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Blaming weakened Asian currencies, Motorola Inc. warned investors that its first-quarter earnings will be well below expectations. The largest shortfall will come from the company’s semiconductor business, where the Consumer …

To the Editor: Recent letters submitted by RCR readers have questioned MobileMedia’s long-term prospects at a time when the company is actually well on its way to emerging from Chapter …

Hearings were scheduled to begin Friday in a lawsuit against Ameritech Mobile Communications Inc. that alleges the carrier schemed to defraud its dealers and put them out of business. The …

NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, …

WASHINGTON-Four Senate telecom lawmakers plan to introduce universal service legislation this week aimed at preventing mandated Internet links for schools, libraries and rural health-care facilities from draining telephone service subsidies …

NEW YORK-Wireless online financial information services are a hot item, judging from the flurry of recent announcements about new offerings in this category. w-Trade Technologies, New York, said AT&T Wireless …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may have violated a key telecom provision of the 1997 budget act by making idle frequencies available to a paging company instead of to a Southern …

BearCom Inc. acquired Fidelcomm Service Co., a two-way radio equipment dealer serving the greater Los Angeles area, said BearCom. The dealership, which has been in business since 1988, will assume …

Motorola Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with Latin American paging provider Alfa-Bip of Mexico to provide infrastructure for a nationwide expansion of its paging services. Under the terms …

DENVER-Daniels & Associates, an investment banking and financial services company specializing in media and telecommunications, announced its telecommunications group completed 20 transactions during 1997, including 15 mergers and acquisitions and …

A commercial mobile radio service provider in Puerto Rico filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to appeal universal service rules established by the …

Traditionally, relationships among paging resellers have been characterized more by fierce competition rather than by open communication. But one California reseller hopes to change that by spearheading a campaign to …

Price Communications Corp. announced Feb. 25 its board of directors authorized the repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the company’s common stock in the open market or in private …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-AirTouch Paging said it entered into an agreement with Liberty Cellular Inc., dba Kansas Cellular, to provide its paging services in Kansas. Kansas Cellular is building a one-way …

OTTAWA, Canada-Mobile satellite services provider TMI Communications Co. L.P. announced its first major U.S. customers-Skysite Communications Corp. and Cue Network Corp. TMI’s MSAT geostationary satellite provides wireless digital data, voice, …

In a jointly published report, the Telecommunications Industry Association and the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association estimate the mobile and wireless communications market reached $41.6 billion in 1997, and predicted the market …

WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) and House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) are expected shortly to introduce legislation to use federal antenna siting fees to upgrade local …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-When you look at a postcard of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with its magnificent beaches flanked by a line of mountains, the landscape seems timeless and still. But looks …

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced at the Wireless ’98 show in the United States in February it is developing a Secure Algorithm for Remote Activation (SARA) solution that will give …

The transformation of Russia’s paging industry took a major step in late January when modest operator Multi-Page merged into industry giant Segol RadioPage Inc. According to the terms of the …

The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to move forward with a rulemaking on calling party pays service. While CPP …

BANGALORE, India-The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has moved court on a Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) order, striking down Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.’s (MTNL’s) planned entry into India’s cellular …

Telesystem International Wireless Inc., Canada, signed a letter of intent with SOGERA to acquire, for approximately US$13 million, the French trunked radio operations of France Telecom that were marketed under …

Possio International Wireless fax machine Possio International, based in Sweden, introduced the PM80, a wireless, briefcase-portable terminal for transmitting and receiving fax messages. The device connects to a mobile phone …

The new GSM licensee in Israel, Partner Communications Co., signed a letter of intent with L.M. Ericsson for the supply of equipment for the operator, a joint venture between Hutchison …