PCS Development Corp. is confident in the opportunities for early players in the market for stored voice paging in narrowband PCS. The company just last week announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with Metairie, La.-based Radiofone Inc., a wireless messaging provider with a...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said its first quarter net sales could result in a $10 million to $12 million reduction because of the recent Federal Communications Commission Notice of Proposed Rule Making, which included a freeze on accepting new applications for 900 MHz paging...
Location technology is taking its place in the wireless communications industry as Global Positioning System products begin to mesh with radio and cellular networks, spawning several potentially lucrative businesses.A system of 24 satellites launched by the U.S. Department of Defense beginning in the late...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's new application freeze has created a major rift in the paging industry, the second major wireless sector to feel the big chill from Chairman Reed Hundt's auction embrace.The latest application freeze, imposed Feb. 9 on all paging carriers except those...
Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key semiconductor houses worldwide to manufacture and distribute FLEX chip sets. ITRI is the first...
The Harris NovAtel Division of Harris Canada Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. have signed an original equipment manufacturing agreement that will enable Harris NovAtel to incorporate Glenayre's Modular Voice Processing System platform in its cellular equipment networks worldwide, Glenayre announced. The platform will provide...
Editor's note: Following are five charts ranking major players in the wireless telecommunications industry according to revenues, net incomes, percent change in revenue from 1994 to 1995, percent change in net income from 1994 to 1995 and two-year total return on investment to shareholders.Nordby International...
Dial Page Inc.'s stockholders have approved a merger proposal and agreement with Nextel Communications Inc., Nextel announced. The Federal Communications Commission's final approval on the merger is expected to be made in late January, Nextel said. The transaction is scheduled to close Jan. 31....
GREENVILLE, S.C.-PCS Development Corp. announced it has purchased infrastructure equipment from Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. to construct a prototype advanced messaging system in Atlanta and Boston."The purchase of this advanced equipment enables PCSD to immediately begin building beta systems that will provide...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it has received a contract from L'Office National des Postes et Telecommunications, the government-led telecommunications company in Morocco, to provide paging infrastructure equipment and installation services.The equipment will be used for a paging system capable of supporting all existing high-speed...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Glenayre Technologies Inc. said MobileMedia Corp. has agreed to purchase paging infrastructure equipment and installation services to expand MobileMedia's nationwide paging network.Glenayre will provide 56 wireless messaging switches, 650 transmitters and 650 controllers. The purchase is valued at $20 million, Glenayre...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and California-based Benbow PCS Ventures Inc. have signed a joint agreement to test two-way messaging services in Southern California through a new high-speed ReFLEX25 transmitter infrastructure purchased from Glenayre by Westlink Paging Inc., Glenayre announced.Westlink is the network operator for...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. reported significant increases in net income and net sales for the third quarter ended Sept. 30.The company's net income rose 151 percent for the third quarter to $21.1 million, compared with $8.4 million for the same period in 1994. Earnings...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. is introducing a new network standard the company says can increase paging network capacity by nearly 100 times.The Wireless Messaging transfer protocol (WMtp) and the Wireless Messaging application programming interface will create new access to emerging services, such as two-way...
A private Dutch company has combined traditional paging with high-tech messaging to produce "Maxing," an advanced wireless service that Eindhoven-based CallMax bv hopes to offer commercially early next year.Using the service, subscribers will be able to store or forward faxes, access e-mail and the...
GREENVILLE, S.C.-The recognition of a $95.8 million after-tax gain on the sale of Dial Page Inc.'s paging operation accounted for a $38.7 million, or $1.83 per share, net income for the three months ended Sept. 30. The company recorded a net loss of $39.4...
Psst, don't let any lawyers know, but a government auction of spectrum is scheduled to begin tomorrow.The 900 MHz specialized mobile radio auction has captured the interest of 128 bidders planning to compete for more than 1,000 SMR licenses sold by the federal government.The...
RIDGELAND, Miss.-MobileComm said it completed the conversion of its Mississippi system to the company's new 900 MHz nationwide network, which uses direct satellite control and Motorola Inc.'s FLEX technology.The concept was developed by MobileComm engineers with equipment from multiple manufacturers, including Glenayre Electronics Inc.,...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Shinawatra Paging of Thailand has chosen Glenayre Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure equipment for the second phase of its system expansion.Glenayre said it will provide nearly 300 high-performance paging transmitters and a control system using global positioning satellite service. GPS allows simulcasting, when...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Ray Ardizzone pointed to activity in both domestic and foreign markets as responsible for the company's impressive financial results in the second quarter.For the three months ended June 30, Glenayre produced net sales of $75...
Olivetti SpA and Northern Telecom Ltd. have formed a joint venture to distribute and service Nortel telecommunications products in Italy. As part of the agreement, Nortel has acquired 49 percent of Sixtel SpA, a subsidiary of Olivetti. Olivetti is an equity partner in Omnitel...
In-Flight Phone Corp. is having reliability problems with the FlightLink phone service it has installed in the planes of three major airlines."We're tracing the problem back to installation and we expect to resolve the matter in the next 30 to 60 days," said In-Flight...
GREENVILLE, S.C.-The PCS Development Corp. said it plans to build prototype advanced messaging systems in Atlanta and Boston for conducting user trials the first half of 1996.Motorola Inc. will provide infrastructure for the Atlanta system, and Glenayre Technologies Inc. will supply equipment for the...
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it is only a natural extension of one-way paging.Two camps have emerged among advanced messaging...
