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BEIJING—The Chinese government issued new regulations on the administration of foreign-funded telecommunications enterprises in line with commitments China undertook upon its accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 25-article …

BOYNTON BEACH, Florida, United States—Ending months of speculation, Motorola announced it is exiting the ReFLEX paging business by the middle of next year, an industry the company played a major …

BLYTHEVILLE, Ark.—United Communications Corp. and Canada’s BritePage Technologies Inc. have entered an agreement in which UCC will represent BritePage’s People Tracker Plus production in the U.S. People Tracker is an …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.—Arch Wireless Inc. said it will file for file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by Jan. 15 in order to restructure its long-term debt. The company owes about $2 billion. …

SAN JOSE, Calif.—In a move to redirect Motorola Inc.’s two-way pager devices toward the business market and against Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerry device, Notify Technology Corp. said it will …

HALLETTSVILLE, Texas—The Texas Association of Paging Services (TAPS) announced it has upgraded its network by installing backup Internet computers on one of its satellite channels and completing negotiations for another …

Pinnacle Holdings Inc. painted a grim picture during its third-quarter earnings call last week, as executives tried to offer some hope that the company is going to survive even though …

Osama bin Laden and his goons appear to be in retreat. For that alone we should give thanks, though no one will be satisfied until justice is brought to the …

SARASOTA, Fla.-Pinnacle Holdings Inc. reported revenues for the third quarter ended Sept. 30 of $46.5 million, just slightly more than the $45.3 million the company reported in revenues for the …

BOISE, Idaho—Extended Systems unveiled its XTNDConnect Mobile Objects mobile application software development kit, designed to provide developers with a comprehensive set of tools to build customer mobile applications and extend …

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The Chilean government has authorized Nextel to make its network digital. This will allow Nextel to offer cellular telephony, two-way radio, paging and data services using Motorola’s iDEN …

NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to …

Once upon a time, a technology called pACT had a life, savored some love and then disappeared into oblivion. Another one called B-CDMA rocked the eaves of wireless, had an …

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BEIJING—Hong Kong listed China Unicom’s first-half earnings surged to CNY2.19 billion (US$265 million), but fell short of analysts’ predictions of CNY2.25 billion (US$272 million). Mother company China Unicom reported a …

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it joined the Unified Communications Consortium. The group’s goal is to further the growth of the global unified communications market for public services and enterprise systems …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. introduced its First Fan Buzz service, allowing customers to have news from top college sports programs sent to their wireless phones or two-way pagers. The information, …

BEIJING, China-Amid slowing subscriber growth worldwide, China still shows a healthy increase in mobile-phone users. The country’s two mobile-phone operators are each offering new services-one General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), …

HONG KONG-On the face of it, Hutchison Whampoa is a great success story. The company is among the leading international wireless operators and part of the giant Cheung Kong (Holdings), …

OSLO, Norway—Telenor Mobil said it will stop offering paging services Sept. 1, 2003, due to diminished demand. Telenor also said its technical equipment supplier is exiting the paging business and …

TUCSON, Ariz.-Texas Instruments said it is rolling out a new family of 125-MSPS dual digital-to-analog converters for cellular and paging base stations, point-to-point microwave systems, wireless local loop, wireless local …

TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it has solved a technical problem disrupting operation of its Digital mova P503I Hyper mobile phone. The technical problems affected voice and e-mail reception of the …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Wireless messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. today released its second quarter earnings, showing revenues and one-way paging subscriber losses in line with the company’s revised expectations. The company also …

DULUTH, Ga.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. released its second-quarter earnings, showing the drastic results and continued restructuring moves associated with the company’s escape from the flailing paging industry. Glenayre posted revenues from …

To the Editor: Is it just my imagination or did something ominous and unspeakable happen when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the Federal …