KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association’s conference this week at the Cincinnati Convention Center. “TeleSentinel is based on our patented Angle of Arrival technology, which is a more robust and efficient method of location than those of our competitors,” said Chuck Hinkle, KSI president.
Orbital Sciences Corp. said it shipped eight Orbcomm satellites to Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, where the process of arranging the satellites on a Pegasus rocket in preparation for a planned mid-July launch has begun. Orbital is building and launching a total of 36 low-orbit satellites for its Orbcomm Global L.P. affiliate, which is developing a little LEO constellation designed to allow data communications and messaging anywhere on earth. If successful, the upcoming Pegasus launch will bring to 20 the number of Orbcomm satellites in orbit.
TRW said it increased volume production of its gallium arsenide-based multichip electronic modules after Nokia Telecommunications placed a $15 million order for millimeter-wave transceivers. The contract calls for TRW to deliver modules operating in the 18 GHz to 38 GHz frequency bands. Each transceiver module contains TRW GaAs monolithic millimeter-wave integrated circuits in a compact housing. A single module takes the place of multiple, larger “hybrid” components, said TRW.
The Wireless Data Forum announced that Ameritech Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Mitsubishi Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Zsigo Wireless Data joined its board of directors following its board elections earlier this month. WDF is holding its summer meeting at the Westin Bayshore, in Vancouver, British Columbia this week.
