NEW YORK-Electric power companies have seen the future and it is wireless. The Electric Power Research Institute, a 700-plus member organization based in Palo Alto, Calif., recently established a Wireless …
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 …
NEW YORK-The National Police Agency of Japan announced March 14 that nine people were killed in the last six months of 1996 as a result of accidents involving drivers using …
NEW YORK-Iridium L.L.C., which plans to launch a satellite-based global telephone service, last week registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an application to take the company public. Iridium, …
A Minnesota cryptographer said the cellular industry knows the cryptographic algorithms used in U.S. cellular digital systems are inadequate and were watered down by U.S. military pressure-and the industry is …
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration, citing industry funding limitations, recommended the struggling wireless industry-funded bioeffects research program be redirected to give lifetime animal exposure studies highest priority and to expand …
SAN FRANCISCO-Ex Machina Inc. announced it is changing its name to AirMedia Inc. to reflect the growing influence of its AirMedia Live Internet Broadcast Network. The New York-based company develops …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Manufacturer L.M. Ericsson said it has issued warnings to other European equipment manufacturers about the use of the Ericsson logo either on their equipment or on printed materials. “Such …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson formed an alliance with Compaq to develop portable personal computers that will allow mobile users to access the Internet and corporate intranets, send faxes and e-mail, and …
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Taiwan’s dominant telecommunications carrier has issued an equipment tender for a Digital Cellular System for 1800 MHz. Deadline for bids is April 8. The equipment is valued at $350 …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Digital Microwave Corp. received $4 million in orders from Avantel for microwave radios and related services in Mexico. The company said it has received a total of $10 …
France Telecom Group, Sonofon, Tele Danmark AS and Telia AG were awarded licenses to operate nationwide Digital Cellular System 1800 networks in Denmark. Denmark’s National Telecom Agency reported it expects …
Cellular One offers DPCS in Bay area Cellular One said it will begin offering digital cellular service branded Digital PCS in the San Francisco Bay area today. In conjunction with …
There are times when RCR staffers stop chasing stories and just sit around to debate the state of telecommunications. When the rumors about a Cable & Wireless takeover of Sprint …
To those Europeans who scoff at Americans and their (too) many wireless standards choices, we now have a response: FLEX. AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has decided not to deploy personal …
STAMFORD, Conn.-A.P.-Dialing the wrong number landed Archie Tarantino in jail. Trying to dial a drug dealer’s pager Friday morning, he instead beeped a cop, who took an order for two …
WASHINGTON-The World Trade Organization telecom pact could put the United States at a disadvantage with major trading partners and should be subject to legislation, some lawmakers said last week. The …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Teledesic Corp. won a license from the Federal Communications Commission to provide two-way telecommunications services using a network of low-earth-orbit satellites, and the International Bureau issued an order authorizing …
John Walier will manage customer sales accounts in Glenayre Western Multiplex’s northeast region. He will focus on customers of the company’s wireless interconnect products, primarily the Lynx family of spread …
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol. AT&T Wireless said it still …
