Telecom

JACKSON, Miss.-Now Communications Inc. began providing prepaid local phone, cellular, paging and long-distance services in Mississippi. Regular phone service is priced at $36.50 per month, cellular phone service is $30 …

FREEHOLD, N.J.-Paging Partners Corp. reported a decrease in net loss for the quarter ended March 31. Net loss for the quarter was $464,000, or 8 cents per share. That compares …

NORMAN, Okla.-A six-month study now is underway at the Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility in Norman, Okla., to see if wireless phones interfere with cardiac defibrillators. Researchers …

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 …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and TekNow signed an agreement that calls for Motorola to license client/server Telocator Network Paging Protocol technology from TekNow. Motorola will use the technology to complete …

IRVING, Texas-NEC America Inc.’s Wireless Voice Terminals Division extended the warranty on its Authentic Accessories products for its TalkTime 800 Series phone. The extension is effective immediately on new sales …