WASHINGTON-The paging industry’s battle against pay-phone deregulation has picked up support from an unlikely source in Congress. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a leading opponent of federal pre-emption of local antenna-siting …
CARPINTERIA, Calif.-PulsePoint Communications’ shareholders approved the company’s name change from Digital Sound Corp. to PulsePoint, re-elected its board of directors and authorized a reverse stock split of 1: 4. The …
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-InfoCellular Inc. entered into a joint marketing agreement with Onyx Technologies L.L.C. to market the companies’ combined product, Info4Score, which is designed to reduce fraud and acquisition time for …
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Ericsson Inc. last week introduced its Wireless Office System at the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium Global Summit in Vancouver, British Columbia. The premise-based system, designed to capitalize on …
DUSSELDORF, Germany-Mannesmann AG, Olivetti and Bell Atlantic International have acquired Swedish telecom operator Telia’s 9.66 percent ownership in Monitel Sistemi Radiocellulari, which owns 6.8 percent of Italian mobile operator Omnitel …
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Norway’s mobile communications network operator NetCom GSM of Oslo awarded Siemens AG a contract valued at $21.8 million to expand and modernize its base stations in southern Norway. …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it will provide Tele Danmark a full turnkey solution for a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network in The Netherlands. Tele Danmark currently is …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s A and K shares were split in half last week, in accordance with the resolution passed at the company’s general meeting. Nokia plans to release its first-quarter …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.-Precision Systems Inc.’s auditors, Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., expressed concern about the company’s ability to continue, citing recurring losses from operations and cash-flow problems, said the company. Precision …
It was designed to be a way to compete against Motorola Inc.’s FLEX technology, but instead the joint venture between Nexus Telocation Systems Ltd. and American Paging Inc. has dissolved …
Nextel Communications Inc. dealers have filed a putative class-action lawsuit against the enhanced specialized mobile radio operator in a San Diego court, claiming Nextel failed to properly pay commissions and …
Natural MicroSystems Corp. reported a 26-percent increase in revenues for the first quarter, to $20 million, from $15.9 million during the first quarter of 1997. Net income for the quarter …
Glenayre Technologies Inc. confirmed the general manager of its Sao Paulo, Brazil, operation was murdered earlier this month. Funeral services for Ricardo Periera were held last week in Sao Paulo. …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced that its first Rapid Deployment Vehicle was deployed and is operating in China’s Sichuan Province. The deployment is part of a $10 …
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a Caller ID service, that allows all one-way and two-way alphanumeric paging customers to know who is paging them. When subscribers receive a page, …
JACKSON, Miss.-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. announced a series of interest rate swaps on its 13.5-percent senior notes due Dec. 15, 2002, and also completed a quarterly covenant test. Both measures …
A bankruptcy-court hearing on MobileMedia Corp.’s disclosure statement, originally scheduled for April 14, has been delayed until May 12 so the company’s secured and unsecured creditors’ committees have more time …
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y.-Microwave Power Devices Inc. was awarded a $7.4 million contract from Litton PRC Inc. to supply it with 700-watt radio-frequency amplifiers for an upgrade program Litton is performing for …
MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported revenues during the first quarter of $327 million, a 196-percent increase compared with revenues of $110.7 million for the first quarter of 1997. However, net …
WASHINGTON-Lack of awareness and problems with securing financing have made for a slow start in Russia’s commercial trunked radio industry, but the number of units in service there is expected …
