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Dear Editor: Several times I have read articles about the paging industry in Colombia with incorrect information. TAS does not own a 900 MHz license. Only four companies in Colombia …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc., a WorldCom Inc. company, has begun offering the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd., branded BlackBerry by SkyTel, to customers nationwide. The service …

Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service. Motorola unveiled its Talkabout …

RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has changed its name to Motient Corp., with the new Nasdaq symbol MTNT. “Motient is information in motion, solutions in motion and instant …

Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.’s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the …

NEW YORK-For about $2,000 per square mile, MCI WorldCom Inc. expects to launch multichannel multipoint distribution service systems able to give its fixed wireless customers data access at speeds faster …

MEXICO CITY-In Mexico, paging has been around for more than 40 years, and for a long time, only a handful of companies provided the service. That presented a perfect situation …

Motorola and SkyTel announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand two-way wireless communications solutions to Latin America. In particular, SkyTel said it will make Motorola’s PageWriter 2000X …

BOGOTA, Colombia-The Colombian telecommunications sector has experienced growth over the last year despite the 1998-1999 economic recession. Although expectations that the sector would boom in 1999 were overshadowed by economic …

NEW YORK-Ever been whipsawed? A whipsaw is a double-handled saw designed for use by two people. The dictionary also says the word “whipsaw” means “to defeat or get the best …

In a marked shift in strategy, Datalink.net unveiled a new business unit called Net2Wireless Turnkey Business Solutions, designed to provide business-to-business wireless extension services. Originally, Datalink aimed its turnkey information …

SkyTel, an MCI WorldCom company, announced it will add new paging protocol technology to its network to make it compatible with the next generation of ReFLEX two-way pagers. Today, two-way …

Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the opening of a new research and …

In a deal loud with industry-shaking repercussions, the United States’ top two paging carriers announced their intention to merge in November, raising the consolidation bar to a level as yet …

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of …

The spirit of collaboration among leaders in the paging industry continues to grow as paging carriers and manufacturers have joined in several marketing and technological efforts designed to increase the …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced that in January it will begin offering nationwide the SkyTel eLink wireless e-mail product for customers who need to send and receive large amounts of …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Eight leading paging companies, in an effort managed by the Personal Communications Industry Association, launched the industry sector’s first collaborative advertising campaign with TV and radio spots beginning to …

In a deal loud with industry-shaking repercussions, the nation’s top two paging carriers announced their intention to merge last week, raising the consolidation bar to a level as yet unseen …

Last week heralded a slew of fairly positive announcements from the still-struggling paging industry, with PageMart Wireless Inc., Paging Network Inc., SkyTel and TSR Wireless L.L.C. announcing significant partnerships. PageMart …

Dear Bernie, Congratulations on your promotion into the wireless industry. While I admired your foray into wireless with MCI WorldCom’s acquisition of SkyTel, I admit I was surprised at your …

American Mobile Satellite Corp. began offering its eLink wireless e-mail service commercially last week, featuring two-way wireless extension of desktop Internet e-mail to handheld devices and personal information management functions. …

Speculation circulated last week that MCI WorldCom Inc. and Sprint Corp. were in merger talks, following published reports that linked the two companies. Neither company would comment on the reports. …

JACKSON, Mississippi, United States-SkyTel launched a new service, SkyTel Message Center, which notifies customers when they receive a voice mail, e-mail or fax at their office or home and then …

TORONTO-Research in Motion (RIM) of Waterloo, Ontario, a small Canadian company far from Silicon Valley, has developed some of the hottest wireless technology in the world. In just a short …