NEW YORK-Noting there is inadequate data available about the impact of cellular phone use on car crashes, a federal agency nevertheless said cell phone use does play a role in …

The RCR Stock Index lagged behind the Dow, as the national indices experienced a turbulent year that was marred by large falls. Financial trouble in Asia caused large sell-offs during …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced its subsidiary, Hughes Software Systems, has signed a nonexclusive agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc. to build solutions around Sun’s Solstice Enterprise Manager and Solstice …

Paging industry veteran George Perrin, founder of Paging Network Inc., announced his retirement last week, effective Jan. 31-ending a 17-year reign as head of the world’s largest paging company. Perrin …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Platform Software Division announced add-on software applications for the PageWriter 2000 two-way pager that can provide schedule and alert upgrades to the device. The Personal Productivity Pack …

NEW YORK-Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd., the dominant carrier in the Chinese territory, signed a binding agreement Jan. 1 to purchase Pacific Link Communications Ltd. for $623 million. Pacific Link is …

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Patrick Stephenson, a principal of Houston-based Cellular 99, bought the cellular reseller, C99 Prepaid Cellular Telephone, from Global Venture Funding Inc., both parties announced. C99, a reseller offering prepaid …

WARREN, N.J.-Dobson Communications plans to launch more than a dozen digital networks in its Arizona, California and Texas markets, using some $80 million in Lucent Technologies Inc.’s infrastructure equipment, the …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. announced they completed installation of gateways to allow interoperability between Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Personal Digital Cellular wireless …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. and New World PCS Ltd. Hong Kong SAR signed a contract calling for Nokia to expand New World’s Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network. The …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week dismissed a long-standing petition for special relief filed against Nextel Communications Inc. by the law firm of Brown & Schwaninger that accused Nextel of …

Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The …

WHEATON, Ill.-The majority of cellular phone users acknowledge the dangers of driving while using their phones but continue do so anyway, according to a survey conducted for the Insurance Research …

With a new president and chief executive officer at the helm, Diva Communications Inc. is working to establish key strategic partnerships throughout the world to secure its niche in the …

1997-It was the year that simultaneously showed the promise and the pain of new entrants into the wireless industry. PCS companies thrived and dived, one paging business declared bankruptcy, while …

MOORESTOWN, N.J.-Axiom Inc., a billing data management solution provider, announced the opening of its first European customer support center. The new customer support center will be jointly operated by Axiom …

Giving the wireless data industry some important momentum to start the new year, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it plans to acquire Motorola Inc.’s Ardis data messaging business, which combined …

The Jan. 12 issue of RCR will feature the Top 20 Wireless Resellers, which will include PCS and cellular resellers. If you would like your company included on the list, …

1. Jan. 6 NextWave awarded its PCS permits In a decision almost surely headed for the appeals court, the Federal Communications Commission last Friday conditionally awarded NextWave Personal Communications Inc. …