NEW YORK-“We are involved in a merger at 2,000 feet of two behemoths,” said Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive officer of Nynex Corp., in a speech Jan. 28 to the Financial …

Page America Group Inc. and Metrocall Inc. revised an April 1996 agreement that called for Metrocall to acquire the assets of Page America for $78.5 million. Under the revised agreement, …

WASHINGTON-In light of the Federal Communications Commission’s recent finding that NextWave Telecom Inc.’s foreign ownership exceeded the FCC’s 25-percent threshold, forcing a company reorganization of that segment, C-block winner and …

MobileMedia Corp. sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, received a commitment to borrow $200 million and said its service to customers will not be affected as the company restructures finances and …

NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said it will re-organize its business into four wholly owned operating companies. Three of Millicoms four companies will focus on regional operations. MIC Asia comprises …

Marconi Instruments Inc. intends to offer products specifically for the U.S. market this year, beginning with a new a multisource signal generator that offers multiple radio frequency outputs in a …

RCR missed boat on NextWave story Dear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards in its Jan. 13 …

MCLEAN, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. placed an order for Cycomm International Inc.’s Slice digital voice encryption attachments for Motorola Inc.’s MicroTac handheld phones. Cycomm said it is the largest order it …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group said Rhode & Schwarz Bick Mobilfunk GmbH will expand its product offerings to include FLEX paging systems. The paging systems manufactured by …

NEW YORK-The Economist Intelligence Unit acquired Pyramid Research Inc., a Massachusetts-based telecommunications market research company. EIU is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Economist Group, a global business information and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.’s Wireless Messaging Group received an order for paging infrastructure equipment from ProNet Inc. Glenayre values the contract at $3.5 million. According to the agreement, Glenayre will …

Philips Consumer Communications introduced its Fizz analog mobile phone at the Consumer Electronics Show. The Fizz phone offers 40 hours of standby time and 220 minutes of talk time with …

PITTSBURGH-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said its Pittsburgh employee base grew 25 percent last year and investments in the Pittsburgh network were more than $150 million. The expansion caused Bell Atlantic …

Wireless Access Inc. said it is volume shipping its AccessLink two-way wireless messaging device to SkyTel Corp. The AccessLink is a narrowband personal communications services device that allows end users …

WASHINGTON-The fiscal 1998 budget President Clinton plans to unveil this week will propose expanded auction authority and at least one major education program underwritten by wireless license sales, despite uncertainty …

WASHINGTON-Now that some of the dust has settled following the Federal Communications Commission’s Dec. 23 adoption of a memorandum opinion and order regarding private-radio refarming, the Industrial Telecommunications Association has …

NEW YORK-BellSouth Corp., Atlanta, reported it closed out 1996 with 3.6 million cellular customers in the United Sates, and increase of 765,000 compared with 1995. In BellSouth’s 11 international cellular …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. launched an Internet World Wide Web site that will allow customers to buy cellular phones and service. When the site is accessed, customers will be prompted to …

NEW YORK-Imagine a bell curve for a clear picture of the landscape this year for batteries used in wireless handsets. That big bulge in the middle represents the domain of …

NEW YORK-Batteries Batteries Inc. acquired Battery Network Inc. and affiliated companies including Alexander Battery Co. East Inc., Alexander Battery Co. South Inc. and Alexander Battery Co. West Inc. Batteries Batteries …