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Dutch PTT using Glenayre’s MVPCHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced that Dutch telecom operator PTT Telecom is using the company’s modular voice processing system to provide a voice-activated dialing service on …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The commercial trunked radio industry in the Czech Republic is showing significant signs of growth and is on pace to reach more than 22,000 subscribers by 2000, according to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission late last week was close to approving a new plan to relax conservative parts of its C-block personal communications services debt-restructuring rules and to extend the …

Bulgaria’s Post and Telecommunications Committee announced that the buyer of state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. will receive a Global System for Mobile communications license. The agency said it hopes to begin …

In 1983, there were about 40 cellular cell sites in the Los Angeles area, with just a few hundred countrywide. Early subscribers lined up to pay whatever the price was …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $200 million framework agreement with Telecommunicaciones Movilnet in Venezuela to expand its wireless network using Time Division Multiple Access Interim-136 technology. Movilnet is the only …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to install a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications system for Tatarian-American Investment in Finance, a mobile operator in Tatarstan, Russia. Ericsson values …

ALEXANDRIA, Minn.-Rural Cellular Corp. announced a definitive agreement to acquire the operations and related assets of Atlantic Cellular’s Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and Massachusetts cellular telephone licenses. The cellular …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Interantenna-AMC, based in Moscow, has selected and installed the In-Touch II paging billing and management system from In-Touch Management Systems Inc., said the company. The installation, In-Touch’s first in …

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said brisk sales during the holiday season helped its mobile telecommunications subscriber base surpass the 2 million mark. The total number of customers among companies in …

ALLEN TELECOM INC. Allen Telecom Inc.’s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications …

Aiming to attract alphanumeric paging subscribers wary of dictating messages to a dispatch operator, GoComm Wireless Corp. created a device called the MessageSender, currently being shipped to distributors. The MessageSender …

Canada’s mobile phone market rebounded somewhat at the end of 1997 from lagging subscriber additions that plagued carriers throughout the year, but the results showed a slow expansion of the …

MOSCOW-Russian paging operator Multi-Page and Seattle-based Segol RadioPAGE Inc., which operates a network in Russia, merged at the end of January in a move seen as heralding the impending consolidation …

Look out, Craig McCaw! A low-earth-orbiting pie in the eye-Bill Gates a la mode-could be in your future once the world finds out you’ve joined forces with McCaw expatriates and …

Just less than a month before the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for new mobile phone licenses, Isla Communications Co. and Globe Telecom Gmcr both launched prepaid Global …

Bundling cellular equipment with a service plan played a significant role in the success of the wireless industry. People could justify penny phones, even if it meant signing up for …

Safety has long been a selling point for the wireless industry and customers historically have pointed to safety as a primary reason for purchasing a wireless phone. Now several automobile …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission ruled last week that a personal communications services operator cannot necessarily be considered a facilities-based local competitor when determining whether a regional Bell telephone company can …

AirTouch Communications Inc. and U S West Media Group announced a new $5.7 billion definitive agreement to merge U S West Media’s U.S. cellular and personal communications services interests into …

SINGAPORE-At the initial launch of dual-band services in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore and Taiwan reached the starting line simultaneously. Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte. Ltd. on Jan. 20 launched dual-band service between …

HIGHTSTOWN, N.J.-Systems/Link Corp. announced it has signed an agreement with Telecom Personal to provide the Argentine cellular operator with FraudTec 2000. Systems/Link said FraudTec will be operating in Argentina sometime …

While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. and Boston Technology Inc. have merged in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction. As a result of the merger, each share of Boston Technology common stock was converted …

SmartLink Development L.P. and Transcrypt International Inc., which recently acquired E.F. Johnson Co., reached an agreement allowing SmartLink to implement Transcrypt’s enhanced LTR-Net protocol into its SMRLink multi-protocol trunking and …