Monthly Archives: November, 1998

GOAMERICA OFFERS J.P.’S NETCRA DLE

LAS VEGAS-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it will offer J.P. Systems Inc.'s NetCradle in its Web@Hand product portfolio, extending Internet access to personal digital assistants...

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...

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...

SKYTEL’S STUPKA SAYS “UNAWARE NESS” IS HURDLE FOR MESSAGING MARKET

NEW YORK-John T. Stupka, president and chief executive officer of SkyTel Communications Inc., said a BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. advertisement that's been running in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Horizon Personal Communications Inc. launched its personal communications services network in seven basic trading areas in Ohio and West Virginia, under an affiliate agreement...

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...

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...

QUALCOMM CREATES DEVELOPERS PROGRAM FOR PDQ PHONE

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it established a software developers program for the pdQ smartphone.The program will provide applications developers with the resources and tools...

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...

GEOWORKS PREMION ADDS DATA TO EXISTING PHONES

Nearly a year in the making, Geoworks Corp. has introduced a long-awaited software solution that allows carriers to add enhanced data services to otherwise...

WAP EXPANDS MEMBERSHIP; APPOINTS DIRECTORS

LONDON-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced 11 new companies have joined the organization, and it appointed three additional members to its board of directors.New...

PRAIRIECOMM GAINS FINANCING

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc., a provider of chipsets, software and intellectual property to the wireless industry, said it received investments from two venture capital...

TRUEPOSITION JOINS EQUIVA ON WIRELESS LOCATION SERVICES

HOUSTON-Equiva Services L.L.C., an affiliate of Shell, and TruePosition Inc. signed an agreement to jointly develop and market location-based services and applications using the...

HARRIS FORMS R&D PROGRAM FOR FIXED WIRELESS

MONTREAL-Harris Corp. announced research and development plans to create new point-to-multipoint and wireless local loop systems to serve global markets.The R&D program is being...

GTE TSI OFFERS FRAUDX

ORLANDO, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. said its FraudX product is commercially available.FraudX, the company's second-generation wireless fraud detection system, addresses fraud in both home...

VODAFONE BUYS NEW ZEALAND GSM NETWORK

NEWBURY, Berskshire, England-Vodafone Group plc said it purchased from BellSouth New Zealand the national New Zealand GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) cellular network...

FCC RECOVERS MOST POCKET LICENSES

WASHINGTON-As the Federal Communications Commission set the stage for auctioning nearly 500 returned C-block personal communications services licenses next March, agency lawyers successfully fought...

PRODUCTS

Chesapeake MicrowaveChesapeake Microwave Technologies Inc. introduced a 50-watt personal communications services Global System for Mobile communications amplifier and a 30-watt DCS GSM amplifier. The...

U.S. TELECOM EQUIPMENT SALES UP 11 PERCENT

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment rose to $55.6 billion at the close of third quarter, an 11-percent...

SOFTWARE COULD REDUCE SPACING NEEDED AT ANTENNA SITES

Collocation has evolved from something wireless carriers used to resist to something they do as a matter of course. The idea of collocation increasingly...
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