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NEW YORK-Scant profits in the one-way paging industry forced the board of directors of PageNet do Brasil to liquidate the company. They plan to offer a return of 10 cents …

VALLEY FORGE, Pa.-In a move to create a single billing and customer care solution for phone, cable TV, Internet and wireless services, CTI Group Inc. announced a $5.2 million merger …

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced its e-mail and instant messaging services will be available wirelessly through the company’s Mobile Communicator device. The 4.1 ounce, $329 Mobile Communicator is a two-way …

DENVER-RCR Wireless News has added two people to its editorial staff. Sam Omatseye will focus on wireless vendors for the newspaper. An award-winning journalist, Omatseye received a bachelor’s degree in …

MACON, Ga.-Nextel Partners launched wireless service in the Macon, Ga., and Dothan, Ala., areas, giving customers access to its digital cellular, Nextel Direct Connect digital two-way radio, wireless Internet and …

Digital Paging Digital Paging Co. released its new Hit plus pager, which the company said can carry three different frequencies. The pager also features a hands-on screen programming function, and …

Now that Arch Wireless Inc.’s acquisition of Paging Network Inc. is complete, former PageNet subsidiary Vast Solutions Inc. is free of the dead weight its former parent company represented and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Vast Solutions Inc., the soon-to-be-spun-off unit of Paging Network Inc., have signed a strategic agreement to support interoperability between Glenayre’s @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module …

DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. reported a third-quarter net loss of $24.2 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with a loss of $30.9 million, or 68 cents per share, reported after …

Arch Wireless Inc. and Paging Network Inc. announced the completion of their merger Friday, creating the largest paging carrier in North America and adding a significant two-way wireless data player …

The specialized mobile radio industry is quickly becoming a fractured market divided between the traditional small SMR carriers, which are focused on providing dispatch services to customers at reasonable prices, …

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 …

LAS VEGAS- According to a new tower owner survey conducted by Fryer’s TowerSource, third-generation wireless Web users account for 5 percent of all tower site users, which is up from …

NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of “coopetition,” said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International. Banks, …

Following a trend set recently by rival AT&T Corp., WorldCom Inc. last Wednesday announced plans to realign its businesses with the customer bases they serve in an attempt to bolster …

SAN FRANCISCO-Critical Path Inc. and Logica announced they have extended their relationship in which they jointly provide wireless messaging infrastructure to wireless carriers. The two combine Logica’s Short Message Service …

Sprint PCS expanded its all-digital network into Huntsville, Ala., and opened two new Sprint PCS Centers for consumers and businesses in the city. The new centers are at 700 Airport …

DENVER, United States-U.S. paging operator WebLink Wireless is making plans to implement a narrowband PCS (NPCS) network in Central America using a first-ever infrastructure-sharing arrangement that would enable low-volume providers …

TORONTO-Now that the C$6.6 billion (US$4.3 billion) Telus deal to acquire Clearnet Communications has been finalized, engineering issues are starting to surface. The challenge? How to combine the wireless operations …

NEW YORK–With the debut of its Arch Message Center in November, Arch Wireless Holdings Inc. plans to simplify the lives of its customers by allowing them pager access to electronic …

NEW YORK-The $41.6 billion bid by Deutsche Telekom AG for VoiceStream Wireless Corp. was the largest merger announced last quarter and the second-largest during the first nine months of this …

NEW YORK-The CreataLink 2XT wireless data transceiver has garnered positive corporate reception and connections since its debut in late summer, said Scott H. Davis, director of telemetry for the Motorola …

TORONTO-Canada’s Bell Mobility began offering two-way wireless data service in Ontario and Quebec, with plans to extend service to the rest of the country by the end of the year. …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman …

WASHINGTON-As President Clinton was signing the China trade bill into law last Tuesday on the south lawn of the White House, events were unfolding overseas that threaten wireless investment and …