paging

CHANTILLY, Va.-Telco Communications Group Inc. reached an agreement with Destineer Corp., a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., to provide SkyTel messaging and paging services to its business customers. According …

The sixth largest PCS carrier (by pops) went bankrupt long before it ever got to market. Pocket Communications has $1.5 billion in liabilities, most of which is a large debt …

Arch Communications Group Inc. amended two credit agreements for various subsidiaries, in part to help finance future purchases of narrowband personal communications services spectrum. In separate news, Moody’s Investor Services …

SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Mobile Telecom has changed its name to SK Telecom, to reflect the company’s growing international presence. The name SK Telecom also honors the company’s affiliation with Sunkyong …

Hongkong Telecom selected Tellabs’ Martis DXX managed access and transport network system for use in its digital data network in Hong Kong. The Martis DXX system combines intelligent hardware with …

Like many wireless technologies, the motivation behind FLEX was to make more possible in less bandwidth. Such is the mastery of Bob Schwendeman, a career Motorola man who is proclaimed …

June ’93 FLEX publicly announced Early ’94 Began extensive beta testing Nov. ’94 FLEX-TD adopted as standard for Japan’s next generation paging system Jan. ’95 First FLEX pagers shipped (Pro …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week declared that commercial wireless competition is developing, despite growing indications that funding problems, consolidation, operational snags and regulatory delay may be undermining the robust …

Paging Network Inc. has lowered its already-low prices for VoiceNow voice paging service in Dallas and is testing “a variety of pricing alternatives,” said the company. Separately, the company announced …

If one were to ask Congress for a written transcript of the Feb. 2, 1993, Capitol Hill briefing on alleged health risks from portable wireless phones, the reply would be …

WASHINGTON-A U.S. district court judge in New York ruled March 12 that Joseph Viggiano, a principal of telemarketing concern Micom Corp., was guilty of selling fraudulent Federal Communications Commission paging …

BERKELY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group announced it will provide semiconductor chips for several Motorola Inc. two-way messaging units, in development. The chip’s marked features include low-power consumption and …

ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. introduced its Priceless Page caller-pays paging service in Chicago. The program allows Preferred’s customers to offer a paging service with no monthly fee. The program is being …

Cellular One offers DPCS in Bay area Cellular One said it will begin offering digital cellular service branded Digital PCS in the San Francisco Bay area today. In conjunction with …

To those Europeans who scoff at Americans and their (too) many wireless standards choices, we now have a response: FLEX. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has decided not to deploy personal …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol. AT&T Wireless said it still …

SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Mobile Telecom reported strong growth in both its cellular and paging businesses in 1996, in addition to good interconnection revenue. According to KMT President Dr. Jung Uck …

Brazil is in the wireless spotlight. Demand is high, penetration is low and growth in all sectors is being fueled by deregulation and a stronger economy. Brazil’s current annual cellular …

RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave equipment provided by Northern Telecom Ltd. …

Industry calls Arch one of strongest, most stable paging carriers, and securities analysts rate the company’s stock “buy.” But unlike other leading players talking up new voice and messaging services, …

NEW YORK-SBA Communications Corp., a tower site development and management company, announced March 14 it had raised $50 million to help it enter the site ownership business through acquisition and …

Alan Dick & Co. (USA) Inc. debuted its cross polarized antennas available for messaging, cellular and personal communications services. The XP base station panel is a dual polarized antenna with …

Motorola Inc.’s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will install an Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular network in Brazil. Motorola values the agreement with Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo S.A. at $63 …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunications Systems Ltd. said it will deploy a two-way paging system for an undisclosed operator in Southeast Asia. The company values the initial contract, which includes infrastructure …

Silverlake Communications Inc. has introduced two products to its Airsource line of paging software. The Calabasas, Calif., company now provides a wireless/personal communications services development tool for developers, engineers, network …