1997

SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. supplied its Series 5800 in-building coverage product to Cellular One for use in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center during the Wireless ’97 trade show this week. The …

Wireless service providers’ uncertainty about wireless intelligent network revenues and their focus on switching and radiofrequency infrastructure means intelligent network spending has taken a back seat to other infrastructure concerns, …

Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The system is built around …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-IBM Corp. announced the availability of software that allows access to World Wide Web and Internet applications using wireless radio frequency networks and cellular technology. The ARTour Web …

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules to Sontex S.A., a Swiss distributor …

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard. The indication comes after the Japanese standardization body, …

CAMBRIDGE, England-Simoco International Ltd. will supply radio communications equipment to the 1997 Qantas Australian Grand Prix. The company will provide a radio communications trunking system, which will provide both telephone …

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA Sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will provide Code Division Multiple Access handsets to U S West Communications Inc. Sony/Qualcomm values the contract at $80 million. …

ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is cellular. The Chapel Hill, N.C., company …

Operators with new 1900 MHz personal communications services networks need add-on services that are meaningful revenue generators and offer something customers repeatedly need, says one such service provider. “The cost …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. signed international roaming agreements with 26 Global System for Mobile communications carriers, mainly in Europe and the Pacific Rim. The agreements cover the United Kingdom, …

Four years ago Systems/Link Corp. introduced RoamEx, which “allowed carriers with fraud problems in big cities access to what was going on,” said Diane Sammer, president of Systems/Link. Today RoamEx …

TUSTIN, Calif.-Activator Systems Inc. said its robotics-controlled automated phone programming module now is available. The A-Key uses ASI’s patented programming process, using only encrypted data. Accuracy is ensured and secure. …

ROGERS, Conn.-Rogers Corp. said its board of directors declared a dividend distribution of one right to purchase common stock of the company for each outstanding common share. The declaration is …

MARLBORO, Mass.-Orange Personal Communications Services Ltd. implemented a platform that it says enables it to use network resources more efficiently. The carrier says the Service Location Register platform allows it …

DENVER-More than half of SMR Direct’s new subscribers are switching to two-way radio from cellular and paging, the company said. “We expected our customer base to be two-way users of …

MONROE, La.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. announced it completed the acquisition of the Mississippi rural service area 7 cellular operation located in central Mississippi. The RSA is adjacent to Century’s Jackson, …

WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. planned two years ago to collaborate with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. to downplay potentially damaging scientific findings on possible health risks from …

DALLAS-Motorola Inc. and Paging Network Inc. introduced Motorola’s Tenor voice pager to the Dallas/Fort Worth market through PageNet’s VoiceNow service.The tenor pager has the ability to play, rewind, fast forward, …

NEW YORK-Mobile Telecommunication Technologies Corp. “is right on target for the (late) April introduction of its SkyWord Plus caller acknowledgement paging,” John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer, said …

ELGIN, Ill.-The National Cellular Safetalk Center, a nonprofit wireless industry advocate, has introduced a car phone safety public education program. The new program is based on Safetalk’s successful high school …

Qualcomm Personal Electronics reported it has shipped more than 1 million Code Division Multiple Access portable phones. Qualcomm Personal Electronics, a joint venture of Qualcomm Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc., …

WASHINGTON-In a four-pronged simultaneous marketing announcement McLean, Va.-based Nextel Communications Inc. will unveil today a $35 million nationwide advertising campaign, the introduction of enhanced specialized mobile radio service in San …

CEDAR CREST, N.M.-Specialty Teleconstructors Inc. announced it intends to redeem all outstanding common stock warrants March 26. Holders of the warrants may exercise the warrants until March 25. Headquartered in …

BOULDER, Colo.-SpectraLink Corp.’s board of directors authorized a repurchase of up to 500,000 shares of the company’s common stock. The shares will be repurchased in the open market. The company …