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DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. last week signed agreements with LottoNet and Yahoo!, furthering its goal to provide various Internet-based information services to its paging subscribers. LottoNet is an Internet-based lottery information …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Glenayre’s Wireless Access Group and Golden Eagle Credit Corp. have teamed to lease pagers directly to the end user. The new leasing arrangement will allow more companies to …

Diablo Research Company said it plans to use Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX chipset to extend two-way paging transmission to utility-related applications by integrating the technology into computers, consumer devices and industrial …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service has changed to stable from negative its outlook on $279 million in Ba1-rated debt securities issued by SK Telecom Co. Ltd., Seoul, South Korea. “The change …

WASHINGTON-Personal communications services subscribers use their phones more than cellular subscribers, said the Telecommunications Industry Association last week. PCS subscribers use their phones for 300 minutes per month while cellular …

Despite increasing competition expected from wireless phone services, the Chinese paging market will continue to grow at a rate of 17.7 percent during the next five years, according to a …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. revised its outlook on Paging Network Inc., the nation’s largest paging carrier, to negative from stable, due partly to the company’s lower-than-expected fourth quarter 1998 …

The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges. …

The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on interviews with industry contacts. The list is arranged alphabetically because most companies are not …

ST. LOUIS-Amdocs announced the successful rollout of its Unix-based Ensemble customer care and billing solution at Telus Mobility, the largest cellular provider in Alberta, Canada. Telus Corp., Canada’s third-largest telecommunications …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it is developing a program designed to expand distribution and coverage in small-and medium-sized markets by signing “local partner” agreements with regional wireless providers. The …

NEW YORK-The approximately 70 field engineers for PageMart Wireless Inc. feared a St. Valentine’s Day massacre last week after receiving a company Human Resources Department memorandum Feb. 8 advising them …

NEW ORLEANS-1999 could be a key year for many carriers in determining if wireless users want to access the Internet from mobile devices. Nextel Communications Inc. announced it will begin …

Credit-card processing firm Paymentech Inc. announced it has been chosen to process the automatic payment programs for recurring billing by Paging Network Inc., Western Wireless Corp. and AccessLine Inc. The …

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services announced Paging Network Inc. selected the company to be its exclusive provider of statement processing services. Under terms of the agreement, IBS will help …

Omnipoint Technologies Omnipoint Technologies Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications radio module called Eagle One as the latest addition to its GSM-based wireless solutions product suite. The original …

WASHINGTON-Compliments and lavish words gushed from the moment word leaked out late last year that Thomas Sugrue would become the newest in a succession of brave souls to head the …

If only the wireless industry could have the Internet’s deal. Oh, what a wonderful world it would be! The Internet, this brave new interior world of pixeled 1’s and 0’s …

When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Legacy Software Inc., which recently began a merger process with Videocall International Corp., announced it has chosen PageMart Wireless Inc. as its exclusive paging provider and will resell its …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc., a developer of software and computer management systems for the paging and personal communication services industries, said its In-Touch II point-of-sale system has been installed …

NEW YORK-Perception equals reality for those who believe federal class-action securities fraud cases are filed almost daily against publicly traded companies. Last year’s tally of 235 companies named as defendants …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. reported net income for 1998 totaled $608 million, or $1.07 per share, compared with income of $394 million, or 78 cents per share, for 1997. Net …

YPRES, Belgium-Advantra International announced its deal to acquire the paging manufacturing business of Philips Consumer Communications has been completed. The two signed a letter of intent late last year and …

February 8-10 Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842. Post-CTIA ’99 February 10-12 Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. …