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FREEHOLD, N.J.-BAP Acquisition Corp., which in July signed a definitive agreement to buy Bell Atlantic Corp.’s paging assets, has agreed to merge with Paging Partners Corp. Under terms of the …

In their effort to promote profitable growth vs. growth at all costs, paging carriers have watched their net subscriber additions fall incrementally over the last several quarters, most notably from …

Rural Cellular Corp. Rural Cellular’s revenues increased 103 percent to $34 million from $16.8 million during last year’s third quarter. Net loss for the quarter totaled $4.5 million, or 50 …

PENSACOLA, Fla.-BellSouth Mobility Inc. launched personal communications services in northwest Florida, including Panama City, Tallahassee, Gainesville, Ocala and Tampa. The company’s licenses in northwest Florida include Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa …

InterFigital reports net loss; revenues increase KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. reported a third-quarter net loss of $6.1 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with a net loss …

WASHINGTON-Key lawmakers, amid stepped-up negotiations last week on third-generation mobile phone technology, are laying the groundwork to move legislation in 1999 if they conclude in crucial coming months that U.S. …

BellSouth Mobility Inc. introduced text and alphanumeric pagers with unlimited local service for as low as $10 per month in BMI’s one-stop-shop retail stores. “By adding paging to our product …

Paging Network Inc. announced it signed an agreement with SmartRoute Systems to offer SmartRoute’s real-time personalized traffic information system to paging subscribers. PageNet said it initially will roll out the …

Italy Telecom Italia Mobile announced it will begin a market trial of Unwired Planet Inc.’s UP.Link Server and software planet for wireless Internet access to mobile phones. Equipped with Unwired …

During its third-quarter earnings conference call, Metrocall Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer William Collins III, announced the company plans to have its dedicated e-commerce site available to America Online …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc. and its subsidiary Metromedia International Telecommunications Inc. have completed two transactions overseas-one to enter the wireline and wireless phone market in Russia, and another …

Metrocall Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. have entered a five-year strategic alliance that is part resale agreement, part shared network buildout relationship. In the first phase of the alliance, to …

To the Editor: The D.C. Notes column by Jeff Silva, Oct. 19 issue, is of considerable concern to me as executive director of the Greater Harris County 911 Emergency Network, …

What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for commercial service Nov. 1, becoming the …

Poland Poland may call tenders for three new mobile phone licenses for Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz systems during the first half of next year. …

Ben J. Kern Jr., president and chief executive officer of Natcom Inc., died Oct. 17 of complications from leukemia. He was 64. Mr. Kern founded Natcom, an authorized Motorola Inc. …

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced Bell Mobility of Canada soon will begin testing its digital voice paging technology. OnmiVoice’s VoiceOver technology compresses voice messages into packets that can be transmitted …

MELBOURNE, Australia-I am window shopping when my mobile phone alerts me I have a message. Reading it, I learn the store I am standing in front of has a sale …

WASHINGTON-The old adage maintains it’s all about location, that the success of an investment depends on locale. And Latin America has been the locale of choice for investors looking for …

Argentina will adopt calling party pays for cellular as of 1 January. Trunking and paging also are expected to adopt the system in an attempt to develop these markets. The …

After US$5 billion worth of effort, the Iridium L.L.C. global satellite phone and cellular roaming service became a reality 1 November when the company activated the system for commercial operation. …

BANGALORE, India-By the end of December 1997, there were close to 800,000 cellular subscribers in the four metros and 15 telecom circles (roughly equivalent to states) where services so far …

SINGAPORE-One of Singapore’s four paging operators has been put up for sale, but there so far have been no takers due to poor growth prospects. Hutchison IntraPage, which began operations …

ERICSSON Ericsson Inc. introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or a phone line. The …

Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector’s largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months. Meanwhile, the tower industry has been …