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Western Wireless Corp. said things are running smoothly in Hawaii since it launched the nation’s second personal communications services network there more than one year ago. But in the eyes …

Originally aimed at the on-the-go businessman, the paging industry is now aiming its product toward a new set of users-the on-the-go teen-ager. Studies show that the young adult market is …

NEW YORK-Incumbent and new carriers in Europe, the world’s third- largest telecommunications market, are in reasonably good shape to meet competitive pressures despite uncertainties posed by pending deregulation, according to …

Smartalk Teleservices Inc. rocketed into the prepaid calling card big leagues last week, virtually doubling in size with the acquisitions of GTI Telecom Inc. and SmarTel Communications Inc. “The purchase …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s plan for a digital personal communications services nationwide network has finally kicked off. After receiving its long-awaited shipment of dual-band, dual-mode handsets from Ericsson Inc. last …

After network difficulties hampered Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s projected launch of “15 to 20 markets” by the end of 1996, the company last week finally launched its premiere New York market. …

WASHINGTON-Congress is slowly backtracking on spectrum auctions as a source of revenue in the bipartisan balanced budget plan, a retreat spurred by recent falling wireless license prices and financial troubles …

Affordable Message Center is introducing Simplicity One today, a prepaid one-number service that offers users protection from over-calls on their cellular phone bill. “You are protecting your cellular number,” explained …

Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron’s responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while …

A class action lawsuit charging Los Angeles cellular carriers with price fixing is set to go to trial July 7 in Orange County Superior Court, nearly four years after it …

Aerial Communications Inc. launched digital personal communications services in the Minneapolis-St. Paul market. Aerial service initially will be available to the seven-county Twin Cities metropolitan area as well as nearby …

MIAMI-TracFone, a prepaid cellular phone and airtime service marketed by Topp Telecom Inc., will be available in the New York metropolitan area and throughout Southern California at area Radio Shack …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc., a subsidiary of Omnipoint Corp., signed a retail sales agreement with Computer City, a national computer chain. According to the agreement, Computer City stores …

Price is an important element of competition for paging carriers, but most industry insiders say features, quality of service and how a service meets a customer’s specific needs determine value. …

FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. and Suburban Cable Corp. signed an agreement to jointly market radio paging services through a new division, Suburban Paging, to Suburban’s 1.2 million subscribers. Headquartered in …

LITTLE CHUTE, Wis.-Airadigm Communications Inc. is launching service in Green Bay, Wis., and opening a retail store in the Bay Park Square Mall. Airadigm’s service is branded Einstein PCS. The …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Bloomberg Financial Markets announced they will begin offering financial news and market updates to users of AT&T’s PocketNet phone this summer. Information available from Bloomberg …

DENVER-Western Wireless Corp. said it plans to launch personal communications services based on Global System for Mobile communications technology May 1 in Denver. The company plans to open several VoiceStream …

When the federal government offered spectrum auction license incentives to women, minorities, small businesses and rural telephone companies a few years ago, Steve Neely didn’t bite. Though a die-hard entrepreneur …

Standard Telecom America Inc. said it will start shipping sample quantities of its Nixxo Swing alphanumeric pager in the next few weeks. Swing is Standard Telecom’s first alphanumeric pager to …

DENVER-In concert with the company’s previous digital cellular launches, AirTouch Cellular announced it is offering its high-end business users in Denver and Detroit Powerband service. “In the past, we have …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. announced it has reached a roaming agreement with Eircell, a Global System for Mobile communications provider in Ireland. The launch of service with Eircell is …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement to supply personal communications services handsets to Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The companies value the agreement at $35 million. The one-year agreement calls for …

GTE Airfone Inc. announced its in-flight phone service soon will be available using prepaid calling cards, provided by Frontier Communications and GTE Card Services Inc. Kathy Harless, president of GTE …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. agreed to supply paging products and services to RadioShack. PageMart said it already is shipping products to more than 3,700 RadioShack stores, which will begin selling pagers …