Network Services

LONDON—Finnish company Tecnomen was awarded a contract by the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to supply a new messaging system. The system will be delivered in December and is scheduled for …

ROCHELLE PARK, N.J.-U.S. Cellular Corp. signed a network services agreement with Schema Inc. to deploy Schema’s Telecom Resource Management software designed to increase network capacity and improve service quality. Under …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Flextronics announced it will acquire 91 percent of The Orbiant Group from Telia and integrate it with Flextronics Network Services, which offers network installation and commissioning services worldwide. “The …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.—Shorecliff Communications and RCR Wireless News announced the finalists for the 2001 Excellence in Business Awards, scheduled to take place Oct. 30 at the 2001 Tower Summit …

The difficulties of the paging industry caught up with wholesale paging carrier PNI Technologies Inc., forcing the company into filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U. S. Bankruptcy …

NEW YORK-Sony Electronics and GoAmerica Inc. introduced a new MYLO wireless service at the PC Expo here June 25 that will provide Internet access for users of CLIE monochrome handheld …

NEW YORK-American Tower Corp., Boston, warned June 21 of greater losses than securities analysts had expected due to acquisition integration problems and a write-off related to the Nasdaq delisting threat …

As predictable as ants at a picnic, the summer of 2001 finds the mainstream press proclaiming the death of the paging industry. This time around, they are wrapping it inside …

Brad Scott does not think one-way paging is dead. “We do believe there is still opportunity in paging, in one-way paging,” he said. “It is a challenging business. It’s certainly …

Paging lit up the wireless industry like a white-hot star. It showed that fistfuls of money could be made using wireless technology. It showed that wireless companies could grow by …

As the nation’s largest messaging carriers suffer through a potentially disastrous economic decline, smaller carriers-those that only cover a few states-are also feeling the effects of the flagging industry. However, …

If data is the center of gravity for future networks, Tahoe Networks thinks it has found the missing link in the wireless industry that can propel it to success. Tahoe …

BRAZIL Transcrypt International Inc.’s subsidiary, EFJohnson Co., has been awarded a $2 million contract to supply its LTR-Net communication system to the State of Santa Catarina Police Department in Brazil, …

With a three-pronged onslaught at the wireless market, AeroComm Inc. is trying to move its image up a notch. The company, which is a wireless systems division of International FiberCom …

Earlier this month, bankruptcy officials worked to auction off what was left of TSR Wireless L.L.C., which was the nation’s largest privately held paging carrier before it filed for Chapter …

HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. has partnered with SignalSoft Corp., SnapTrack Inc. and Wireless Facilities Inc. to develop a location solution on one platform called the Compaq Discovery Location System, the company …

GroupServe GroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup’s first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of …

The slowing economy took out two more companies last week. NetMorf Inc., an established wireless Web site developer, and Paradigm4 Inc., which provides data network services and solutions, announced they …

Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to retain customers. The most common retention method is to offer services that customers like to use so much that they are willing …

HELSINKI, Finland- Nokia Corp. has selected subcontractors to supply its 3G equipment around the world. The subcontractors are Skanska Telecom networks and Flextronics Network Services in Sweden; Boke and Walterfang …

UTICA, New York, United States-Nearly two years since cessation of hostilities on 10 June, 1999, numerous roadblocks still stand in the way of any attempt to restore and expand telecommunications …

Handsets Sendo European mobile phone manufacturer, Sendo, launched its second product platform, the S200 dual-band GSM mobile phone. Aimed at the young-at-heart prepaid market, features of the small and light …

CANNES-Wireless Facilities Inc. and Bechtel Corp. announced they formed an alliance that will provide turnkey network implementation services for GSM and 3G networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. …

Like the old dog that would not die, digital subscriber line and cable services continue to dwarf wireless in the house of the end user. Yet wireless, the new dog …

Like most other paging companies, PNI Technologies Inc. is working to pull itself out from under the shadow of the flagging paging industry. But while most carriers are tying to …