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WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—News from the nation’s paging and messaging companies continues to fly, as one announced its plan of reorganization was approved by its bankruptcy court and another said it will …

TORONTO—Roadpost Inc. said it will make three additions to its satellite product and services portfolio: the Iridium Global Paging Service; SatTalk II Aircraft Satellite Telephone System; and EuroCom Fixed Mount …

BEIJING—The Hong Kong-listed arm of China Unicom posted first-quarter revenue of 8.35 billion yuan (US$1 billion), while China Mobile reported 23.35 billion yuan (US$2.82 billion). Revenue from China Unicom’s mobile …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Motorola Inc. emerged the victor in its lawsuit against Paging America, which used Motorola’s brand name and products in its e-mail spam campaign. In an Illinois federal court …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Sweden’s Telia Mobile announced that it transfered its Minicall paging service to Generic Mobile Systems, which will begin running the service. Telia said it is part of the operator’s …

RESTON, Va.—Wireless data network operator Motient Corp. pulled off what could be considered a magic trick, considering the current economic situation and the dire troubles faced by other wireless data …

SANTO DOMINO, Dominican Republic—Telecom company Tricom said it launched digital trunking services in Panama. The iDEN network is targeted at the corporate market and builds on the company’s long-term plans …

WASHINGTON—The U.S. Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA) has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 …

WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association has decided to drop its annual trade show, global m-commerce user initiative and LifePage donor program and cut its skeletal staff by 20 percent as …

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BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—Korean wireless device maker HuneTec Co. Ltd., which licensed Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX two-way paging technology, is the latest in a string of companies seeking to fill the gap …

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.—Conexant Systems Inc. introduced a new family of power amplifier modules targeting current and next-generation wireless infrastructure transmitter applications. The CX65100 series is designed to meet the performance, …

CLAREMONT, Calif.—Wireless software developer WolfeTech Development Corp. announced its PocketGenie application is now available on SkyTel two-way paging devices. PocketGenie offers users access to more than 200 real-time information services …

SAN DIEGO—One Voice Technologies Inc. will demonstrate its MobileVoice Messaging solutions in the Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications booth at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. One Voice will be showing its MobileVoice …

ALBANY, N.Y.—Telecommunications industry billing and customer care systems provider CommSoft Inc. released a new version of its flagship CommVergence product. CommVergence 8.0 allows customers to provide for wireless services in …

Motorola’s Personal Communications Sector announced it is selling off its core paging device product lines to integrated wireless networking (IWN) and wireless messaging company Multitone Electronics. Motorola said it will …

PHOENIX, United States—After years of quiet work, Space Data finally officially announced its plan to operate as a carrier’s carrier by using weather balloons to offer wireless services to vast …

DENVER, United States—WebLink Wireless found its white knight. The paging and messaging carrier said last week it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition, which buys cash-strapped companies and then …

WebLink Wireless Inc. found its white knight. The paging and messaging carrier said late Thursday it scored a deal with Sun Capital Acquisition Corp., which buys out cash-strapped companies and …

BOSTON, United States—Bankrupt paging company Arch Wireless has filed a reorganization plan highlighting the efforts it will take to pull itself out of its US$2 billion debt. Arch said it …

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s telecom regulator has asked for comments on its proposal to reduce mobile carrier license fees beginning in May. The country’s Information Technology and Broadcasting Bureau has proposed …

BOSTON—Bankrupt paging company Arch Wireless has filed a reorganization plan highlighting the efforts it will take to pull itself out of a $2 billion debt. Arch said it will issue …

WASHINGTON—The Personal Communications Industry Association laid off five people on Wednesday, reducing its staff to 47 people after a similar reduction of nine people last October. While PCIA is “extremely …

1. Jan. 29 Re-auction brings in record $17B to FCC After 101 rounds and $16.85 billion, the Federal Communications Commission’s auction of 422 personal communications services licenses ended last Friday. …

As the year winds down (and aren’t we all ready to put this year behind us and start fresh in January?) RCR Wireless News recaps the top 20 stories of …