Monthly Archives: November, 1998

VIEWPOINT: MASHED POTATOES

As I debate again this year whether to actually make mashed potatoes to bring to the family Thanksgiving dinner or whether to buy them...

DSP INTRODUCES ONE-CHIP PDC SOLUTION

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. introduced a single-chip Personal Digital Cellular solution, called PDChip d5311E.The PDC chip's architecture is based on Texas Instruments Inc.'s TMS320C54x...

REGULATORY, TECHNICAL ISSUES NEED RESOLUTION FOR WIRELESS LOCATION

ORLANDO, Fla.-"I feel like I'm on a bucking bronco and about to get thrown into the mud," George Shaginaw Jr. said at the Wireless...

JAPAN’S PHS CARRIERS TAKE VARYING TACKS TO REJUVENATE DEMAND

The personal handyphone system market in Japan is ready for improvement, but analysts say it will take big commitments from carriers and differentiated marketing...

PAGING CARRIERS AGREE ON STANDARDS TO IMPROVE INFORMATION DELIVERY

For some time, the paging industry has looked to information services as one possible means to increase revenue, but several technological obstacles have restricted...

TRIQUINT TO DELIVER AMP TO ERICSSON

HILLSBORO, Ore.-TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. received its first production order from Ericsson Components AB under terms of a joint development agreement signed last year.The first...

ETSI CONSIDERS 3G COMPROMISE

In a surprising letter to the International Telecommunication Union, Europe's standards body said it will consider harmonizing all CDMA-related third-generation proposals sent to the...

NRTC PLEDGES $5M FOR INTEK’S LM

PRINCETON, N.J.-Intek Global Corp. received a $5 million commitment from the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative for its Linear Modulation-based radio and base station equipment.NRTC...

CONDUCTUS TRADING MOVES TO SMALLCAP

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. announced its shares have begun trading on the Nasdaq SmallCap market. The move was necessary to ensure the company's continued listing...

UNWIRED PLANET LICENSES WAP TO LGIC

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Unwired Planet Inc. announced it has licensed its Wireless Application Protocol based UP. Browser to LG Information & Communications Inc., which plans...

TELECORP PCS TO USE LHS GROUP’S BSCS

ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. formed a license and maintenance agreement with TeleCorp PCS Inc. to provide its client/server-based Business Support and Control System for customer...

BLISS SUES QUALCOMM FOR NEGLIGENCE IN SECURING GPS AUTHORIZATION

WASHINGTON-Richard Bliss, the Qualcomm Inc. field technician detained on espionage charges last November but conditionally freed by Russian authorities a month later, sued the...

ODYSSEY, NETTECH TEAM FOR SOLUTION

LAS VEGAS-Odyssey Software and Nettech Systems Inc. announced they have created a solution that extends wireless access to enterprise applications.The system blends Nettech's Smart...

PAGEMART, MOTOROLA SIGN WITH MONITEL ON REMOTE MONITORING

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-PageMart Wireless Inc. and Motorola Inc. have signed strategic alliance agreements with Monitel Products Corp. to provide various aspects of a two-way...

PHYTHYON RESIGNS FCC POST

WASHINGTON-Daniel Phythyon, capping a stormy year-and-a-half stewardship of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, which had him under constant siege from feisty bankruptcy...

NEXTEL TESTING WATERS ON ONE-RATE PLAN

Nextel Communications Inc. is testing nationwide pricing plans that fall in line with high-end one-rate plans offered by national mobile phone competitors.Analysts say the...

WIRELESS MAKING A PUSH INTO ONLINE SHOPPING ARENA

This year's holiday season promises to be an interesting one for wireless carriers and vendors offering their products to online buyers.Jupiter Communications, a new...

MOTOROLA PICKS UP HANDSET ASSETS FROM LUCENT VENTURE

Motorola Inc. plans to purchase assets related to the research and product development portion of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s wireless handset facility in New Jersey.The...

FCC MAY CHANGE CAP; ALLOCATES MSS SPECTRUM AT 2 GHZ

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week officially proposed rules that could lead to the end of spectrum caps. Additionally, the FCC announced rules to...

NORTEL BEGINS CDMAONE CIRCUIT DATA TRIALS

LOS ANGELES-Nortel Networks said it is conducting live trials of cdmaOne circuit-switched data services with Bell Mobility and other selected customers and in the...

D.C. NOTES: DUELING HIGH-TECH AGENDA

Dueling high-tech agendas In coming years, the debate for control of the nation's high-tech policy agenda will become as fierce, and perhaps as important,...

IRIDIUM TURNS ON PAGING; U.S. SERVICE EXPECTED IN 1999

WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. has activated its global paging and messaging network, about two weeks after the commercial launch of its global satellite phone system.Messaging tests...

FRAUD SHOWS FIRST DECLINE

ORLANDO, Fla.-Despite the reluctance of some carriers to report fraud figures and the inability of many to distinguish fraud from bad debt, a popular...

CARRIERS WEIGH PROMOTIONAL PRICING AND PROFITABILITY THIS SEASON

This holiday season will see an unprecedented number of mobile phone competitors in the market, but carriers still seem unwilling to compete with break-neck...

MOTOROLA USING GLENAYRE MVP FOR IRIDIUM

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group announced its modular voice processing system is being used by Motorola Inc.'s Ground Systems Division to deploy...
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