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The paging industry is celebrating the Federal Communication Commission’s recent ruling on interconnection rates-for the most part. The new regulations are expected to save paging carriers money, but new state …

WASHINGTON-A recently released Federal Communications Commission order now prohibits states from singling out wireless carriers for service- or technology-specific area code overlays. States will be able to institute all-services overlays …

NEW YORK-Moody’s Investor’s Service Inc. downgraded certain outstanding debt of Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp., Jackson, Miss. The New York-based rating agency downgraded its speculative grade rating to B3 from B2 …

TORONTO-Rogers Cantel Mobile Communications Inc. has developed a system that will allow subscribers to roam all over the world with a special cellular phone. Customers buy or rent a Worldwide …

A government summary outlining the reclassification of specialized mobile radio operators “may pose more questions than it answers,” said SMR organization leader Alan Shark. “Reclassified operators are being thrown into …

AUGUST 19-20 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by Motorola Inc. San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, San Francisco. (800) 771-2012. 19-21 Wireless Communications Conference, by The Microelectronics Society. Regal Harvest …

Preferred Networks Inc. said it has signed an agreement with NationsBank for a $20 million revolving credit facility. The money will be used primarily to finance the acquisition of paging …

WASHINGTON-In recent months, the Federal Communications Commission has focused the bulk of its attention on meeting and beating congressional telecom-reform mandates, the most recent of which involved adopting an order …

NEW YORK-The establishment of Mexico’s Federal Telecommunications Commission by Aug. 10 heralds the advent of significant new foreign ownership opportunities south of the border for wireless services companies. “Joint auctions …

NEW YORK-Given “some ridiculous pricing in reseller channels,” Metrocall Inc. “dramatically altered the distribution strategy” this spring, and results started to show by the end of the second quarter, said …

MobileMedia Corp.’s board of directors has appointed Michael K. Lorelli chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors. Previously, he was president of the Americas Division of …

France Telecom Mobiles International has signed two digital cellular phone contracts with Chinese operator China United Telecommunications Corp. (China Unicom). The contracts call for the expansion of a 1995 system …

Although LHS Communications Systems Inc. was formed only a year ago, the company is not new. The U.S. operation, which provides billing and customer care systems to wireless carriers, is …

WASHINGTON-Following the formal release Aug. 8 of intricate interconnection rules adopted by the Federal Communications Commission, incumbent local exchange carriers will have nine months following any request for interconnection from …

WASHINGTON-At the close of business today, 203 wireless communications veterans and hopefuls could be accepted to participate in the D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auction set to …

AUGUST 13-14 Wireless Interconnection ’96, by Bellcore. Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Calif. Call Pam Dunn at (800) 521-CORE. 13 & 20 Semiconductor Conference, by the New York Society …

Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. of Givatayim, Israel, announced it has signed an agreement with Academy D.O.O., a Yugoslavian security services company, to deploy Nexus’ automatic vehicle location and tracking system …

Anne Bingaman, the government’s antitrust czar who reviewed huge telecommunications mergers and took on computer software giant Microsoft Inc., said she will leave the Clinton administration later this year. “The …

ProNet Inc. of Plano, Texas, released bleak second-quarter financial results, said its proposed merger with Teletouch Communications Inc. was mutually terminated and is fighting a class action lawsuit filed by …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-U.S. Olympic athletes in Atlanta communicated with their coaches, teammates, friends, family and press using OlymPagers, alphanumeric pagers that Motorola Inc. provided to each Team USA athlete. The …

AVON, Colo.-NSN Network Services introduced Broadcast TNPP for paging networking, technology that combines Telocator Network Paging Protocol sources from a number of locations into one data stream, enabling point-to-multipoint communications …

FORT WORTH-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group has released an enhanced version of its FLEX high-speed, one-way paging protocol. Version 1.8 of the FLEX protocol offers backwards compatibility with previous …

Hong Kong’s dominant cellular operator Hongkong Telecom said it deeply regrets that the government failed to award it one of six new wireless licenses, and intends to discuss the matter …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.- Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it is working with the Chinese Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, various MPT design institutes, the Research Institute of Telecommunications Transmission and the Mobile …

WASHINGTON-Following July 30 rulings by two different U.S. appeals courts, the Federal Communications Commission’s D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auctions will start Aug. 26. The application date …