paging

After months of inconsistent and negative reports that it was slipping further into financial trouble, Globalstar L.P. released a statement clarifying its future funding requirements. Globalstar previously stated that, without …

Nearly 41 million people worldwide subscribed to Time Division Multiple Access-Enhanced Data for Global Evolution technology by the end of the first quarter, an increase of 87 percent from the …

OracleMobile added support for two-way wireless messaging devices to its OracleMobile.com wireless Internet portal service, which Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. both agreed to make available to their …

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Despite the outlook by many in the industry that paging is a market in decline, Southeastern Communications Association members are excited abut it. The group, which held its …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Attempting to balance public-safety concerns with industry realities, the Personal Communications Industry Association modified its technical standards for advanced messaging and ancillary services, enabling paging carriers to be compliant …

OmniSky OmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company’s new senior vice …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

According to popular belief, the future of the paging industry is text messaging, particularly two-way services. So what does that mean for the vast numbers of smaller, regional paging providers …

WASHINGTON-The paging industry may be the first wireless industry to get what all telecommunications industries seem to crave-freedom from the Federal Communications Commission. “In the bigger scheme of themes, the …

Whatever you do, don’t tell John Beletic he’s running a paging network. “We spend $580 million building a two-way messaging network and $90 million on the one-way paging network and …

ATLANTA-First Data Corp. announced a partnership with Aether Systems Inc. under which the two will develop and market wireless payment products and services for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and …

WASHINGTON-As the high-tech industry hailed House approval of normalized trade relations with China last week, the prospect that a Senate vote could be delayed-or even blocked-loomed large as Senate Foreign …

NEW YORK-Sprint PCS affiliate US Unwired Inc. squeaked through its initial public offering May 18, pricing its 8-million-share deal at $11 each, $2 below the low end of the expected …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Mike Zafirovski, currently president and chief executive officer of GE Lighting, will join Motorola Inc. as president of its personal communications sector, replacing James Norling, who plans to retire …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said it has asked the Federal Communications Commission to extend the digital wiretap deadline for two-way pagers to 2001. “The paging industry and FBI agree …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, a global provider of financial services to media, Internet and telecommunications companies, named Kevin Brynestad and David Tolliver senior vice presidents. Brynestad will provide corporate finance services …

NEW YORK-MobileSys Inc. commercially debuted today a new global data roaming product that allows encrypted information to be exchanged between corporate enterprises and wireless devices that use different networks. “Now, …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced revenues of $181 million for the first quarter ended March 31, compared with revenues of $94 million reported for first-quarter 1999. Arch reported a …

PLEASANTON, Calif.-Positive Communications, which provides paging and wireless messaging services, launched an e-commerce portal offering wireless products and services targeted at mobile consumers in the top 75 U.S. markets. The …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Celulares Telefonica Inc., a Puerto Rican wireless carrier, implemented Amdocs’ Ensemble solution for customer care and billing to support all of its cellular and paging operations.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-In tone with the wave of competition that has taken Argentina by storm, Nextel has decided to extend its iDEN digital wireless services network, connecting Buenos Aires with …

SINGAPORE-Falling margins, cheaper alternatives and technological obsolescence have combined to deal a major blow to Singapore’s four paging operators. From an all-time high of 1.36 million subscribers in June 1998-representing …

WASHINGTON-A divided federal appeals court in Atlanta ruled wireless carriers and Internet firms do not have the same right as other telecom service providers to access utility poles on a …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was criticized last week by specialized mobile radio operators and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association regarding its proposed regulatory fee schedule for fiscal-year 2000. Congress, which …

Now that wireless phone providers have jumped on the Wireless Application Protocol bandwagon, it seems only fitting that the dedicated data network providers should follow suit. And they are, with …