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WASHINGTON-Major lenders to C-block personal communications services licensee Pocket Communications Inc. have struck a tentative deal with the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department to buy the bankrupt company’s …

Socket Communications Inc. and Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced an agreement to develop and support software that will allow FLEX-enabled palmtop computers powered by the Windows CE operating …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is considering a plan to provide a new area code just for wireless phones and pagers despite a 1995 ruling from the Federal Communications Commission …

NEW YORK-Comsat Corp. signed a stock-purchase agreement valued at $116.5 million to sell most of Comsat RSI Inc. to a subsidiary of TBG Industries Inc., a New York-based private holding …

ATLANTA-Northern Telecom Inc. received its first order for a 1900 MHz Time Division Multiple Access-based personal communications services network from Century Telephone Enterprises, said Nortel. Nortel’s TDMA networks provide enhanced …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.-Metromedia International Group Inc. said it would pay in cash the previously announced dividend of about 91 cents per share on its 7.25-percent cumulative convertible preferred stock March …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the latest upgrade to the FLEX protocol, called the FLEX G1.9. According to the company, the upgrade allows FLEX pagers to …

WASHINGTON-Real competition will not succeed in the marketplace until “realistic rates” can be reached and subsidies cut back or restructured-including those earmarked for universal service, said three Wall Street analysts …

WASHINGTON-Communications lawyers that practice before Federal Communications Commission’s downtown headquarters have hired the powerful Patton Boggs lobbying firm to fight the agency’s uncertain move to the Portals. Edward Newberry of …

MCLEAN, Va.-Nextel International Inc. has purchased a 21-percent interest in an unnamed Japanese wireless operator for approximately $32 million, according to its parent company, Nextel Communications Inc. According to Nextel …

HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and Siemens AG said they are first to market with a broadband Code Division Multiple Access-based wireless local loop solution that delivers advanced broadband services. Both …

Much hype has surrounded information services and what they mean to the future of the paging industry. By providing customers with information-such as news, sports scores and stock quotes-carriers hope …

WASHINGTON-With the number of new bids and new high bids dwindling down to nearly zero, the first sale of 986 local multipoint distribution services licenses may be over today. However, …

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell Semiconductor Systems Inc. introduced a complete antenna-to-microphone system solution for 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications, the first GSM products in its wireless telephony portfolio. Rockwell …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced the nationwide rollout of its new Pager ID service, which identifies the name of the person placing the call to the pager, as well as a …

BOSTON-Omnipoint Communications Inc. expanded its wireless network coverage into Boston; Providence, R.I.; Manchester, N.H.; and the Interstate-95 corridor and other connecting routes. As part of the New England launch, Omnipoint …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Northern Telecom Ltd. said it will invest $20 million in Interwave Communications International Ltd. in a strategic alliance to integrate Interwave’s radio and switching solutions into Nortel’s Global …

Paging carriers and industry analysts alike believe one of the biggest struggles facing the industry is that it needs to change its image in the mind of the consumer. For …

WASHINGTON-In the private sector, he has represented Pacific Telesis, Bell Atlantic Corp., Lockheed Martin and other high-tech corporate giants. In the world of politics, his No. 1 client is Albert …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department last week extended for 60 days its probe into whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman financially benefited from helping Mobile Communications Holdings Inc. obtain a global satellite phone …

SAN DIEGO-The Satellite Global Access division of ComStream has signed several new contracts to provide its VSATPlus II satellite networking product to companies in Latin America, the United States and …

WASHINGTON-Attorney General Janet Reno will decide by this Friday whether to pull the Federal Communications Commission into a digital wiretap controversy that kept the telecom industry and FBI officials busy …

Brightpoint Inc. and CellStar Corp. said they discontinued negotiations to form a joint venture in India. The proposal for the venture was announced in mid-January. The companies were unable to …

NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc announced its mobile satellite communications customers will enjoy price reductions up to 15 percent, when the company introduces a new U.S. dollar billing rate. BT will …

WASHINGTON-Portland, Ore.-based Mountain SMR Group L.L.C., which is in default on the 800 MHz specialized mobile radio service license it purchased last winter during a Federal Communications Commission auction, is …