AT&T Corp. admitted it might sell its Wireless Messaging Division-without actually confirming that the paging unit is indeed up for sale-after rumors surfaced that the paging network was on the auction block."We are being very aggressive at looking at our portfolio to make sure...
With 1997 drawing to a close, the paging industry is readying itself to go out with a bang.Whether the achievement of the carrier, reseller or distributor, fourth-quarter sales traditionally count for an average of about 40 percent of the paging industry's annual revenue, in...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced that the indexed variable common rights associated with its merger with A+ Network Inc. have expired without value.After the merger was completed more than a year ago, A+ Network shareholders received one VCR for each Metrocall share, or 1.18 share...
An attorney who filed a class-action lawsuit against reseller Econopage Inc. announced he will amend that suit to include claims against paging carriers Paging Network Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc.Econopage is the now-defunct San Jose, Calif.-based reseller that abruptly closed its doors after carriers...
Voice paging service will get another chance at success as Conxus Communications Inc. launches Pocketalk in the nation's capital and South Florida.Conxus said it launched service last week in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Fla., and in the Washington, D.C./Baltimore metropolitan area,...
In perhaps the biggest reseller default case ever, Paging Network Inc., PageMart Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Inc. all terminated their service agreements with San Jose, Calif.-based reseller EconoPage Inc., last month, citing the company's failure to meet its payment schedule.With 207,000 customers, EconoPage is...
NEW YORK-"Show me the money!"Flush with capital pouring in and looking for places to invest, that is exactly what Wall Street hopes to do for the wireless industry."There is a lot of money out there, so much money out there, more equity in stocks...
RCR TOP 20 Paging CarriersThe RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of the 20 largest paging companies in the United States from survey responses and interviews with industry contacts. Rankings are based on carriers' reported total number of paging subscribers.The numbers...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the first step in the regulatory review for its merger with ProNet Inc. has been completed successfully.The merger has received the necessary antitrust clearance now that the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period has expired.Applications for the transaction's approval are still pending at...
NEW YORK-To get a sense of where the narrowband personal communications services industry is headed in the United States, picture this: The presidents of American Paging Inc., Arch Communications Group, Metrocall Inc. and Conxus seated on the dais for a panel discussion Oct. 14 at...
NEW YORK-Metrocall Inc. last week launched a private sale of $150 million in senior subordinated notes due 2007 to repay partially the sum the paging provider has borrowed under a secured credit facility.The sale was expected to continue this week and to close later...
NEW YORK-Borrowing a tag line from a recently released report of the Paging Leadership Association, industry representatives and analysts say there is "no grim reaper for the beeper."The association, comprised of the 13 companies that represent 73 percent of the United States paging market,...
One of the more significant developments in the paging industry this year was the announced merger between ProNet Inc. and Metrocall Inc., expected to create the second largest paging carrier in the country.Of the many ramifications this mating will likely have, one in particular...
Once the industry's dynamic duo of distribution, the relationship between paging carriers and paging resellers is no longer the love fest it once was.In paging's early days, resellers were the cheapest and most effective way to cultivate the market. Once the market grew to...
Bell Atlantic Corp.'s Carrier Services has teamed up with Metrocall Inc. to launch a calling party pays numeric paging service.The four-month trial service will be available to residents of the Baltimore and Washington, D.C., metropolitan areas. Called "Free 2 Me Paging," the service bills...
Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron's responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while the company searches for a new CFO.Cellexis International Inc. promoted Gary Paisley to president...
DSP Communications Inc.'s board of directors authorized an increase in the number of shares of common stock to be repurchased under the company's repurchase plan announced in April. The company may repurchase 8 million shares, an increase of 4 million shares from the original...
NEW YORK-Metrocall Inc. announced an escalation in paging users in two markets where broadband personal communications services have been launched, discrediting the theory that the introduction of broadband PCS services will kill the paging industry.During the first quarter, Metrocall gained 12,500 net customer additions...
Billing and customer care are hailed by industry analysts, vendors and service providers as keys to success in a highly competitive wireless market. The recent focus in this area has been on making better software, training personnel, integrating systems and ultimately how these components...
ST. LOUIS-Project Group 2000 L.L.C. formed a new division to provide wireless site construction, antenna and feedline placement and site inventory in the Midwest and Southeastern markets.The company said the division, Tower Group 2000, was formed to control construction times and maintain quality services...
Along with reports of a $17 million net loss and 85 percent increase in revenues for the fourth quarter, Metrocall Inc. became the fifth largest paging carrier in the nation, stated William Collins, III, president and chief executive officer.The company's loss, calculated at 83...
