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SINGAPORE-The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore is taking a new approach to encouraging competition in the local wireless market. Beginning April 1, 2000, TAS will lower annual license fees for mobile …

To the editor, I just finished reading your Jan. 12 issue and truly take exception with the letter titled, “Home won’t run via paging service.” The population of Montreal and …

Iridium L.L.C.-the Motorola Inc.-led consortium expected to offer global voice, paging and fax services via a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites by September-announced it has secured the U.S. Department of …

WASHINGTON-With the first round of universal service payments having been made this month to the government by any service-offering telecommunications operation, there still is controversy surrounding how and why commercial …

The regional telephone companies, as well as AirTouch Communications Inc. and GTE Corp., have collectively invested more than $10 billion in international telecommunications ventures, according to a report issued by …

Pinnacle Towers Inc. has gained access to cellular, paging and personal communications services markets in Baltimore and the eastern coast of Maryland following its acquisition of 12 towers from Shore …

Grumbling about wireless ways and means at the FCC. First, there is the claim the bureau is tinkering with its 931 MHz paging database in order to free up more …

In the Jan. 12 edition, RCR incorrectly identified the pager watch offered by MTX Paging Products L.L.C., a joint venture of Motorola Inc. and Timex Corp. The watch is called …

WASHINGTON-Industry participants in a Jan. 21 open forum to review the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau’s rules and performance during the past two years agree that while the WTB has come a …

AT&T Corp. is expected to announce to analysts today its operating strategy for the year that will include as many as 19,000 layoffs, management restructuring and the integration of its …

CHICAGO-Ameritech Corp. announced annual net income grew by 7.6 percent to around $2.3 billion, and revenues increased 7.2 percent to about $16 billion for its fiscal year ended Dec. 31, …

QuickWord, a new product introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show by Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group, is designed to keep families safe and in touch and encourage the use of …

Philips Consumer Communications announced Osmo Hautanen, president of the Americas region, will leave the company March 15. Michael Lang, vice president of marketing for the Americas, immediately will assume operational …

To the Editor, I just finished reading your Jan. 12 issue and read the article “The frustration of finding a job” with great interest. I have been part of the …

Motorola announced that its Customer Owned Messaging and JTECH Communications Inc. have signed an agreement to develop new applications for on-premises paging systems for markets such as business offices, retail …

MINNEAPOLIS-WirelessNorth introduced the “Unlimited Minutes Plus” personal communications services calling plan in its Red River Valley markets in North Dakota. Subscribers will receive unlimited PCS calling for $75 per month, …

With the introduction of the Windows CE operating system designed by Microsoft Corp.-expected to revolutionize the mobile computing industry much like the company’s Windows 95 operating system changed the computing …

Bell Atlantic Mobile Bell Atlantic Mobile named Jack Plating executive vice president and chief operating officer. Plating will be responsible for the daily operations of the company’s six regional markets …

NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, “our concern is about getting from here to there,” said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings …

WASHINGTON-A Chicago wireless firm has sued 360

Metrocall Inc. announced it has filed formal complaints with the Federal Communications Commission’s Common Carrier Bureau enforcement division, charging several regional Bell and independent telephone companies with continuing to violate …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-SourceOne Wireless Inc. signed an agreement to market the interactive paging service of BellSouth Corp. business venture RAM Mobile Data L.P., RAM announced. SourceOne initially will resell the interactive …

With a second round of financing in hand along with a strategic purchase and a name change, Comspace Corp., formerly Unique Technologies International Inc., plans to jump-start the specialized mobile …

After almost two years of savage beatings on Wall Street, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has proven to have a tough chin, and analysts believe the company now is poised to come …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry accomplished much last year on the regulatory road to competition, but the task of creating parity with wireline services and eliminating old monopoly-related regulations is far from …