paging

WEST POINT, Ga.-InterQuest Inc. announced it is offering a new service that allows wireless carriers to offer unregistered roamers in their market to complete a cellular call. Instead of connecting …

NEW YORK-Preferred Networks Inc., a wholesaler of one-way paging airtime, last Friday expected to launch its initial public offering of 3.3 million shares of common stock at $14 to $16 …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association urged the Federal Communications Commission last week to lift the freeze on paging applications, saying small carriers will suffer unproportionately as federal regulators attempt to …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Systems Division announced three contracts for paging infrastructure equipment in China from Hunan Post and Telecommunication Administration, the Shaanxi PTA and the Hainan PTA. …

NEW YORK-Arch Communications Group Inc. plans a $200 million bond issue, which received a B3 rating Feb. 22 from Moody’s Investors Service, according to the agency. The bond issue will …

NEW YORK-American Portable Telecom Inc., the fifth largest licensee of personal communications services in the United States, registered Feb. 20 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell publicly its …

SPRING VALLEY, N.Y.-On a clear day, you can look south and see the Manhattan skyline from the landmark hilltop house of Steve Preston, who owns and leases towers for wireless …

Proponents of calling party pays believe the service will both generate more airtime and increase the number of incoming calls, but they don’t agree on how such a system should …

Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key …

Antennaco Inc. unveiled a new line of antennas to complement its array of commercial antennas for the wireless communications industry. The company said its new line of Heavy Duty Yagi …

NEW YORK-Premiere Technologies Inc. of Atlanta plans its debut in the public capital markets early next month to finance its expansion as a provider of systems integrating various modes of …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its net income for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, more than tripled to $11 million, increasing 261 percent when compared with the $3 million …

ISELIN, N.J.-Dusting off patents shelved by Bell Laboratories due to commercialization prohibitions, Telecommunications Premium Services Inc. hopes to gain competitive advantage in the frontier of anywhere, anytime communications. Founded less …

L.M. Ericsson said it has received an order to supply switches and base stations to Westel 900 GSM to expand the carrier’s Global System for Mobile communications network in Hungary. …

Topping the chart for return on investment is WinStar Communications Inc., whose stock in trade is providing digital wireless links that bypass local exchange carriers. Through its Avante-Garde affiliate, WinStar …

In a Feb. 9 letter to Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.), Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen volunteered his group’s help as Congress begins to formulate its broadcast …

WASHINGTON-The fence between common-carrier and private-carrier paging will come down with the approval of a notice of proposed rulemaking that streamlines the regulation and licensing of Part 22 and Part …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced it will market turnkey systems based on the new personal air communications technology standard for the narrowband personal communications services market. The company said it signed …

Editor’s note: Following are five charts ranking major players in the wireless telecommunications industry according to revenues, net incomes, percent change in revenue from 1994 to 1995, percent change in …

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-MobileMedia Corp. announced it has reached an agreement with Shaw MobileComm Inc., a Canadian paging company, to coordinate and integrate network building activities. The agreement will allow the …

Although paging has existed for decades in major Latin American and Caribbean countries, developments during the past few years have placed these markets on an unprecedented growth path. If paging …

AUSTIN, Texas-Texas State District Judge Scott McCowan ruled a fee imposed on wireless providers to finance the Texas Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund is disproportionate to commercial radio service providers and therefore …

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will dissolve its infrastructure division in the Netherlands and open a new unit in France to manufacture wireless phones, pagers and other personal communications items. …

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price …

NEW YORK-The financial services industry is developing new kinds of snapshots for a clearer picture of paging companies’ underlying strengths and weaknesses in the brave new world of increased competition. …