DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has purchased a 25 percent interest in Sociedad de Radiotelefonia Movil S.A., which owns Compania Europea de Radiobusqueda S.A., a Spanish paging company. PageNet said it will provide operational assistance to CERSA.In addition to PageNet, SRM's shareholders are Banco...
SINGAPORE-Singapore, a city-state with the highest concentration of beepers in the world, on Sept. 6 honored its 1 millionth pager user be giving him a 22-karat gold-encased pager and a lifetime free subscription.Always quick to embrace technological innovations, Singapore introduced paging service in 1973....
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group announced it has upgraded its Dallas/Fort Worth advanced messaging test system using narrowband personal communications services software to support both InFLEXion and ReFLEX25 advanced messaging capabilities.The newly integrated test system successfully transmitted and confirmed receipt of a...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc.'s unusual advance warning last week of poor third-quarter expectations raised eyebrows and at least two questions.Is Motorola still the bellwether company, giving early notice of stormy weather ahead for the entire industry? Or are its problems largely attributed to external factors...
Motorola Inc. unveiled the XTS 3000, its next generation portable radio. The XTS 3000 is smaller than the Astro Saber portable and has several enhancements. The radio comes in two models: the XTS 3000 Model I, a pure talk-and-listen radio, and a similar model, the...
Corsair Communications Inc. appointed Dr. Donald R. Oestreicher vice president of engineering. Oestreicher will direct Corsair's efforts in product engineering, research and development. Oestreicher's background includes engineering management with Dow Jones & Co., Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Valid Logic Systems and Xerox Corp....
Pagerola Inc. is six years old, distributes products in 21 countries, employs more than 800 people and is 1 million units strong, but only this month makes its formal entrance into the United States.The company manufactures pagers and related paging devices in Taipei, Taiwan,...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. announced it has chosen J. Walter Thompson of Chicago as the agency-of-record for its multimillion dollar advertising account.The agency will be responsible for all aspects of marketing communications and will be instrumental in the launch of VoiceNow, PageNet's new service that...
US Order is rolling out SmartTime Internet Services, which the company claims is the first Internet-based service designed exclusively for non-PC information appliances including wireless devices."Consumers, for the first time, will be able to retrieve selected information from the Internet without a personal computer...
CHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. announced it has named Terrence Sullivan president and chief executive officer of American Paging Inc., a subsidiary of TDS.Sullivan replaces John R. Schaaf, who resigned from the company to pursue other business interests. Prior to joining American Paging in...
Hosting this week's PCS '96 conference and expo in San Francisco is Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association; as many as 15,000 people are expected to attend this year's event. Kitchen, who also served at the helm of the National Association...
The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it "intends to take a favorable view" of the Motorola Inc. project.The European Union is considering the future role of satellite...
Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group unveiled PageWriter, the first wireless device based on the company's Memos messaging platform.The two-way pager features the familiar QWERTY computer keyboard and a flip-up, high-resolution display for a graphical user interface.Slightly larger than a deck of cards and...
More than a half million Paging Network Inc. customers started receiving news briefs from CNN Interactive for free last week.Subscribers to PageNet's alphanumeric service, via Motorola Inc.'s Advisor and Advisor Gold pagers, receive news updates every half hour.CNN broadcasts between six and eight entries...
CHICAGO- 3607 Communications Co. and Paging Network Inc. announced 3607 will begin offering PageNet's paging services. 3607's customers in its nearly 100 markets will have the ability to access paging services by the end of the year, said the company."Entering the paging business is...
Motorola Inc. unveiled a new open messaging software platform called Memos that is adaptable to all networks but optimized for the unique environment of wireless."Motorola believes the establishment of standard software platforms will further expand the market," said Doug Kraul, vice president and general...
As an embattled small business curmudgeon and wireless industry activist, I find it necessary to respond to Federal Communications Commission spokesperson Michele Farquhar's recent letter that appeared in the July 29 issue of RCR.Ms. Farquhar excels in her newly appointed role as FCC chief...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Safety tops the list of why customers use cellular phones, according to the Personal Wireless Communications Survey conducted by IDC/LINK, a division of International Data Corp. More than half of the respondents in a national survey of cellular users said security and safety...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-The Wireless Messaging Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Paging Network Inc., a wireless messaging company with 7.9 million subscribers, teamed up to install Motorola Inc.'s InFLEXion voice messaging system.During tests in San Francisco, voice messages were sent through the public switched telephone...
In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market.Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide its software to Paging Network Inc., defeating 25 other companies, that bid on the project,...
Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. has named G. Ron Olexa chief operations officer with overall responsibility for the company's Reach receiver front end products. Olexa also will manage the company's relationship with Raychem Corp., SCT's new sales and distribution partner for the Reach product line....
Paging Partners Corp. is investigating strategic options for "enhancing shareholder value," which smells of more consolidation in the paging industry.Laidlaw & Co. of New York has been hired as an adviser to the company. Options being considered include selling the company, bringing in a...
While FLEX has paraded across the globe, gaining recognition as the new global paging standard throughout the Americas, Asia and Middle East, the Motorola Inc. technology has met resistance in Europe, where members of the European Union and other nations-by virtue of certain political...
WASHINGTON-Bundled and branded telephony, video and Internet services will dominate the U.S. telecommunications marketplace as the industry experiences increased competition and realignment, predicts Dr. Sam Book, president of Consumer Research at Economic and Management Consultants International Inc.EMCI recently conducted an in-depth study of more...
