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JOHANNESBURG-The International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) formal approval of Motorola Inc.’s FLEX paging protocol as an international standard will give the green light to expand FLEX operations in Africa. This will …

Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration …

Last June, RCR asked me what I thought would be the biggest problem facing the wireless industry in 1998. My answer comprised one word: Education. What I was referring to …

Imagine a reseller being able to offer paging services to thousands of customers while only paying a carrier for one cap code. Stop imagining. WireLink Communication Inc.-a small pager manufacturer …

Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will have spent two weeks on the road before he returns home to Washington, D.C. Wheeler was scheduled to spend the …

WASHINGTON-The war of words between the wireless industry and law enforcement over the time frame and requirements of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act is becoming more strident as …

In 1983, there were about 40 cellular cell sites in the Los Angeles area, with just a few hundred countrywide. Early subscribers lined up to pay whatever the price was …

Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American Personal Communications, Powertel Inc., Microcell Connexions …

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. and MovieLink announced a strategic alliance to bring nationwide movie listings to two-way paging subscribers. Under the agreement, users of the Research in Motion Inter@ctive pager and …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. reported a net loss of $391 million, or 56 cents per share, for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with net income of $303 million, or …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Interantenna-AMC, based in Moscow, has selected and installed the In-Touch II paging billing and management system from In-Touch Management Systems Inc., said the company. The installation, In-Touch’s first in …

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced that five additional satellites were launched Feb. 18, following several delays caused by unfavorable upper-level winds, said the company. The satellites were carried on a Delta II …

NEW YORK-Two Denver companies joined forces this year as Liberty Telecom L.L.C., which they formed to fill a void caused by the paucity of financial institutions offering capital lease financing …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. earlier this month announced the termination of its previously disclosed definitive agreement to sell its site-management business to Telecom Towers L.L.C. of Arlington, Va. Arch …

NEW YORK-Telephone and Data Systems Inc., Chicago, has sold a $150 million debt issue of 8.04-percent Trust Originated Preferred Securities, a trademark name assigned to the securities by lead underwriter …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In …

ALLEN TELECOM INC. Allen Telecom Inc.’s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. said its international network has expanded into Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic. The paging carrier added the networks of Guatemala’s Tele Escucha S.A., Costa Rica’s …

TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONAL Transcrypt International Inc. named Craig Huffaker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Huffaker’s 20 years of financial management experience include 12 years as CFO for …

WASHINGTON-A year-end survey conducted by the Telecommunications Resellers Association revealed that 90 percent of respondents who sought to resell personal communications services were barred from doing so by carriers, and …

CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. entered a definitive agreement to acquire the approximate 3.6 million outstanding shares in American Paging Inc. it doesn’t already own for more than $9 million, …

TULSA, Okla.-SpaceCom Systems announced that Metamora Telephone Co. of Metamora, Ill., selected its digital FM Cubed transmission technology to offer paging services for the company’s customers. SpaceCom, which provides satellite …

DALLAS-3COM PalmPilot users can send numeric or alphanumeric pages and personal or group e-mail messages directly, using One-Touch software by JP Systems Inc., the software provider announced. The One-Touch application …

Paging Network Inc. last week disclosed a plan to dramatically restructure its U.S. operations, the most notable aspect of which includes a 30-percent reduction in work force during the next …

Aiming to attract alphanumeric paging subscribers wary of dictating messages to a dispatch operator, GoComm Wireless Corp. created a device called the MessageSender, currently being shipped to distributors. The MessageSender …