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NEW YORK-Earlier this month, Charles E. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Rogers Cantel Inc., temporarily assumed a new identity as a retail sales clerk to gain first-hand understanding …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it launched the Arch Paging Online Store, a Web site where customers may buy pagers and Arch paging services. Customers can numeric or alphanumeric …

WASHINGTON-The two trade associations representing the wireless industry last week joined other trade associations and the federal government in a major advertising campaign asking, “Are You Y2K OK?” The campaign’s …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week said wireless companies could calculate their universal-service contributions based on interstate revenues of 15 percent for cellular and personal communications services-a figure almost double …

The various pieces necessary for the unified messaging market to reach its explosive potential have fallen into place, according to a report recently released by the Pelorus Group, “Unified & …

DETROIT-Cue Networks, Etak Inc. and Metro Networks announced they have teamed to deliver a real-time traffic information service, initially available in 10 metropolitan areas with plans to expand to 75 …

NEW YORK-The current public capital crunch has slowed dramatically the buildout of some domestic wireless networks, but it hasn’t changed the positive prospects for the wireless tower industry. “We think …

The recent stock market volatility has created uncertainty among investors, leading to a rather steep slide in wireless stock value, say financial analysts following the wireless industry. Paging stocks have …

Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced three SmartDigital U.S.A. rate plans offering wireless calls for 20 cents to 25 cents per minute without roaming fees in more than 7,000 cities …

TAMPA, Fla.-BellSouth Corp. announced it launched its personal communications services network in the Tampa, Fla., market, offering bundled-billing wireless and local service, paging and wireless long-distance service. The Tampa Bay …

WASHINGTON-Last week’s annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund ended with a blueprint-but not a bold solution-for containing a worsening global financial crisis that is taking a …

AT&T Corp.’s announced acquisition of Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. has raised some questions as to what AT&T plans to do with Vanguard’s paging operations. Many analysts expect AT&T to sell …

Motorola Inc., remaining cautious about its financial outlook for 1998, said it likely will reach $7.9 billion in sales with earnings per share around 22 cents for the fourth quarter. …

WASHINGTON-GTE Network Services announced it is adopting an anti-cramming policy that it defines as the toughest in the industry. Cramming is the practice of adding unauthorized charges to customers’ telephone …

AT&T Corp. last week announced plans to buy Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc., ending months of speculation about who might acquire the independent cellular operator. Vanguard has been rumored widely to …

Citing in part its superior response to the Galaxy IV satellite outage, the U.S. Department of Defense said it will replace Paging Network Inc. with SkyTel Communications Inc. as its …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The public stock markets may be a bit shaky for now, but “there never has been more private capital available,” David Golden, co-director of investment banking at Hambrecht & …

Paging carriers looking to provide airtime for telemetry and off-the-hip paging applications received a big boost when Motorola Inc. introduced its first-generation ReFLEX chipset solution. The chipset includes a ReFLEX …

SONY Sony Electronics’ Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides …

Paging carriers are showing signs that they have taken to heart analysts’ warnings that information services must be customizable and have real value in order to convince customers to pay …

NEW YORK-Concerns are mounting that recent deliberations by federal government leaders in China could lead to a lock-out of foreign investors from its telecommunications services market. “China has quietly issued …

SAN DIEGO-OmniVoice Technologies Inc. announced plans to commence beta trials of its digital voice paging technology with Mexican paging provider Digitel. OmniVoice’s technology allows paging subscribers to send text and …

FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, was selected as the preferred U.S. paging service provider of IBM Corp. MobileComm will sign up all IBM employees in the United States who …

CANADA Rogers Cantel Inc. said its prepaid offering will be sold by Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix under a new retail agreement between the companies. “Cantel AT&T Pay As You Go” will …

ORLANDO, Fla.-In an effort to move from a provider of mere product to that of end-to-end solutions, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced at PCS ’98 an enhanced services platform designed to …