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Securicor Wireless Networks has named Greg Kleven vice president of worldwide sales. Kleven will plan, implement and head all global sales programs for the company. Previously, Kleven worked for Sequent Computer Systems where he created its Telecommunications American Operation, which …

RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.-America Online users can send text messages directly to people who use MobileMedia Communications Inc.’s alphanumeric pagers, MobileMedia announced. MobileMedia said the new feature operates like e-mail and is available at no extra charge. The service is accessible …

NOVEMBER 20 PCS: Bringing It All Together, by Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. Toronto Airport Hilton, Toronto. For information call (613) 233-4888 ext. 103. 28-29 Expanding Wireless Marketplace, by Strategic Research Institute. The Warwick Hotel, New York. For information call (800) …

WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. introduced a package of network design and operation services the company says will let any local operator build and run a wireless business. Called networkMCI WIN (Wireless Integrated Network), the package will be offered to existing wireless …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Qualcomm Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary, Qualcomm do Brasil, and NEC do Brasil plan to deliver digital cellular systems based on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology to Brazil. The two companies plan to jointly bid on tenders …

Well, it’s finally here. American Personal Communications, doing business under the Sprint name, has introduced personal communications services in the Washington, D.C., market. Broadband PCS is a reality. One small step for wireless, one giant leap for the future? We’ll …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to press Japan on the Personal Handyphone System issue before returning home this week from Tokyo, where the United States participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Osaka. The United States and Japanese trade …

NEW YORK-K-III Communications Corp., which publishes Cellular Business and Wireless World magazines through its Intertec Publishing Corp., is purchasing Argus Inc. for an unconfirmed $78 million. Atlanta-based Argus publishes two wireless magazines, Cellular Integration and Communications.

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will go forward with the C-block personal communications services auction and allow Radiofone Inc. and several others that had sought waivers of PCS-cellular cross ownership rules to bid Dec. 11, but vowed to challenge a recent …

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y.-Aria Wireless Systems announced it will join with Business Sviaz and The Bering Group to form a venture called Aria Russia that will be headquartered in Moscow. Aria said the joint venture will implement its Private Data Digital …

A number of small U.S. cellular companies have been hit with lawsuits from the government of Alberta, Canada, which is charging the companies breached contracts by not purchasing cellular equipment from NovAtel. One of the companies, Dial Two Inc. of …

Pantech Co. Ltd., a telecommunications manufacturer in Seoul, Korea, has entered into the North American market by joining forces with Kansas City, Mo.-based Monark International Corp. to create a company called Pantech America. With headquarters in Kansas City, Pantech America …

WASHINGTON-In a potential test case of a 1993 law that pre-empted state entry and rate regulation of commercial mobile radio services, U S West Inc. has asked federal regulators to declare illegal two local ordinances enacted by Roseville, Minn. The …

WASHINGTON-The future is here. Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 on the Sprint Spectrum system operated by American Personal Communications. …

MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it has filed a lawsuit against Telefonos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. and Radio Movil Dipsa, charging the firms with conducting monopolistic practices in Mexico’s telecommunications market. Iusacell said it hopes the lawsuit …

WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen. The company said it will monitor the situation and may re-enter the …

Wynd Communications Corp. is pursuing the wireless data market with an integrated messaging and information service for the mobile professional called WyndMail. San Luis Obispo, Calif.-based Wynd is a subsidiary of Call America. The 13-year-old firm provides telecommunications services including …

Federal regulators are working on a plan to auction nearly 16,000 licenses for wireless infrastructure links in the 37 GHz and 39 GHz bands. The Federal Communications Commission, according to an internal document obtained by RCR, believes demand will increase …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Corp. announced the personal communications services 1900 market in the United States has selected the Enhanced Full Rate voice codec developed by Nokia and the University of Sherbrooke in Canada as the industry standard codec for PCS-1900. The …

As you no doubt are aware, particularly if you’re one of the 800,000 federal government workers furloughed last week as the GOP Congress and Democratic White House tried to prove their political manhood, there’s bad CARMA in the nation’s capital. …

In an initial study of customer satisfaction among cellular telephone service consumers, J.D. Power and Associates found that local Bell telephone companies achieved higher satisfaction rankings than their nonwireline rivals in most of the eight markets covered in the study. …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. unveiled its Ultra workstation family, Ultra 1 and Ultra 2, designed to help cellular companies expedite cell site planning, engineering and design. Sun said the workstation incorporates a number of technology innovations that, when …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services announced the commercial availability of the AT&T CellCard, a smart card the size of a credit card that is designed to extend the reach of a customer’s cellular phone number to an additional 35 countries. AT&T …

WASHINGTON-Countries worldwide are invited to invest in Iridium Inc., an international consortium planning to introduce global satellite communications. The Iridium Global Ownership Program will facilitate direct ownership in the project, said Iridium’s board of investors. From each country, an entity …

William Lenahan is celebrating his one-year anniversary as president and chief executive officer of Ram Mobile Data L.P. by initiating a change in strategic direction for the packet data carrier. He recently announced a new Strategic Network that provides a …