BROWSING: Metrocall

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-USA Mobility Inc., the one-year-old messaging company formed by the merger of Arch Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Holdings Inc., reported third-quarter financials and declared a special dividend of $1.50 per share that will be payable next month. Revenue for the third quarter came...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-USA Mobility Inc., the one-year-old messaging company formed by the merger of Arch Wireless Inc. and Metrocall Holdings Inc., reported third-quarter financials and declared a special dividend of $1.50 per share that will be payable next month.Revenue for the third quarter came in...

SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites...

Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites under...

You couldn't really say the big mobile-phone and paging mergers of 2004 had folks on the edge of their seats or challenged crackerjack government antitrust lawyers. The former at least was interesting for its policy and precedential import, not to mention the $41 billion...

WASHINGTON-The $275 million paging merger of No. 1 Arch Wireless Inc. and No. 2 Metrocall Holdings Inc. has closed, following favorable U.S. review of a deal that drew no opposition and little attention. The new entity-USA Mobility Inc.-will be based in Alexandria, Va., home...

WASHINGTON-The $275 million paging merger of No. 1 Arch Wireless Inc. and No. 2 Metrocall Holdings Inc. has closed, following favorable U.S. review of a deal that drew no opposition and little attention. The new entity-USA Mobility Inc.-will be based in Alexandria, Va., home to...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Holdings Inc. and Arch Wireless Inc. said their respective shareholders have approved the companies' plan to merge. In addition, the companies received approvals from the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission. The agreement calls for Metrocall and Arch to merge,...

The Federal Communications Commission normally would welcome a transaction of this kind, particularly in the post-9/11 world where having multiple telecom networks supports homeland security and economic objectives. But Leucadia National Corp., the New York holding firm in the quiet hunt for newly re-listed...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. reported increasing revenues and net income along with a declining subscriber base. The carrier also said it is working with Arch Wireless Inc. to file a joint proxy/registration statement to obtain shareholder approvals for the previously...

Metrocall Holdings Inc. and Arch Wireless Inc.-the nation's two remaining independent paging and messaging carriers-announced a major plan to merge operations in an effort to forestall massive revenue declines as well as safeguard against the rapidly growing threat from the mobile-phone industry.If approved, the...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Wireless data carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. reported its fourth-quarter results following its acquisition of Weblink Wireless Inc., showing revenues of $87.1 million and net income of $2 million."Our fourth-quarter and fiscal-year results reflect our continued focus on business and enterprise based accounts as...

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF and control products. The deal comes shortly after the formation of GTES L.L.C.-a joint venture between paging and messaging carrier...

ATLANTA-Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced ISC Technologies Inc. will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Glenayre's discontinued paging infrastructure business, including its switch, RF and control products. The deal comes shortly after the formation of GTES L.L.C.-a joint venture between paging and messaging carrier...

WASHINGTON-A federal appeals court here ordered the Federal Communications Commission to fix inconsistencies in paging interconnection rules, setting the stage for rule revisions that could benefit the wireless industry.Mountain Communications Inc., a Colorado paging carrier, had challenged the FCC's dismissal of an interconnection complaint...

The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink in a $21 million deal. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90...

The long, blustery relationship between paging and messaging carriers Metrocall Holdings Inc. and WebLink Wireless Inc. appears to have come to a close, with Metrocall announcing it will acquire WebLink. The move creates a combined paging carrier covering 90 percent of the U.S. population...

Wireless operator MetroPCS Inc. said it has begun taking delivery of Nokia Corp.'s 2270 handset and will be the first carrier to offer the cdma2000 1x phone to customers signing up for the carrier's unlimited local calling rate plan. Retail price for the 2270...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. retired its remaining $11.5 million outstanding aggregate principal, marking its final retirement of all debt balances issued in connection with the company's Chapter 11 bankruptcy."The early retirement of Metrocall's outstanding debt balances represents a significant milestone...

A recently completed Federal Communications Commission paging spectrum auction generated about $2.4 million for a total of 2,832 licenses, numbers that come nowhere near the billions spent on other wireless spectrum auctions in recent years, but results that provide further evidence of the still-active...

The U.S. paging and messaging industry is still declining. Nationwide carriers are still losing thousands of customers every month-both one- and two-way subscribers-and there is no indication the tide will turn anytime soon.However, industry players continue to offer hopeful outlooks on the future. Some...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. said it made its final repayment and retirement of the $60 million aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, a move the company said marks a significant milestone in its quest to become debt free before...

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Holdings Inc. said Vincent Kelly will replace William Collins as the carrier's president and chief executive officer.Metrocall wasn't immediately available to comment on the departure of Collins, only to say that he was fired.Kelly has worked with Metrocall...

IRVINE, Calif.-Continuing their 10-year relationship, billing company Primal Solutions Inc. said it signed a new $13 million agreement with paging and messaging carrier Metrocall Inc. for customer care and billing products.The new agreement spans three years and covers professional services and software support.