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Pre-Paid Solutions said it introduced a new debit conversion technology for the prepaid cellular market. The technology will be available this month under the name Pre-Cell Technology and Pre-Cell Chip. Pre-Cell Technology offers prepaid cellular through chip-based phone conversions. Pre-Cell Chip allows customers to...

SIM CARD USE CATCHES ON IN U.S., GEMPLUS DOMINATES INDUSTRY

NEW YORK-Gemplus Corp., Montgomeryville, Pa., gambled early and big on the nascent U.S. Global System for Mobile Communications personal communications services business. Today, it has won close to a 50-percent share of the subscriber identity module market.Gemplus and Schlumberger Smart Cards & Systems, Telecom...

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MAY18-20 Asia Pacific Regional Conference-Creating a Wireless World with TDMA/WIN, by Universal Wireless Communications. The Kuala Lumpur Hilton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (206) 205-4800.19-20 Wireless Buildout, by RCR Publications Inc., the American Planning Association and Message Center Management. New York. (800) 608-9641.19-20 Wireless Business Telephone...

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MAY12-16 International Symposium on Integrated Network Management '97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego. Call Andrea Erickson at (301) 913-9338, ext. 341.12-16 DB/EXPO '97 and I2 Internet/Intranet Expo, by Miller Freeman. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco....

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APRIL13-15 4th Annual Credit Risk Management Forum, by American Management Systems Inc. Loews Coronado Bay Resort, San Diego. (703) 267-5280.14 Making Sense of the New Telecommunications Marketplace, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. (703) 734-7050.14-15 Wireless Business Telephone Systems Seminar, by...

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APRIL7-11 Infocom '97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., Kobe, Japan. (714) 856-5474.8-9 Wireless Interconnection '97, by Bellcore. Hotel Royal Plaza, Orlando, Fla. (800) 832-2463.8-9 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by Data on Air Inc. Research Triangle Park, N.C. (407)...

VENDORS EMBRACE CONTACTLESS SMART CARD

Contactless smart cards are becoming hot business.Motorola Inc. announced last month its plans to be a leader in the business of contactless smart cards. Meanwhile, the France-based Gemplus Group claims to have already achieved "world leadership in the area of contactless products," according to...

FLEX TIME

June '93 FLEX publicly announcedEarly '94 Began extensive beta testingNov. '94 FLEX-TD adopted as standard for Japan's next generation paging systemJan. '95 First FLEX pagers shipped (Pro Encore)Mar. '95 First FLEX system in commercial operation (SkyTel)Apr. '95 InFLEXion voice and data announcedSept. '95 First...

MOTOROLA PREPARES PURSUIT OF 21ST CENTURY SMART CARD VISION

After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has created a new business unit to take advantage of the enormous potential it sees for plastic cards embedded with microprocessors.Technical...

RAM MOBILE DATA PREPARES FOR NATIONWIDE ROLLOUT

NEW YORK-RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. is gearing up for a national rollout, starting in the New York City metropolitan area, of an interactive, two-way messaging service designed to compete head-on with SkyTel Corp.-brand paging.At a news conference March 11, RAM Mobile Data officials...

INTERDIGITAL AND ITS PARTNERS DISPLAY B-CDMA FOR LOCAL LOOP

HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and its two manufacturing partners say their B-CDMA wireless local loop equipment will be commercially available during the first half of 1998.InterDigital is in an alliance with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens AG to create "the world's first" broadband...

PRODUCTS

Natural MicroSystems Corp. announced the latest member of its TX family of communications resource boards, the TX3000. The TX3000 is an ISA bus card that provides a powerful and highly flexible hardware platform for a wide variety of data communications and networking applications, including...

SWISS MANUFACTURER CHOOSES VLSI/WAVECOM GSM CONCEPT

SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. and Wavecom S.A. said Swiss manufacturer Ascom is the first manufacturer to launch a handset based on the VLSI/Wavecom Global System for Mobile communications GTI2000 concept.GTI2000 integrates VLSI's silicon GSM baseband chipset with Wavecom's first generation GSM system design,...

GTE LAUNCHES PCS IN CINCINNATI MTA

CINCINNATI-GTE Wireless launched its personal communications services network in the Cincinnati major trading area, which covers greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky. The network uses Code Division Multiple Access technology.GTE won the PCS license for Cincinnati during the Federal Communications Commission's A- and B-Block auctions...

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FEBRUARY23-25 Mobile Insights '97, by Mobile Insights Inc. The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, Calif. (800) 640-6497.24 The Wireless Buildout-Pacific Northwest, by RCR Publications Inc. and the American Planning Association. Seattle Marriott, Seattle. (800) 608-9641.24-25 Wireless Telecommunications Real Estate and Permit Acquisition for the 90s, by...

MOTOROLA SHIPPING 68175 FLEX CHIP

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector said it is volume shipping its 68175 FLEX chip paging protocol IC worldwide.The FLEX chip IC processes information that has been received and demodulated from a FLEX radio paging channel, selects messages addressed to the paging device...

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FEBRUARY19 Auctions '97, by the Federal Communications Commission's Office of Communications Business Opportunities and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. Washington Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C. Call Kim Sescoe at (202) 546-4356.19-21 The 1997 GSM World Congress, by IBC Technical Services Ltd. Le Palais Des Festivals, Cannes,...

1996 SEMICONDUCTOR SALES OFF, BUT GROWTH PREDICTED FOR ’97

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Semiconductor sales increased by less than 1 percent in North and South America and in Asia-Pacific markets in December, while sales declined 2 percent in Europe and Japan, according to research conducted by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization. The results of...

DSPC EXPECTS REWARDS FROM WIRELESS BRANCH EXCHANGE SYSTEM

DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless branch exchange system.The company reported revenues of $88.9 million for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, an 118 percent increase...

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JANUARY16-17 Expanding and Enhancing Wireless Emergency Services, by AIC Conferences. Vista Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 409-4AIC.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local Service Resale-Creating Optimum Operational Readiness for Local Markets, by ICM...

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JANUARY7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141.9-12 Consumer Electronics Show '97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local...

D.C. NOTES

"And so this is Christmas, and what have you done? Another year over, and a new one just begun." This old John Lennon song looped through my head as I reviewed stories RCR printed during the past 12 months. During 51 publishing cycles, I...

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JANUARY7-8 Telecommunications Business Environment Conference, by the International Telecommunications Group. Denver. (303) 779-4141.9-12 Consumer Electronics Show '97, Sands Expo and Convention Center, Las Vegas. (703) 907-7674.19-22 19th Annual Pacific Telecommunications Conference, by the Pacific Telecommunications Council. Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Honolulu, Hawaii. (808) 941-3789.22-23 Local...

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DECEMBER9-10 Wireless in the Local Loop, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Grand Hyatt, San Francisco. (508) 481-6400.9-10 Universal Service, by IBC USA Conferences Inc. Hyatt Regency, Bethesda, Md. (508) 481-6400.10 Wireless Messaging Integration, by Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products. Dallas Medallion, Dallas. (800)...