The paging industry experienced some greater-than-usual excitement in the second quarter that securities analysts at Toronto Dominion Securities Inc. believe will set the tone for the next stage of the market's transformation.Second-quarter highlights include: Arch Communications Group's operational restructuring and financial recapitalization, Metrocall Inc.'s acquisition...
COMSTREAMJohn F. Hodgson joined ComStream Corp. as vice president of human resources. Before ComStream, Hodgson held the same position with NextWave Telecom, San Diego, and prior to that with General Communications Inc., Anchorage, Alaska. He also has been the director of human resources for...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc announced plans to purchase MCI Communications Corp.'s Internet communications business for $1.75 billion in cash.An agreement previously announced May 28 included only the Internet backbone services business and the Internet Service Provider customers, with a price tag of $625 million.The...
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. launched a print ad campaign called Summer Necessities.The campaign targets retail customers of the more than 200 TSR Wireless store's nationwide and features newspaper advertisements and direct mail literature.The ads depict humanized versions of Motorola Inc. wireless products enjoying...
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced the grand opening of its latest retail in northern California in Roseville, marking the sixth such retail presence in the area since the beginning of the year.TSR Wireless said it plans to open several other locations in Northern...
PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it began shipping the Synapse Pager Card, which allows wireless messaging on 3com Corp.'s PalmPilot Organizer.The card-developed by PageMart, 3Com and Motorola Inc.-upgrades all Pilot, PalmPilot and IBM WorkPad models to the functionality of the Palm III and adds a...
Motorola Inc. last week announced its long-awaited plan for realigning the company along with another quarter of depressing financial results.Ending its "warring tribes" way of doing business, Motorola announced its communications-related businesses will be restructured under a single organization called the Motorola Communications Enterprise....
A group of smaller, paging manufacturers impudently are challenging the pager dominance of the 800-pound gorilla that is Motorola Inc. by creating products with unique features designed to set themselves apart."Paging is a commodity," said Tim Kataras, president of Global Access Inc., a smaller...
Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the first vendor exclusively dedicated to providing network operators with enhanced services platforms to join WAP. WAP is a non-profit organization,...
While the majority of wireless carriers are moving toward outsourcing their handset distribution needs, Powertel Inc. is moving in the opposite direction.The West Point, Ga.-based personal communications services company recently ended its relationship with Brightpoint Inc., a distribution and value-added logistics services provider, and...
NEW YORK-As the telecommunications marketplace expands, billing and customer-care companies are ramping up efforts to carve out niches and compete against each other for dominance."Fueled by changes in customer expectations, new technology and deregulation, the emergence of this group of companies as a force...
The larger players in the paging industry have bellied up to the consolidation table and, with fork and knife in hand, are poised to dig in.Still digesting its acquisition of ProNet Inc., Metrocall Inc. said its next serving will be the Advanced Messaging Division...
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will resell Conxus Communications Inc.'s Pocketalk voice paging services in the Philadelphia area.Pocketalk is based on Motorola Inc.'s FLEX technology. TSR said it is the nation's seventh-largest paging company. The carrier has 12 retail stores operating in...
FORT LEE, N.J.-MobileMedia Communications Corp. announced it launched a prepaid paging service package called The MobileComm 6-Pak, which includes a numeric pager, six months of local service, activation fee and 500 messages a month for between $80 and $90.The packages will be available through...
NEW YORK-The United States, where high-yield bond issuance originated, for many years has been the hotbed of this important kind of financing, even for telecommunications and other corporate issuers outside its borders.During the first five months of this year, however, Western Europe burst into...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have changed over time, but the predicted boom has always been present, always just about...
U.S. utility companies could become significant players in the wireless telecommunications industry in coming years if they can figure out the right strategy to enter the business.Analysts indicate utilities seriously are evaluating opportunities to branch out into the telecommunications arena in light of deregulation...
Applied Cellular Technology Inc. received a letter of commitment for a $15 million unsecured line of credit from Boston's State Street Bank and Trust Co.'s High Technology Lending Group. Proceeds from the line of credit, expected to close by June 30, will be used...
NEW YORK-After receiving "Big Daddy" T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the world's largest wireless carriers offered an expansive vision of their companies and their industry."There are accelerating growth rates in all...
Interlink ElectronicsFreedom Writer OEM, the first application using Interlink Electronics Inc.'s new medium-range wireless communications technology, RemoteLink, is set to be introduced this month at InfoComm International, said Interlink. The pen-capable wireless remote control is a multibutton, original-equipment-manufacturer remote designed for makers of interactive...
JACKSON, Miss.-MobileMedia Communications Inc. announced it will close its retail activation center in Jackson, Miss., and consolidate its functions at the Dallas-based call center by Oct. 31.The move will affect 100 employees, the company said, all of whom were notified of the action June...
An indoor solution to wireless electronic asset tracking that uses digital radio-frequency technology to locate personnel and property has been developed by PinPoint Corp., a fledgling company based in Bedford, Mass.Outdoor tracking of vehicles, personnel and equipment has long been available using global positioning...
ATLANTA-Wireless data's success in the future depends on how easily users can access it, said some wireless executives last week at SuperComm '98.Key executives from the wireless industry's largest companies participated in a panel addressing the direction of the wireless industry in 2000 and...
NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. completed a prototype zinc-air disposable battery it said is lighter and delivers more talk and standby time than comparable rechargeable batteries.Developed by the company's Consumer Battery Division, the new disposable has demonstrated in laboratory tests the ability to provide more...
