Telecom

NOVEMBER 18 Local Number Portability: Implementation Strategies, by Bellcore. Washington, D.C. (800) 521-CORE. 18-19 Wireless Billing 1996, by the International Quality and Productivity Center. The Hyatt Arlington at Washington’s Key …

Service Merchandise has agreed to add store-within-a-store facilities to 131 of its locations to sell Wireless Communication Centers Inc.’s wireless communications services and products. Wireless Communication Centers is a subsidiary …

WASHINGTON-The pending $21 billion merger between MCI Communications Corp. and British Telecommunications plc will turn on a relatively new foreign ownership policy and be shaped by powerful political forces that …

LONDON-The wireless market in the Asia-Pacific region is surpassing fixed telephony, according to CIT Research Ltd. Despite demand for more landline telephones in the area, CIT said overall market penetration …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. and LG Electronics have entered a three-year agreement to bring FLEX paging technology to South Korea. LG Electronics said it will purchase more than 2000 units …

BOISE, Idaho-Several of Extended Systems Inc.’s JetEye wireless infrared products will be used in products set to debut next year. The infrared technology allows information to be transported over a …