 million subscribers in Japan. NTT DoCoMo has more …

WASHINGTON-The cellular and paging industries experienced similar declines in revenue per subscriber and operating expenses this year. But despite jitters on Wall Street, the operating performance of most wireless companies …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Embarc and Paging Partners Corp. launched the Street Line paging service to offer financial news and stock quotes from CNBC. Breaking news-including business, financial, national and international news-will …

LOS ANGELES-Ever since PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. launched service in 11 markets last month, many Code Division Multiple Access proponents believe the technology has passed its first test-widespread deployment. Now …

SOUTHPORT, Conn.-EDR Wireless Group changed its name to EDR Telecom in an effort to reflect the company’s expanding scope of business. The company’s clients include wireless carriers as well as …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission voted Friday to allow broadband personal communications services auction winners to sell off parts of licenses and proposed to give all commercial wireless carriers the same …

DENVER-ProNet Inc. merged with Calpage and bought the assets of Strategic Products Corp. to provide a foundation for its West Coast operations. The transaction represents more than 45,000 paging units …

Sabre Communications Corp. introduced a new line of monopoles designed to support antenna loadings for cellular, personal communications services, enhanced specialized mobile radio and microwave applications. The monopoles extend 200 …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Tele-communications Services Inc. has agreed to supply its CloneDetector system to PrimeCo Personal Communications. The agreement also calls for GTE Telecommunications Services to manage the maintenance and operation …

National Telemanagement Corp. believes it has solved the problems of the prepaid wireless industry. Selling debit cards is like selling a pack of cigarettes, said Jerry Easom, director of business …

Xypoint Corp. named Jane Bissonnette director of 911 services. She will be responsible for developing the company’s wireless enhanced 911 products, maintaining relationships with the public safety community and tracking …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to grant an extension of the now-expired 120-day special temporary authority given to current Part 90 licensees to continue operation …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it expects to have 9 million pagers in service at the end of this year, 34 percent more than last year. “Our 1996 results have been …

WASHINGTON-If the wireless telecom industry has learned one thing in recent years, it is that rules for paging, cellular, specialized mobile radio, personal communications services, mobile satellite, microwave, wireless local …

Oki Telecom Inc. says it expects to be first to market with a tri-mode wireless phone based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, a move in line with the company’s …

Billy Tauzin (R-La.), incoming House telecommunications subcommittee chairman, left no uncertainty last week about his agenda for next year. Reed Hundt. In doing so, Tauzin is following in the footsteps …

DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. said it is syndicating about $1.1 billion of its $1.3 billion vendor credit facility with Sprint Spectrum L.P. through a group of major financial institutions. The syndication …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications said it will supply Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure equipment to Societe Francaise du Radiotelephone. According to the agreement, Nokia will deliver base stations, base station …