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ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last week, where the company also announced a strategic alliance and …

In the paging industry today, money talks. Carriers know this and are pursuing every avenue available to bulk up the bottom line. One relatively new road eyed by some carriers …

Last month marked the first anniversary of the Federal Communications Commission’s revised radio-frequency radiation guidelines. Those guidelines constituted the first major overhaul of RF rules in nearly a decade and …

BOISE, Idaho-AirTouch Cellular announced it launched digital wireless service in southern Idaho using Code Division Multiple Access technology. Services include text messaging, voice mail with notification, paging and caller ID. …

CTIA Christopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide variety of …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Silverlake Communications Inc., a wireless messaging software provider, announced it has entered a reseller agreement with Arch Communications Group Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Silverlake will be Arch’s …

FT. WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and Microspace Communications announced they are offering a shared service that couples Microspace’s satellite broadcasting technology with Motorola’s newest control platform, RF-Conductor!. Paging carriers using the …

DataLink Systems Corp.-a company providing real-time turnkey information services-introduced two new information services this week, expanding its portfolio of personalized Web-based content. Sports2Go, offered in conjunction with ESPN, delivers sports …

In preparation for PCS ’98, RCR sat down last month with Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association to talk about the trade show, the wireless industry in …

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. announced it gave its Network Services Division a new name-PNI Access Services-effective immediately. “The name change … better reflects the broader scope of our service offering,” said …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. has created a Telemetry Strategic Business Unit as part of its strategy to extend in-progress ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network to more “off-the-hip” applications and …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has created a new customized wireless service for the Chicago Board of Trade that will allow futures traders to monitor futures pricing and market trends …

Motorola Inc.’s North American Paging Subscriber Division plans to announce several new paging devices at the Personal Communications Showcase in Orlando this week, including a new voice pager. The next-generation …

Audiovox Corp. and Tendler Cellular introduced a system to provide location information for wireless 911 callers using a Global Positioning System receiver built into a cellular handset. Using FoneFinder, emergency …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a Distributed Network Configuration Server, which it said allows paging carriers to automatically synchronize WMtp-based networks over a single city or several counties. This means …

The latest rage in the wireless industry has been the rush to purchase and build towers and facilities and lease them to wireless carriers. This accumulation of vertical real estate …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Inc. said it has extended its Pay As You Go paging and cellular service to customers in Saskatoon and Regina, Saskatchewan. “This product has opened up the wireless …

MOBILEMEDIA MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, promoted several people in management positions. Steven Gross was named executive vice president of sales and marketing. He joined MobileComm as senior vice president of …

So, you want to build a wireless telecommunications network. Then you must be thinking about how to leverage the infrastructures of existing cellular and PCS systems. After all, you figure, …

The massive popularity of 3Com Corp.’s PalmPilot personal digital assistant has spurred several mobile communications companies to develop wireless solutions for the product. The most recent application is from Mitsubishi …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Intelligent Information Inc. introduced a wireless commerce platform called Village Square for wireless phone, pager and wireless data device users. Village Square allows users access to various personal information …

Nextel Communications Inc. recently offered a farmer in South Coventry, Pa., a new $70,000, 105-foot silo if the wireless phone company could put an antenna inside of it to fill …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc. announced its Baltcom Plus joint venture now is implementing the high-speed FLEX protocol paging on a nationwide basis in Latvia. The company said FLEX …

FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will resell Conxus Communications Inc.’s Pocketalk voice paging service in the New York metropolitan area. Pocketalk uses an InFLEXion-based network developed by Motorola …

With American carriers and manufacturers gallantly fighting here and abroad for global wireless supremacy and the U.S. government pocketing billions from the sale of airwaves that fuel pagers and mobile …