Test and Measurement

SEATTLE-U S West Inc. customers now have wireless access to the company’s Internet e-mail and personal information management services due to a joint effort with VirtualTek Corp., a developer of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is close to awarding a contract for a turnkey measurement system that tests mobile-phone compliance with radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines, according to government sources. The test …

Handsets Nokia Nokia announced a new NMT 450 analog handset, to be available in the third quarter, that features true 3-volt technology and the Nokia NaviKey concept. The Nokia 640 …

TOKYO-NEC Corp. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. have agreed to work together in technical trials of a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system with the Telephone Organization of Thailand. …

WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. announced an agreement to buy the Network Monitoring and Mobile Test Systems business of Necsy Network Control Systems S.p.A., based in Padova, Italy, for an undisclosed amount. …

WICHITA, Kan.-Citing a “persistent weakness in the global test equipment market,” IFR Systems Inc. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal 1999, which ended Dec. 31, of a net …

Geoworks Corp. and APiON Ltd. announced they successfully completed interoperability tests of their products based on the Wireless Application Protocol. The testing process lasted several months and involved Geoworks’ new …

DENVER-Following its $107 million cash acquisition of Marconi Instruments Inc. in February, IFR Systems Inc. began a road tour last week-part product demonstration and part branding initiative designed to introduce …

The year-old Asian financial crisis is being blamed for an increasingly gloomy outlook for the third quarter, which ends this week. The situation is compounded by growing economic worries in …

ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies has teamed with Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide a turnkey solution for in-line production testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Global System for Mobile communications wireless handsets. …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Seven of the nine bidders won lots in Australia’s PCS (Personal Communications Services) spectrum auction, which raised almost A$350 million (US$218.5 million) for the federal government. Four winners-AAPT Wireless, …

While the growth of the communications industry has created a great demand for test equipment, the changes to that industry have forced test-equipment manufacturers to reinvent themselves so they can …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a royalty-bearing license agreement granting Marconi Instruments Ltd. a license to design and develop test equipment based on its Code Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 95 …

NEW YORK-In a notable exception to anti-cloning laws, a Georgia statute enacted last year permits authorized owners of analog cellular phones to have extensions made, said John Doumont, president of …

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Motorola Inc.’s Communication Test Equipment division and Grayson Electronics, a division of Allen Telecom, Inc., have announced a collaboration that will focus on Grayson’s drive test technology and the …

The lack of certain infrastructure testing equipment will slow the rate at which many digital wireless telecommunications providers roll out service, says a Maryland-based test equipment manufacturer. “We’ll probably see …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group said Rhode & Schwarz Bick Mobilfunk GmbH will expand its product offerings to include FLEX paging systems. The paging systems manufactured by …

Metawave Communications Corp. appointed Kathryn Surace-Smith general counsel for the company. She will provide legal support for Metawave’s business development activities including customer contracts, licensing agreements, strategic partnerships and financial, …

The latest radio acquisition by Harris Corp. puts the company in the position to compete for a multimillion dollar government contract upgrading airport radio systems. Harris is buying the Digital …

A network test equipment company that has supplied equipment for landline and cellular operators is launching a product line specifically for the wireless industry. Telecommunications Techniques Corp. will begin offering …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Advanced Signal Inc. has licensed the entire FLEX family of paging protocols from Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group. Advanced also is developing test equipment for the narrowband …

FLEX has been adopted en masse in the paging industry, at least in principle. In reality, the majority of U.S. one-way paging customers are POCSAG customers and carriers are in …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a license agreement with Forest, Va.-based Grayson Electronics Co., a subsidiary of The Allen Group Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Grayson …

The introduction of fully digital wireless networks means that marginal readings by portable test equipment are no longer acceptable. “It’s all ones and zeros now, so you have to be …

Cellular theft: A cellular phone is stolen from a legitimate customer and used before the theft can be reported. Subscription fraud: This type of counterfeiting occurs when a person signs …