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Conxus Communications Inc. confirmed it had conducted a series of layoffs last week as part of a “strategic refocus” that will affect employees at its headquarters in Greenville, S.C., and …

JACKSON-SkyTel Communications Corp. announced it has added information services from Fortune and USATODAY.com to its advanced messaging Customer Newscast line. Under the agreements, Fortune will provide business news, while USATODAY.com …

Diablo Research Company said it plans to use Motorola Inc.’s ReFLEX chipset to extend two-way paging transmission to utility-related applications by integrating the technology into computers, consumer devices and industrial …

NEW YORK-Standard & Poor’s Corp. revised its outlook on Paging Network Inc., the nation’s largest paging carrier, to negative from stable, due partly to the company’s lower-than-expected fourth quarter 1998 …

The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges. …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced it is developing a program designed to expand distribution and coverage in small-and medium-sized markets by signing “local partner” agreements with regional wireless providers. The …

Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite phones and dual-mode adapters, as well …

PROVO, Utah-Big Planet announced its national network of independent sales representatives will begin selling the BeepwearPRO pager, made jointly by Motorola Inc. and Timex, with regular and prepaid airtime made …

When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS ’98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be …

Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular’s integration into the company. TEC Cellular’s products, services and training now will be sold under the Safco brand. Safco acquired TEC …

Just as paging carriers look to two-way paging as a means of differentiation into the next millennium, so do paging manufacturers. In the past, a one-way pager was pretty much …

DENVER-The posturing continued last week among the players interested in buying AirTouch Communications Inc. The Financial Times reported Vodafone Group plc is considering sweetening its $55 billion offer for AirTouch …

NEW YORK-Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., said it began earlier this month in Las Vegas the commercial rollout of a new voice paging service it plans to offer in 100 North …

Microsoft Corp. increased its ownership stake in SkyTel Communications Inc. Papers filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last week disclosed that software megalith Microsoft bought 1.54 million shares of …

In the paging industry today, money talks. Carriers know this and are pursuing every avenue available to bulk up the bottom line. One relatively new road eyed by some carriers …

After months of aggressive buildout-beginning in late June with the Texas launch-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced its two-way, ReFLEX 25-based narrowband personal communications services network is available nationwide. The $310 million, …

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc. announced its two-way messaging subscribers can send text messages from their pagers to any telephone in the country, using text-to-speech technology to read the message to …

DALLAS-JP Systems Inc. introduced a software package called InfoBeam that allows users of 3Com Corp.’s Palm III organizers to access Web-based information via an infrared link to an AccessLink II …

In an unprecedented show of cooperation, Glenayre Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. joined forces to promote ReFLEX paging systems in the Asia Pacific, organizing the ReFLEX Technology Symposium ’98 held …

Sophia Communications Inc., Miami, plans to use its new 220 MHz specialized mobile radio licenses “to offer its customers unprecedented coverage and building penetration with significantly less network capital than …

NEW YORK-John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer of SkyTel Communications Inc., said a BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. advertisement that’s been running in the Wall Street Journal, as well …

For some time, the paging industry has looked to information services as one possible means to increase revenue, but several technological obstacles have restricted the level of customization required for …

NEW YORK-Wristwatch maker Swatch introduced Swatch the Beep Box-a FLEX-enabled numeric pager shaped in a circle. Customers can buy the round pager, which features a trackball activation system, from Swatch’s …

Metrocall Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. have entered a five-year strategic alliance that is part resale agreement, part shared network buildout relationship. In the first phase of the alliance, to …

Consolidation among heavyweights in the telecommunications industry, including some of the wireless sector’s largest carriers, has grabbed the headlines during the last several months. Meanwhile, the tower industry has been …