Corsair Communications Inc. said it completed installing its PhonePrint system for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. in its Pittsburgh market. AT&T Wireless already had the fraud-prevention system installed in its New York-New Jersey; Las Vegas; and Santa Barbara, and Oxnard-Ventura, Calif., markets. “Our PhonePrint Roaming Network makes it much more difficult for cloners to turn to roaming fraud as an alternative to cloning in their home markets,” commented Skip McDowell, vice president of sales for Corsair. “This aspect of the system becomes more effective as more markets install PhonePrint … The practical effect in many markets is to force cloners off the wireless system altogether,” McDowell added.
Omnipoint Communications announced it opened two new company-owned sales centers to serve the metropolitan New York area. The personal communications services provider now serves customers on Long Island from its store in the town of Westbury, N.Y., and Omnipoint’s other new store is located on the upper-east side of Manhattan.
AirTouch Cellular said it launched Caller ID service in Oregon. The company’s customers using Advanced Mobile Phone Service phones with Caller ID capability now will see the incoming caller’s phone number displayed on their cellular phone before the call is answered. AirTouch said that from May 15 until June 21 it is offering three free months of Caller ID service to customers on selected analog price plans. After June 21, the value-added service to analog customers will cost $3.95 per month.
Conductus Inc. announced it is beginning field trials of its ClearSite receiver systems with four new customers that operate a combined total of 600 cell sites. The companies will evaluate the performance of the ClearSite product in their digital and analog networks as well as in urban and rural environments, Conductus said. ClearSite is designed to improve network coverage by filling in gaps and reducing dropped calls at cell sites where it is installed.
