BROWSING: IBM

PAC BELL JOINS WITH IBM TO OFFER PCS MOBILE DATA

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services and IBM Corp. announced a joint marketing agreement to provide a mobile office solution that will allow people on the move in California and Nevada to send and receive faxes and electronic mail and sign on to the Internet...

DIAL PAGE SALE TO NEXTEL NETS FIRM $95.8M GAIN

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...

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Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent Computer Systems where he created its Telecommunications American Operation, which consists of major account...

GTE AND IBM ANNOUNCE BETTER BILLING INFORMATION

ATLANTA-GTE Telecommunications Services and IBM Corp. have introduced a service for managing usage and billing information generated by cellular roaming users.The number of roamers has grown, said GTE, and so it has become increasingly difficult to track usage and manage the distribution of operator...

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Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the senior media/community relations specialist...

THE NATION

BellSouth Cellular Corp. is marketing cellular phones in Kroger supermarkets. Once purchased, the phnoes can be activated within 10 to 20 minutes in the store. Kiosks and cellular salespeople already are stationed in stores throughout BellSouth's Indianapolis, Nashville, Huntsville, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., markets....

PAGENET USES NEW PROTOCOL

In pursuit of providing consumers with voice paging service, Paging Network Inc. announced its new VoiceNow advanced messaging service will use Motorola Inc.'s InFLEXion technology.InFLEXion is the fastest paging protocol available, enabling two-way voice and data communications at speeds up to 10 times faster...

PRODUCTS

The National Association for Business and Educational Radio announced the release of its ninth edition of The NABER Resource. The guide is a comprehensive source of Federsl Communications Commision rules, regulations and licensing, said NABER. "It includes current addresses, fee and form information through...

A VIRTUAL WALK DOWN THE WE-WAY GIVES A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE

Oct. 8, 2022. Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian exhibit on the Age of Multimedia: 1994-2008 opened for public viewing in the Gore Digital Museum complex located in the old Department of Agriculture Building. This year marks the 75th anniversary of the invention of the transistor, a...

SEIKO FORMS UNIT TO OFFER NEWS, INFORMATION VIA WATCHES, PDAS

Saying it wants to make wireless information systems affordable to everyone, Seiko Corp. announced it has formed a new business unit and dumped $57 million into a project to implement the plan.Japanese watchmaker Seiko, based in Tokyo, said it will deploy a high-speed global...