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SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. announced its results for the second quarter, which was highlighted by the proposed merger with Ameritech Corp., as well as robust wireless subscriber growth. SBC’s subsidiaries …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. reported record second-quarter operating results for 360

CARPINTERIA, Calif.-PulsePoint Communications said market trials of its unified messaging solution, conducted by GTE Corp. and Concord Technologies, showed the service appeals to 62 percent of small office/home office users …

Meeting its planned mid-1998 launch deadline, General Magic Inc. began commercial rollout of its Portico virtual assistant service July 30 through a network of nationwide resellers. Portico, formerly code-named Serengeti, …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week told the Federal Communications Commission that it wanted to examine the annual budgets of the regional number portability administrators to ensure these entities …

PLANO, Texas-Paging Network Inc. announced it will outsource its product inventory management and logistics management, including warehousing and customer fulfillment processing, to enterprise customer management solution provider Centrobe, an EDS …

WASHINGTON-Franklin Haney, the embattled Tennessee developer, will testify Tuesday before the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations. Congressional and Justice Department investigators are probing whether the 20-year, $400 million …

WASHINGTON-TeleCorp PCS Inc. last week announced it closed a deal that will give it $525 million in senior secured credit facilities with a group of financial institutions led by Chase …

LOS GATOS, Calif.-ARM Ltd. announced it will support the newly formed Symbian joint venture recently created by L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. and Psion. Symbian was established to create …

MILPITAS, Calif.-Solectron Corp. and Mitsubishi Electric Corp. formed a manufacturing partnership to compete in the North American wireless market. Under the agreement, Mitsubishi will transfer to Solectron the wireless telephone …

WASHINGTON-The House approved high-tech securities reform litigation that would create uniform national standards for class action shareholder lawsuits and keep such cases in federal court. “This bill closes a loophole …

WASHINGTON-Hughes Electronics Co., under fire in Congress for heavy-handed lobbying on satellite exports to China, again is pushing the Clinton administration to relicense a $500 million Asia-Pacific Mobile Telecommunications satellite …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-In-Touch Management Systems Inc. announced Paging Network Inc. has awarded it a three-year contract to handle all of PageNet’s reseller billing and provisioning nationwide. According to the agreement, PageNet …

EMERYVILLE, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Data Inc. announced it finished a private placement of 6-percent convertible subordinated notes that raised gross proceeds of $2 million. The money raised will be used to …

Total paging subscribers will reach 68.9 million by year-end 2002, according to The Strategis Group report, “The State of the U.S. Paging Industry: 1998.” Of that number, 60.5 million are …

WASHINGTON-House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), compromising with Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) on privacy, liability and cancer-research funding, won bipartisan approval last week on legislation to improve E911 wireless …

WASHINGTON-The chairmen of the telecommunications oversight subcommittees in Congress late last week proposed legislation to eliminate two-thirds of the so-called “tax on talking” and place the remaining 1 percent in …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced the industry leaders who will speak at the Personal Communications Showcase ’98 conference Sept. 22-25 in Orlando, Fla. Federal Communications Commission Chairman William …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Four companies have entered a joint venture to supply value-added data services such as location-related services and e-commerce banking and ticketing services. Omnipoint Communications Inc., Microcell Capital Inc., …

Applied Cellular Technology Inc. formed an executive search committee to fill the position of president and chief executive officer. The committee, made up of several outside board members and Richard …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has made several changes in its senior management team to address the integration of AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Division. Thomas P. Matthews, the executive who …

WATERLOO, Ont.-Research In Motion announced it signed a $1 million agreement to supply its radio modems and wireless PC cards to Lipman USA Inc. Lipman provides integrated portable wireless electronic …

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. and Bell Atlantic Corp. entered into a deal to strengthen their existing relationship, the companies said. Bell Atlantic’s international wireless markets will be able to license LHS’ …

WASHINGTON-A proposal to assign abbreviated dialing codes nationwide appears to be headed for a major roadblock from the North American Numbering Council. NANC is expected to approve a report in …

REDMOND, Wash.-Metawave Communications Corp. filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of 5 million shares of common stock, expected to sell in the …