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WASHINGTON-The public-safety community received good news last week. When the new millennium arrives, two-way radios will still work. This message was delivered by the manufacturers of public-safety equipment at a …

ISLANDIA, N.Y.-Affordable Message Center Inc. introduced its Internet Messaging service, which it said allows paging carriers and resellers to add Internet paging for any subscriber on their existing paging networks …

The messaging industry (as it likes to be called) has an interesting public-relations dilemma on its hands. When the Galaxy 4 satellite lost contact with earth, millions of paging customers …

WASHINGTON-A Federal Communications Commission plan to increase subsidies to connect schools, libraries and rural health care providers to the Internet has come under fierce attack from wireless carriers, consumer groups …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is set today to begin receiving electronic applications for Part 22 Paging licenses using the Universal Licensing System. This is the first time an existing wireless …

Now that the crisis is over and paging service has been restored, the paging industry is debating exactly what the pre-Memorial Day pager outage means for its future. Carriers that …

NEW YORK-And now let’s have a round of applause for top executives of Arch Communications Group Inc., Paging Network Inc. and SkyTel Corp. These successful emigres from wireless telephony have …

NEW YORK-Wall Street and stockholders so far have been the biggest beneficiaries of federal deregulation of the telecommunications services industry, which is intended to benefit consumers by fostering competition. “Whatever …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Puerto Rico Telephone Co. plans to expand its prepaid services offered by its wireless services division, Celulares Telefonica, as well as its paging network from Motorola Inc. …

Wireless carriers that bill for services through local phone companies may be affected by cramming, the latest consumer billing scam to hit the telecommunications industry. Cramming is when customers are …

They say a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, a lesson paging carriers learned in a painful way last Tuesday evening when an estimated 90 percent of …

WASHINGTON-Paging service providers that want the Federal Communications Commission to institute a coin-in-the-box mechanism for toll-free calls placed at pay phones may have a tough time convincing the major players …

NEW YORK-Instead of viewing paging as a dying industry, wireless telephony providers should recognize it as a service enhancement and growth catalyst, said Andrew Weisheit, vice president of the carrier …

SkyTel Corp. said its six-year airtime provision agreement with Enron Energy Services Inc. is still on track as planned, despite media reports that the utility company is backing off its …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Iridium L.L.C.’s satellite communications system using digital wireless technology developed by Motorola Inc. was demonstrated with phone calls placed on the system last Wednesday night, following the completion of …

Western Wireless International announced it began Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Iceland through its TAL Ltd. partnership. The initial network covers about 70 percent of the Icelandic …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced Direct View, a paging service aimed at off-the-belt paging applications. With Direct View, subscribers can equip an LED display sign with wireless capabilities so it can …

American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through …

The announced merger of SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. has raised speculation there may be another paging unit on the sale block sometime soon. SBC will be the controlling …

Becker/Jani Inc. A log periodic dipole antenna, the Celwave Maximizer model APL 926513, was introduced for Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications systems. The antenna offers a …

Several paging carriers recently released their first-quarter earnings results. Five companies showed increased net revenues, while four reported increased net losses from first-quarter 1997 figures. PageMart Wireless Inc. said it …

Berliner Communications Inc., a radio-frequency engineering, site acquisition, project management and construction company for the telecom industry, announced it opened offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia to provide its …

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here Friday told the Federal Communications Commission to re-evaluate its decision on pay-phone compensation but left in place rules that require pay-phone operators to be paid …

WASHINGTON-As the compliance deadline for the digital wiretap law looms ever closer, policy makers last week again attempted to gain advantage on the legislative, regulatory and standards fronts. On the …

Qualcomm Inc. said it plans to raise about $500 million in gross proceeds through a private placement of senior notes. Proceeds will be used to expand operations and finance customers …