paging

Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron’s responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while …

WASHINGTON-In a January 1993 article, a year-and-a-half before joining the Federal Communications Commission, then-attorney Rachelle Chong laid out what has turned out to be a model defense of cellular phone-cancer …

German cellular service provider T-Mobil awarded a contract to Lucent Technologies Inc. to expand T-Mobil’s Global System for Mobile communications network. Lucent values the agreement at more than $30 million. …

BELLINGHAM, Wash.-Dynacom Telecommunications Corp. said it executed a letter of intent to purchase Jeffrand Inc., doing business as The Wireless Outlet, Pro Cell Communications and S&R Pager Repair. The transaction …

MCI Communications Corp. kicked off networkMCI Interactive Paging two-way service, using the AccessLink pager by Wireless Access Inc. and SkyTel Corp.’s ReFLEX 50 network. The complete service, with reply capability …

NEW YORK-Venture capital-backed investments during the first quarter of 1997 totaled $2.3 billion, up 5 percent compared with the same period last year, according to Price Waterhouse L.L.P.’s National Venture …

BETHESDA, Md.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. teamed up with USA Today to begin providing a customized news and information service over portable digital phones. The “Headlines to Your Handset” program, available in …

WASHINGTON-Two House lawmakers introduced legislation last week to stem the tide of high-tech class action securities lawsuits that have migrated from federal courts to state courts in the aftermath of …

Motorola Inc.’s Integrated Software Products division released its Air Apparent software for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows NT version 1.1. The product is a general purpose, enterprise-wide wireless messaging software application that …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave NextWave Telecom Inc. extra time to reorganize its ownership structure in light of anticipated commission changes in foreign-investment rules that could result from an upcoming …

After three years in Motorola Inc.’s Information Systems Group and 23 years with the company, Frank Lloyd has returned to paging, his mind set on growing international markets and advancing …

Union Electric Co., Honeywell Inc. and CellNet Data Systems teamed up to develop a wireless interactive home management system, which will begin a pilot program in more than 100 St. …

ProNet and its insurance carriers have entered into an agreement to pay $5 million to settle securities class action lawsuits pending against the paging company in state and federal courts. …

WASHINGTON-Strong arguments voiced by the paging industry and other telecom sectors against public pay phone deregulation in federal appeals court last week could force the Federal Communications Commission to revise …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. entered into a five-year strategic alliance with First Cellular of Southern Illinois. Under the terms of the agreement, First Cellular will deploy additional paging transmitters on the …

Cushcraft Corp. introduced a personal communications services dual polarized single patch antenna. The S2407HVP provides for reception and transmission of both vertically and horizontally polarized signals in the 2400-2500 MHz …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The telecommunications market achieved 11 percent growth last year with revenues of $298 billion, according to a report issued by the Telecommunications Industry Association and the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association. …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) last week proposed to fund digital wiretap implementation and Internet access for schools with $1.7 billion paid by wireless carriers and broadcasters for …

NEW HAVEN, Conn.-SNET has announced plans to launch Time Division Multiple Access digital service in Connecticut by the end of the year. “With digital service, our customers will have all …

Telecel-Zambia announced plans to launch a Code Division Multiple Access system next week in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. The initial launch will cover 450 customers, and a broader …

PLAYA del REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. has signed agreements in principle to acquire a controlling interest in a paging telecommunications venture in India. Under terms of the deal, PortaCom will …

When billionaire John Kluge of Metromedia International Group Inc. sold his company’s film and television properties last month, he said the transaction would allow Metromedia to focus on its new …

Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile expanded its Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless phone service to include incoming text messages in New York and New Jersey. The new text messaging service …

NEW YORK-When it comes to further consolidation in paging, the industry in the United States has taken a deep breath and is waiting to exhale. During 1995 and early 1996, …

Belt-tightening, steady growth of one-way services and advances in two-way and voice paging are winning the paging sector renewed interest on Wall Street. “I think there are people in the …