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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.-Axiom Inc. announced it has signed a contract with Telikom Papua New Guinea for a Sterling Solution billing data mediation system for about $3 million. “This sale represents …

NEW YORK-Silvio Scaglia, chief executive officer of Omnitel Pronto Italia S.p.A., called it the “What we are doing today that others will do tomorrow” plan. The Italian carrier has executed …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Marlborough, Mass.-based InfoCellular Inc. The acquisition provides LHS with a point-of-sale software solution, which expands its global billing and customer-care product …

Moves made by the top 10 paging carriers in the last six months dramatically illustrate how paging carriers are changing to remain in the game. The sun has set on …

NEW YORK-Wireless telephony providers are hemorrhaging revenues from organized activity by criminals drawn to the low risk and easy money of subscription fraud. Thieves are exploiting a particularly lucrative window …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Kenan Systems Corp. announced Paging Network Inc. selected its Arbor/Mobile billing platform to support the paging carrier’s current and future billing services. PageNet has begun a major reorganization of …

Puerto Rico A consortium led by GTE Corp. signed a definitive pact to purchase for $375 million a controlling interest of 50 percent plus one share in the Puerto Rico …

NEW YORK-Directel, a new, Dallas-based paging carrier doing business in Argentina and Brazil, has selected and installed a new billing and management system provided by In-Touch Management Systems Inc., Melville, …

Trying to address the various issues systems integrator companies face in the telecommunications industry is like stepping into a mine field, say industry experts. The increased level of competition spurred …

By 2005, mobile location services will reach all 148 million wireless subscribers in North America, according to a study by Ovum, an independent telecommunications and information technology analyst firm. Ovum …

Wireless carriers that bill for services through local phone companies may be affected by cramming, the latest consumer billing scam to hit the telecommunications industry. Cramming is when customers are …

NEW YORK-Instead of viewing paging as a dying industry, wireless telephony providers should recognize it as a service enhancement and growth catalyst, said Andrew Weisheit, vice president of the carrier …

Western Wireless International announced it began Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Iceland through its TAL Ltd. partnership. The initial network covers about 70 percent of the Icelandic …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association filed comments at the Federal Communications Commission requesting a national calling party pays plan be implemented. Some sort of national framework must exist before wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said wireless carriers could indeed use customer information to market mobile handsets and so-called information services to customers who originally purchased these items from …

Mobile communications is a key factor shaping the growth of the global communications industry, according to a report from BT World Communications. Nearly 150 million people subscribed to a wireless …

Personal communications services provider PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. signed a roaming agreement with GTE Wireless that will expand its PrimeTravel coverage area to 45 of the country’s top 50 markets, …

In an effort to create consistency among the many markets nationwide that use its brand name, Cellular One has been regularly monitoring customer satisfaction in each of its markets through …

The most recent consolidation among larger paging carriers was completed last month, when TSR Paging Inc. and American Paging Inc. combined into TSR Wireless Inc. With the financial and regulatory …

DALLAS-Aeris Communications Inc. and Orbcomm Canada Inc. announced an agreement to integrate their respective MicroBurst and Orbcomm services for hybrid wireless data and messaging products and services in Canada. The …

Now that paging carriers must make Universal Service Fund contributions, even though they are ineligible to withdraw money from it, many are adding new charges to customer bills to recoup …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week introduced an aggressive national rate system that eliminates long-distance and roaming charges. The AT&T Digital One Rate plan includes three pricing options: 600 minutes …

Sygnet Wireless Inc. said it is exploring strategic alternatives, including the possible sale of the company, and has retained Lehman Brothers Inc. as its financial adviser. The company said the …

WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee, raising the stakes in its probe of the Federal Communications Commission’s planned headquarters move, last week authorized subpoenas to Portals developers Franklin Haney and Steven Grigg; …

NEW YORK-Orange plc outshined the other major mobile network providers in the United Kingdom, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 1998 U.K. Mobile Customer Satisfaction Study. Orange’s overall satisfaction …