DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced OfficeMax Inc. will sell its advanced messaging products and services. OfficeMax operates more than 860 stores in 360 markets throughout 49 states, as well as Puerto …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. reported a consolidated net loss for the first quarter of $34 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with an $18 million net loss, or 18 cents …
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. said it successfully demonstrated with the City of Burlingame, Calif., its wireless network solution, which enables parking meters to send real-time alarms and other …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday shored up rules for auctioning 16,000 paging licenses later this year and announced it will not take action on waiver petitions on the incompatibility …
WASHINGTON-Paging Network Inc., the nation’s top paging carrier, said the Federal Communications Commission should condition any approval of the $57 billion merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. on …
NEW YORK-All eyes are on Omnipoint Corp., which one investment banker has likened to a poster child for personal communications services. What will be the final chapter in Omnipoint’s search …
The New York State Assembly is considering a bill that would amend county laws and state finance laws that relate to the state’s cellular telephone surcharge. New York’s 70-cents per …
WASHINGTON-Larry Irving, telecom adviser to President Clinton, last week said a 1993 bill transferring government spectrum to the Federal Communications Commission has been a failure. “I don’t know what happens …
TORONTO-Nortel Networks announced it is selling manufacturing plants and cutting 1,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan intended to make the company more competitive. Nortel will contract out all …
NEW YORK-For status-conscious Americans, Nokia Corp. plans to debut by late summer its Nokia 8800 series phone, carrying a suggested retail price of “under $1,000,” the company said May 10. …
LAS VEGAS-Nokia Corp. unveiled several new Internet protocol solutions to provide mobile professionals with broadband wireless access to services such as e-mail, corporate information and the Internet. The solutions can …
MONTEREY, Calif.-Wireless data industry leaders met in Monterey, Calif., earlier this month to discuss further actions needed to capitalize on the momentum the long-fledgling market has been able to create …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $66.8 million, more than double the revenues of $29.9 million reported for first-quarter 1998. The company …
All is well in the telecom world. The Dow Jones average is topping 11,000 points, wireless customers are signing up for new services right and left, and the wireless pie …
NEW YORK-U S West Inc. reportedly is in merger talks with Global Crossing Ltd., the independent global fiber-optic network operator that recently announced plans to purchase Frontier Corp. Published reports …
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular introduced the Community Action Life Line program in Mason City, Iowa, a national community policing program that provides wireless phones to people frequently out in neighborhoods-like postal workers …
The U.K. government now plans to auction five third-generation mobile phone licenses early next year, explaining that more competition will drive down prices and spur innovative services. Last year, the …
In the wake of the deadly tornadoes earlier this month that ripped through Oklahoma and Kansas, the idea of using wireless technology as a warning system for natural disasters is …
DEVON, Pa.-Transport International Pool announced it will launch a satellite-based trailer tracking system developed by Vantage Tracking Solutions, a division of low-earth-orbit satellite operator Orbcomm Global L.P. The system will …
HELSINKI-Nokia Inc. bought the research and development units of the TeamWare Group in Tampere, Finland, as well as a small team in Helsinki, said the company. According to the agreement, …
