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LONDON-After years of uncertainty and confusion, the Russian wireless telecommunications market finally seems set to come out of hibernation and deliver what investors and analysts have been expecting for some …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Page One has become the first United Kingdom-based paging operator to launch FLEX, with the promise of smaller, more flexible and affordable paging devices for consumers. As Global Wireless …

CASABLANCA, Morocco-For Morocco, 29 June 1997 marked a point of no return for the country’s telecommunications industry-a turning point that changed forever the way telephony is looked at in the …

DENVER, United States-If all goes as planned, the world could have as many as 10 mobile satellite communications (MSS) systems operating in the next five years. By 2002, the MSS …

DENVER-Satellink Paging L.L.C., a subsidiary of Satellink Communications Inc., has acquired Premier Paging of New Orleans Inc., announced Daniels & Associates, a Denver-based investment banking and financial services company that …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. reported a net loss of $205 million for the quarter ended March 31, which the company said is consistent with its expectations. The consortium is developing a global …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Although the Asian currency crisis likely will result in making both handsets and financing more difficult and costly to obtain, wireless subscriber growth and revenues will continually expand until …

Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said start-up costs associated with its personal communications services business, Aerial Communications Inc., reduced cash flow and operating income during the first quarter, while United …

FALLS CHURCH, Va.-Spectrum Resources Towers L.P. announced it has acquired the tower assets of Tower Industrial Park, which is based in the Cleveland area. Major tenants include Ameritech Corp., AT&T …

DALLAS-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s net income dropped 77 percent in the first quarter, but the company announced several new contracts. Glenayre reported net income of $3.2 million, or 5 cents per …

Murder and espionage claims in recent months have brought to the forefront the issue of safety of wireless industry personnel working abroad. Two weeks ago, Ricardo Periera, 41, Glenayre Technologies …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell it site management business-again-this time to OmniAmerica Inc., West Palm Beach, Fla. The transaction, expected to be …

Adler Engineering Inc. has won a contract with the state of New Jersey to evaluate all state-owned property for wireless antenna siting and assist in marketing viable sites to carriers. …

LOWELL, Mass.-National Internet service provider ZipLink L.L.C. announced it entered into a strategic alliance with Cue Data Corp. to provide full-service, nationwide Internet connectivity and specialized Internet e-mail forwarding and …

CALABASAS, Calif.-Silverlake Communications Inc. announced it has completed software enhancements for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with MessageFlash Text Messaging Software version 2.0 in AT&T Wireless’ digital mobile phone and paging …

California-based paging carrier/reseller Power Page L.L.C. and its marketing arm, Wireless Marketing Inc.-profiled last June in RCR for its uncommon practice of enlisting independent marketing associates to help it acquire …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Harold Furchtgott-Roth, joining a growing chorus of critics, has charged the Democratic-led agency with subordinating the interests of rural and low-income universal service recipients to connecting …

ASHLAND, Ken.-RAM Technologies announced it has acquired American Answering Service of Charleston, W.Va. “We look forward to providing American Answering Service’s customers with state-of-the-art computerized messaging service, a wide variety …

WASHINGTON-The paging industry’s battle against pay-phone deregulation has picked up support from an unlikely source in Congress. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a leading opponent of federal pre-emption of local antenna-siting …

It was designed to be a way to compete against Motorola Inc.’s FLEX technology, but instead the joint venture between Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. and American Paging Inc. has dissolved …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. confirmed the general manager of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, operation was murdered earlier this month. Funeral services for Ricardo Periera were held last week in Sao Paulo. …

JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a Caller ID service, that allows all one-way and two-way alphanumeric paging customers to know who is paging them. When subscribers receive a page, …

A bankruptcy-court hearing on MobileMedia Corp.’s disclosure statement, originally scheduled for April 14, has been delayed until May 12 so the company’s secured and unsecured creditors’ committees have more time …

Embracing a nickname that employees have given its logo for years, Motorola Inc. launched a $100 million global branding campaign that unites all its business sectors’ consumer products under the …