TULSA, Okla.-SpaceCom Systems announced that Metamora Telephone Co. of Metamora, Ill., selected its digital FM Cubed transmission technology to offer paging services for the company’s customers. SpaceCom, which provides satellite …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Land Mobile Products Sector said it deployed the first SmartZone OmniLink very-wide-area two-way radio communications system for Western Resources, an electric and gas utility company based in …
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.-The Pontiac and Stateville Correctional Centers in Illinois each installed Motorola Inc.’s new Smartnet trunked radio system to improve the speed and quality of communication at the prisons, Motorola …
BRUSSELS, Belgium-Amidst complaints from European Union member states about high interconnection tariffs applied between fixed and mobile phone operators, the European Commission announced it has opened an inquiry into the …
WASHINGTON-The Justice Department is investigating the Federal Communications Commission’s planned Portals move, the second probe to examine whether lobbyist and former Clinton-Gore campaign manager Peter Knight got an illegal $1 …
A newly constituted Federal Communications Commission soon will get a chance to reconsider one of the thornier issues facing the agency in recent months. That is, how to deal with …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association launched its “Agenda for a Wireless America” aimed at urging regulators and legislators at the local, county, state and federal levels to focus their efforts …
DALLAS-3COM PalmPilot users can send numeric or alphanumeric pages and personal or group e-mail messages directly, using One-Touch software by JP Systems Inc., the software provider announced. The One-Touch application …
Paging Network Inc. last week disclosed a plan to dramatically restructure its U.S. operations, the most notable aspect of which includes a 30-percent reduction in work force during the next …
NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history. …
AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a contract with Ultimate Electronics stores nationwide to make AirTouch the exclusive wireless provider in all Audio King, SoundTrack and Ultimate Electronics stores in AirTouch markets, …
WASHINGTON-With technologies converging, telecom giants merging and entrenched networks discouraging new competition, there is growing debate over the role of antitrust law in the Digital Age. In one camp are …
IBM Microelectronics Division and CommQuest Technologies Inc. last week announced a merger agreement, giving IBM an entrance into the wireless industry with CommQuest’s experience in semiconductors for wireless applications. The …
NEW YORK-A wide and growing array of handset choices has caused some carriers to evaluate whether to winnow down the number of makes and models sold at their own retail …
Aiming to attract alphanumeric paging subscribers wary of dictating messages to a dispatch operator, GoComm Wireless Corp. created a device called the MessageSender, currently being shipped to distributors. The MessageSender …
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Vivox USA Inc. said it will distribute its products internationally through Tessco Inc. of Sparks, Md., under a new agreement signed between the two companies. The agreement covers Vivox’s …
Two developers of handset-based prepaid technology are headed to court over alleged patent and trademark infringement. Telemac Corp. has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., against …
MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc. said it is providing the billing and management system for the MTV Pager Network, which gives customers special information about MTV programming and events. The …
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group released its network optimization design service, called Mozaik, to paging operators worldwide. Mozaik is a design tool to help paging providers determine …
NEW YORK-Microcell Capital Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc., said it created GSM Capital L.P., an international venture-capital fund with more than $137 million committed to private-equity …
