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WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe. The distribution agreements bring Iridium access to 72 million wireless …

ALISO VIEJO, Calif.-Smith Micro Software Inc. said it released its version 3.0 HotPage software, which provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric pagers from computer systems using Microsoft …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected an appeal by SkyTel Communications Corp.-formerly Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp.-that argued the paging carrier deserved its narrowband personal communications license for free as a pioneer’s …

ASHLAND, Ky.-RAM-Page, a division of RAM Technologies, announced it has launched Pre-Paid Paging, a new service aimed at customers who require occasional paging service and want to avoid monthly bills, …

NEW YORK-In a “three-peat” of its 1995 and 1996 performance, AT&T Corp. again took first place in revenues and net income among carriers last year, despite a marked decline in …

SecurFone America Inc., a company specializing in prepaid communications, said it plans a major market expansion of its Buy-the-Minute prepaid cellular handset solution. Bill Stueber, president and chief executive officer …

Multifrequency paging launched in China Motorola Inc. announced a FLEX multifrequency paging network was launched in the Guangxi Zhuang province of China-the first of seven provincial Motorola networks planned to …

NEW YORK-InfoTelecom of Cedex, France, recently began a pilot project in Irvine, Calif., home base for Cue Network Corp., to test what company executives say will be the first one-way …

SkyTel Communications Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Access Group have teamed with Internet security technology provider V-One Corp. to implement an encryption security enhancement for two-way paging and pagers. …

Moves made by the top 10 paging carriers in the last six months dramatically illustrate how paging carriers are changing to remain in the game. The sun has set on …

Arch Communications Group Inc. announced a major restructuring plan for its U.S. business units-which includes cutting about 10 percent of its 2,800-strong work force-and initiated a new capital structure plan …

With paging systems and devices moving evermore toward FLEX-based equipment, a debate is heating up about the future of second-hand POCSAG-based gear. The nation’s top 10 paging carriers are migrating …

NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc. obtained a $20 million credit facility, consisting of both revolving and term loans, with Foothill Capital Corp., a Norwest company, according to USCI Inc. “Our customer …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Kenan Systems Corp. announced Paging Network Inc. selected its Arbor/Mobile billing platform to support the paging carrier’s current and future billing services. PageNet has begun a major reorganization of …

NEW YORK-Directel, a new, Dallas-based paging carrier doing business in Argentina and Brazil, has selected and installed a new billing and management system provided by In-Touch Management Systems Inc., Melville, …

LOS ANGELES-In Touch Paging USA announced several recent customer acquisitions. Most recently, ACMI-which provides prepaid, long-distance and Internet services-signed an agreement with the Los Angeles-based paging provider to bring paging …

WASHINGTON-New revelations surfaced last week of a rift in law enforcement over balancing commercial, privacy and crime-fighting interests in the new age of digita l wiretaps. Until recently, law enforcement …

Allgon Mobile Stockholm, Sweden-based Allgon Mobile Communications AB introduced a dual-band antenna called “Twin,” which can be mounted on a car window. The antenna can receive and transmit Global System …

Conxus Communications Inc. said it completed a $100 million convertible senior subordinated note offering. Conxus plans to use proceeds from the private placement to fund network buildout, operating expenses, working …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning setback for the Clinton administration that bodes well for the wireless industry, a bipartisan group of top telecom lawmakers last week ordered the Federal Communications Commission to …

Paging is growing in popularity, and to profit from it, carriers better get their networks prepared now. That is the message Motorola Inc. is pushing with a new campaign and …

Motorola Inc., warning investors of another poor financial quarter, announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting employees by 15,000 worldwide and taking a $2 billion blow in special charges. The …

Topp Telecom Inc.’s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey. Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week …

SYDNEY, Australia-The Australian Communications Authority completed its personal communications services spectrum auction May 25, netting the government about $216.3 million for 211 of the 230 lots offered in the 800 …

Everyone in Hollywood has one. Writers have one. Even some pets have one. So isn’t it about time your pager gets one, too? An agent, someone-or something-acts on your behalf, …