Telecom

Clarification A story on page 6 of the Aug. 1 issue of RCR should have stated that Sprint Cellular Co. will be a distributor for American Mobile Satellite Corp.

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-A subsidiary of California Microwave Inc. recently won a $2.2 million contract to provide satellite communications technology to China’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications. The subsidiary, Satellite Transmission Systems …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has completed its merger with FirstPAGE USA Inc., increasing the company’s total pagers in service to more than 585,000. During the company’s initial public offering in July …

WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen will head the new wireless trade group created by the anticipated merger of the National Association of Business and Educational Radio and the Personal Communications Industry Association. The …

Who’s the Federal Communications Commission fooling with all this talk of “designated entities,” or providing incentives-and frequencies-for small businesses, women and minorities in the upcoming PCS auctions? The FCC, a …