WASHINGTON-The wireless industry is giving high marks to the FBI’s new, less ambitious plan for digital wiretap capacity requirements, but legal, financial and technical problems remain. The FBI last week …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said it formed a new business unit, Carrier Services, to handle the marketing its worldwide network to other carriers and operators for wholesale delivery of international …
Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings …
WICHITA, Kan.-Brite Voice Systems will provide voice-activated dialing for customers of Sweden’s Telia Mobitel AB. Brite values the contract at $2.3 million. Voice dialing allows users to initiate a mobile …
BRUSSELS-Belgacom Mobile said it will appeal a court ruling that requires the operator to suspend a sales promotion for its Proximus cellular service. The Global System for Mobile communications carrier …
A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not Bart Simpson, but a new cellular …
The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn’t intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp. “Look how many have exited in recent years, like Clarion, Sharp, …
WASHINGTON-Raking in a net total of $2.52 billion, the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction closed Jan. 14, bidding farewell to the last of the broadband spectrum that …
SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service. “In the past, we have launched new services to business …
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Aerial Communications Inc. selected Red Brick Systems Inc.’s Red Brick Warehouse to analyze and support its customer and demographic data to identify and market products and services. The …
Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces …
Proponents of Time Division Multiple Access technology quietly formed a formidable group last year, while the industry’s attention was focused on high-profile scraps between two other competing technologies. Universal Wireless …
WASHINGTON-Republicans have suggested the illegally taped cellular phone conversation of House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and top GOP leaders late last month may be part of a broader Democratic conspiracy, …
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. converted its convertible debentures due July 2000 into ordinary shares at the conversion price of $3.50 per share. A total of $2.15 million in …
The government’s conditional grant of personal communications services licenses to NextWave Telecom Inc., despite finding the startup wireless firm in violation of foreign ownership limits, raises questions about process and …
Netro of Santa Clara, Calif., makes what it says telecommunications operators building networks in the new era of deregulation need-radio equipment that uses a wireless Asynchronous Transfer Mode protocol. Introduced …
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. launched PageFinder, a device that receives word messages and confirms delivery to the sender. Using Motorola’s ReFLEX two-way wireless messaging system, PageFinder stores messages while a subscriber …
Motorola Inc. reported higher sales but lower earnings for fiscal year 1996, saying that strategic decisions made during the fourth quarter will set the stage for a renewal of profit …
WASHINGTON-New Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) last week vowed to continue fighting for digital TV auctions and hinted at re-examining the 1996 telecom act that he opposed for …
LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced SmartDigital service using Time Division Multiple Access Interim Standard 136 technology. SmartDigital provides customers with telephone, answering machine and short messaging …
