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WASHINGTON-The wireless market is competitive so the Federal Communications Commission should not impose exit regulations on mobile-phone carriers, the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association told FCC Chairman Michael Powell on …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.—A potentially important deal between Motorola Inc. and Multitone Electronics has fallen through, Motorola confirmed, which leaves the paging and messaging landscape still more uncertain. Last year Motorola …

BOCA RATON, Fla.—Wireless Internet communications provider JumpStart Wireless Corp. announced its DispatchSuite will be marketed by Skytel Communications Inc. through its Web site. DispatchSuite allows companies to integrate existing forms …

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 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 …

Editor’s Note: Since 1993, RCR Wireless News has chosen one person who most impacted the wireless industry that year. As part of our celebration of 20 years of covering the …

Berliner Communications Inc. Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. She will …

It’s quiet out there in the paging and messaging industry. Perhaps too quiet. WebLink Wireless Inc., Arch Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Inc. are the three largest independent paging and messaging …

H.O. Systems H.O. Systems has chosen Scott Berry as vice president of professional services. His 12 years of industry experience includes executive positions at Alltel, Convergys and Cellular One. At …

Ameritech Paging, owned by SBC Communications, was left out of RCR Wireless News’ 2001 Top 20 Paging Carrier list in the June 18, 2001 issue. With 1.1 million subscribers, Ameritech …

NEW YORK-WorldCom Inc. shareholders approved June 7 the creation of separate tracking stocks, which pursued separate pricing paths at the close of their first day of trading on Nasdaq June …

As predictable as ants at a picnic, the summer of 2001 finds the mainstream press proclaiming the death of the paging industry. This time around, they are wrapping it inside …

“Advanced messaging services.” It’s the catch phrase for the wireless messaging industry today, with most major companies betting everything that services like wireless e-mail access, Internet information and two-way paging …

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and rather unlikely area for wireless services …

As troubles continue to escalate for embattled paging companies, speculation on marriages between the largest companies are getting rave reviews, even if they don’t pan out. Media reports surfaced last …

Earlier this month, bankruptcy officials worked to auction off what was left of TSR Wireless L.L.C., which was the nation’s largest privately held paging carrier before it filed for Chapter …

The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting, though many industry observers agree more …

Two-way messaging licenses held by the now-bankrupt paging company TSR Wireless L.L.C. will be auctioned off near the end of this month, according to the company’s bankruptcy trustee Charles Forman. …

JACKSON, Miss. (AP)-WorldCom Inc., the nation’s second-largest provider of long-distance service, on Wednesday laid off about 6,000 U.S. employees, or roughly 7 percent of its worldwide work force, as part …

AirNet United States. With MBO for a GPRS system. Value: Undisclosed Alcatel Gambia. With Gamtel for a turnkey GSM network to be installed in the greater Banjul area. Value: Undisclosed …

“No wires, no waiting” is the mantra of Air2Lan, a young wireless broadband company headed by industry leader and mainstay Jai Bhagat. Bhagat, former chief executive officer of SkyTel Communications …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. said its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor is commercially available, bundled with the handheld device. The module gives two-way wireless connectivity to …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium …

MEXICO CITY-Since paging services started in Mexico in 1993, carriers have made large investments in advertising and marketing strategies. Biper, the country’s largest messaging company, has focused its marketing efforts …