DALLAS-PageMart Inc. said it will offer paging services to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems under a strategic alliance. Under terms of the contract, Southwestern Bell Mobile first will offer numeric paging …
Applying its linear fiber optics technology, Ortel Corp. is providing wireless networks a vital supplement for communicating in environments that are limited by physical barriers, like underground transit. Together with …
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Omnipoint Corp. has licensed its composite Code Division Multiple Access/Time Division Multiple Access technology to JRC International Inc. to produce personal communications services handsets. Omnipoint said its CDMA/TDMA …
WASHINGTON-New telephone number policies embraced by federal regulators will benefit the wireless telecommunications industry, which accounts for two of every three new telephone numbers established. The wireless community previously has …
Hughes Space and Communications International was selected by the International Mobile Satellite Organization’s Inmarsat-P affiliate to build 12 satellites. The deal is valued at $1.3 billion, announced London-based Inmarsat-P. Hughes …
While voice transmissions over the cellular network have reached a certain degree of maturity in the marketplace, data transmissions continue to alternately attract and frustrate carriers, manufacturers and end users. …
SEATTLE-Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc. announced it will retain Daiwa Securities America Inc., a subsidiary of Japan-based Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd., to support its plans for expanding operations in the …
As the cellular marketplace prepares to shift from a duopoly to a business where more than a handful of providers may offer service, industry analysts agree competition for wireless customers …
After two years of storm and stress, Nextel Communications Inc. is putting finishing touches on its enhanced specialized mobile radio network and ownership structure-but one early backer has decided to …
WASHINGTON-The first system and billing identification codes for personal communications services have been assigned to AT&T Wireless Services by Cibernet Corp. Cibernet is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Cellular Telecommunications …
WASHINGTON-The cellular industry continues to be shaped by the forces of deregulation and regulatory parity mandated in 1993 legislation passed by the then Democratic-controlled Congress and implemented on an on-going …
Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911 calls made from a cellular phone …
ATLANTA-Ameritech Corp. and GTE Mobilnet customers will have access to cellular digital packet data services in each other’s markets, according to an agreement signed by the two cellular carriers. “Ameritech …
CHICAGO-Sprint Cellular announced Cellular Digital Packet Data trial systems now are available in four of its markets. Trial sites include Norfolk, Va., Raleigh and Greensboro, N.C., and Las Vegas, Nev. …
Cellular phone advertisers in Southern California recently received a written warning from legal authorities there about the alleged use of deceptive sales practices, such as large-print misleading statements and bait-and-switch …
JULY 30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300. AUGUST 1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association) and CSIS (The …
HONG KONG-Brite Voice Systems Inc. said it now provides cellular voice dialing in Hong Kong for Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. The system, valued at more than $1 million, is running …
WASHINGTON-Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman of the House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations, plans to hold a hearing in September on competition in the wireless telecommunications industry. Barton has failed …
Cellular technology, which made its shining debut as the working world’s tool for efficiency and productivity, now penetrates our culture in ways well beyond its initial purpose-some necessary or practical, …
WASHINGTON-A walkie talkie-like pocket phone developed by Tandy Corp. that would let family members or groups communicate with one another at shopping malls, sporting events, amusement parks and other outings …
