Telecom

GRAND FORKS, N.D.-Several companies are pitching in products and services to help the city of Grand Forks, N.D., recover from record flooding last month. Employees of U S West Communications …

SOUTHFIELD, Mich.-AirTouch Cellular is providing free cellular telephone programming to cellular phone users affected by an area code split in Michigan’s Oakland County. The company began reprogramming phones May 10 …

IRVING, Texas-Aerial Communications Inc. said it will purchase personal communications services handsets from Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. and Nokia Corp. Aerial values both contracts at $75 million. The Mitsubishi G100 …

Metawave Communications Corp. named Tom Crawford director of product marketing and business development. He will be responsible for maintaining strategic partnerships that provide new sales and marketing opportunities for Metawave’s …

A specialized mobile radio operator is making plans to offer a pager that operates at 220 MHz. Angell Communications Inc. announced Wings 220, a single line numeric pager that has …

Who is tomorrow’s paging user? RCR asked that question of a number of industry execs. Each one had a little different twist on the same theme. PageMart Wireless CEO John …