Telecom

NEW YORK-The Economist Intelligence Unit acquired Pyramid Research Inc., a Massachusetts-based telecommunications market research company. EIU is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Economist Group, a global business information and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Messaging Group received an order for paging infrastructure equipment from ProNet Inc. Glenayre values the contract at $3.5 million. According to the agreement, Glenayre will …

Philips Consumer Communications introduced its Fizz analog mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Fizz phone offers 40 hours of standby time and 220 minutes of talk time with …

PITTSBURGH-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said its Pittsburgh employee base grew 25 percent last year and investments in the Pittsburgh network were more than $150 million. The expansion caused Bell Atlantic …

Wireless Access Inc. said it is volume shipping its AccessLink two-way wireless messaging device to SkyTel Corp. The AccessLink is a narrowband personal communications services device that allows end users …

WASHINGTON-The fiscal 1998 budget President Clinton plans to unveil this week will propose expanded auction authority and at least one major education program underwritten by wireless license sales, despite uncertainty …