AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...
NEW YORK-Parents having trouble staying in touch with their children will get some wireless help under a diverse new partnership, which includes a pop star, a not-for-profit missing children's organization, several wireless companies and something called FuMan Skeeto.Missing children organization Child Watch of North...
WASHINGTON-Under a new agreement, InPhonic Inc. will use Metrocall Inc.'s wireless networking capabilities to develop a line of two-way wireless data and messaging applications for Research In Motion Ltd. and Motorola TalkAbout T900 devices.InPhonic said the deal would allow it to enhance the wireless...
Nextel Communications Inc.'s persistence finally paid off.After years of waiting and working to get a hold of 900 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio licenses originally owned by Paging Network Inc., the company finally purchased the spectrum from Arch Wireless Inc. for $250 million in a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging carrier Metrocall Inc. may have to move from Nasdaq's National Market System to its SmallCap Market System because the company's stock has been trading below the minimum bid price of $5.The company appealed Nasdaq's decision to remove it from the National Market...
Dear Editor: Your Dec. 11 piece, "TSR closes operations," was interesting in light of what appears to be a total lack of information from actual TSR management. As a former 24-year employee at TSR, I would like to make some comments about the article.For Metrocall...
A week after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in New Jersey, TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation's fourth largest paging carrier, announced Friday it will continue to keep its network up and running.According to Friday's press release-the company's first public statement since it shut its...
TSR Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest privately held paging carrier, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy late Friday afternoon in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey in Newark.Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most severe type of bankruptcy, which calls for the...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-SalesMountain, a wireless advertising network, scored an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS to have the carriers offer its Find the Sales service over their mobile Internet networks.The two new separate agreements add to SalesMountain's list of partnerships, which...
Verizon Wireless announced plans to test its cdma2000 1xEV technology. The company said the technology can support a high-speed data rate of 2.4 Megabits per second in its existing spectrum and on current base station equipment.Singapore's M1 selected Nokia to replace its current CDMA...
Arch Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $66.2 million, or $1 per share, compared with $68.2 million, or $1.42 per share, reported for the last third-quarter period. Arch was expected to close its merger with Paging Network Inc. Nov. 10. Net revenues...
Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled past.It is doing so by supporting the growing interest in wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants. Glenayre is taking the lead...
Arch Wireless Inc.'s shareholders approved the company's pending merger with Paging Network Inc. at a special meeting of shareholders. The transaction still requires the approval of PageNet stockholders.In addition, a U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion by Metrocall Inc....
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. will supply its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor computer to Metrocall Inc., which Metrocall will distribute through its various channels.In addition, Glenayre is bundling the @ctiveLink product with Metrocall service for availability via Amazon.com.Glenayre also announced...
CHICAGO-The Personal Communications Industry Association Foundation honored individuals and companies with its PCIA Foundation Leadership Awards during last week's PCIA GlobalXChange show.The awards included the Albert Gore Jr. LifePage Achievement Award, presented to companies or individuals who exemplify the program's standards of leadership and...
Metrocall Inc.'s underdog efforts to acquire Paging Network Inc. from under the nose of current suitor Arch Communications Group Inc. gained some momentum last week in the form of $337.5 million in additional financial commitments to pay for its competing bid.Of the $337.5 million,...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-OracleMobile Inc. said Arch Communications Group Inc. and Motient Corp. have adopted its two-way wireless messaging solution, joining Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd.Middleware provider Paradigm4 also adopted the solution for its platform. Using Paradigm4's devices, subscribers will be able to...
CanadaFuzion Wireless Communications said it launched its fixed wireless broadband services network in Ontario, Canada. Serving businesses in Toronto and other locations, Fuzion said it will deliver Internet connectivity at speeds from 500 kilobits per second to 45 Megabits per second.United StatesVerizon Communications and...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has partnered with SalesMountain Inc. to deliver local sale alerts and specials advertising to Metrocall messaging subscribers.Customers may receive SalesMountain's aggregated sales and specials alerts, as well as access the company's sales database via the Internet. Information delivered wirelessly includes product...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic alliance with Handango Inc. under which Metrocall will provide two-way messaging capabilities to handheld computers powered by Handango's suite of business applications.In addition, Metrocall will sell Handango devices it its retail stores nationwide.Handango powers handheld content channels for...
As expected, Paging Network Inc., the largest paging carrier in the country, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last week, consenting to the July 14 petition for involuntary bankruptcy filed by bondholders.PageNet said it hopes the bankruptcy status will speed its merger with...
Metrocall Inc. finally made its long-awaited acquisition play by submitting a competing proposal to buy Paging Network Inc., hoping to edge out current PageNet suitor Arch Communications Group Inc. in the process.Metrocall's proposal-which offers PageNet a combined cash, stock and assumed debt deal-calls for...
Only here, in the democratic power center of the world, could leaking and stonewalling simultaneously be art forms worthy of the Smithsonian Institution.But it's true. In fact, this is the Golden Age of leaking and stonewalling. We are blessed with a plethora of new...
