paging

JACKSON, Miss.-Now Communications Inc. began providing prepaid local phone, cellular, paging and long-distance services in Mississippi. Regular phone service is priced at $36.50 per month, cellular phone service is $30 …

FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. reported a decrease in net loss for the quarter ended March 31. Net loss for the quarter was $464,000, or 8 cents per share. That compares …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and TekNow signed an agreement that calls for Motorola to license client/server Telocator Network Paging Protocol technology from TekNow. Motorola will use the technology to complete …

AMMAN, Jordan-Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group said Jordan Radio Paging adopted the FLEX protocol as the standard to expand its paging system. Jordan Radio Paging, a privately owned paging company, …

WASHINGTON-The paging industry urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to reject SBC Communications Inc.’s application to enter the long distance market, citing failure of the regional Bell telephone company …

Could or would anyone buy MobileMedia Corp? If not, what will happen to this bankrupt company, which is the second largest paging carrier in the country, with more than 4 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission has suggested a series of front-end consumer-education electives be taken by the Federal Communications Commission that could protect potential investors from fraud promulgated by application mills …

TULSA, Okla.-Enhanced Messaging Systems and SpaceCom Systems teamed up to provide an integrated satellite link and transmission control system for the paging industry. The system, HyperNet, provides reductions in satellite …

NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea’s primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular …

DALLAS- Paging Network Inc. reported a first quarter net loss of $39.9 million, or 39 cents per share, compared with a $12.1 million net loss, or 12 cents per share, …

When the federal government offered spectrum auction license incentives to women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies a few years ago, Steve Neely didn’t bite. Though a die-hard entrepreneur …

WASHINGTON-Congress is ready to spring two major spectrum bills that seek to stabilize the Federal Communications Commission’s aggressive auction program and that would apply spectrum lease fees in lieu of …

Arch Communications Group Inc. introduced its new national brand name, Arch Paging, created to unify the company’s many acquired operations and punctuate its position as a national player in the …

NORCROSS, Ga.-Ameritel Communications Inc. signed an agreement to sell pagers and paging services through Shop At Home, a subsidiary of The Signature Group, which markets consumer products and services through …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. said final beta testing has begun on the first production run of its AlphaTrak 9000 vehicle tracking and recovery system. The AlphaTrak 9000 includes a surface-mounted …

NEW YORK-Wall Street, once ebullient about wireless stocks, is somewhat gloomy these days about the prospects for new personal communications services carriers to raise public equity. A convergence of global …

NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a carrier’s paging carrier headquartered in Norcross, Ga., announced April 15 an agreement to obtain between $15 million and $20 million in a private placement with …

The Federal Communications Commission announced three appointments in the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. David Horowitz was named chief of the Private Wireless Division of the Bureau, which he joined in 1995 …

Standard Telecom America Inc. said it will start shipping sample quantities of its Nixxo Swing alphanumeric pager in the next few weeks. Swing is Standard Telecom’s first alphanumeric pager to …

Amid the sagging stocks and belt-tightening that characterizes today’s paging industry, one private company maintains rapid growth and is venturing into new markets. New York-based Affordable Message Center, a wholesaler …

A new market research study released by Bellcore indicates interest in cellular and paging grows substantially when prospective subscribers learn about calling party pays services. Interest in calling party pays …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s InFLEXion voice paging system began commercial service for the first time with Paging Network Inc.’s launch of VoiceNow service in northern California and Nevada. The narrowband …

ObjectSpace Inc. announced the alpha version of its Enhanced Services Platform for advanced messaging services, developed with PageMart Wireless Inc., is complete, and beta tests will begin later this year. …

NEW YORK-Paging, a veteran wireless player, has to go back to the trenches and prove itself anew to the investment community. The “credibility gap” has three components, Sharon Armbrust, senior …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-In a letter sent to President Clinton, Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen urged the administration to consider the detrimental effect of an immediate Universal Service Fund obligation …