CDMA handsets were the No. 1 selling handset in the United States during the first quarter of this year, with sales of 3.2 million units, according to Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group Inc. TDMA handset sales were at 2.8 million units in...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-AirIQ, a global positioning system-based fleet management service provider, said it plans to implement Aeris Communications Inc.'s MicroBurst technology in its OnBoard asset tracking system.
The Wireless Data Forum celebrated its first birthday last week by releasing its first book, called "Going Mobile: A Cookbook of Wireless Data Solutions."The WDF said Going Mobile is the first in what is to be an annual publication on the state of the mobile...
Today's satellite-based data and messaging carriers have found the secret to their success is partnering with those they once considered their primary competitors-terrestrial-based wireless data carriers.At first, satellite data carriers figured their greater coverage range would outdo that of terrestrial carriers. While this proved...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. and Aeris Communications Inc. introduced the Telguard DataBurst, a wireless alarm signaling system manufactured by Telular that uses MicroBurst, a small packet data messaging service provided by Aeris.MicroBurst technology uses the control channel of existing cellular networks. Alarm messages burst...
MONTEREY, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. said its MicroBurst technology now covers the whole of North America and is ready for commercial service.At the WirelessDeveloper '99 conference last week, Aeris announced coverage pacts with Orbcomm Global L.P., and with cellular carriers, whose control channels transmit mobile...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. said it signed agreements with Southwestco Wireless L.P. and First Cellular of Southern Illinois for the carriers to deploy its MicroBurst technology on their respective networks.The agreement adds needed parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Illinois, added the...
CTIAChristopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide variety of law-enforcement issues and served as Democratic staff director and chief counsel for Sen. Joseph R....
Comsat Corp. announced it completed the sale of Comsat RSI Inc. to a subsidiary of TBG Industries Inc. for $116.5 million. CRSI designs, manufactures and integrates earth stations and wireless and advanced antenna systems. Comsat will use proceeds for the sale to repay its...
Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right "look," industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for marketing the enigmatic technology.The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association recently announced it renamed its annual mobile data show Wireless Information Technology...
Aeris Communications Inc. announced it signed Bell Atlantic Mobile as its latest MicroBurst carrier partner, increasing its U.S. coverage to 60 percent of the nation.MicroBurst is a short-burst data application transmitted via the cellular control channel. Cellular carriers employing it can offer wireless data...
MANCHESTER, N.H.-Summa Four Inc. announced it will demonstrate Project Sigma this week at the Supercomm show in Atlanta.This new addition to Summa Four's product family is a telco-capable, standards-based programmable switching platform, and is the result of co-development partnership with Dialogic Corp. announced last...
DALLAS-Aeris Communications Inc. and Orbcomm Canada Inc. announced an agreement to integrate their respective MicroBurst and Orbcomm services for hybrid wireless data and messaging products and services in Canada.The combined solution will combine MicroBurst's coverage in the Rogers Cantel cellular network in Canada with...
DALLAS-"It's an exciting time in the industry. It's a time of growth and rebirth."So said Konstantin Zsigo, president of Zsigo Wireless Data Inc., at the opening session of Wireless Developer '98, formerly known as CelluComm Expo, last week in Dallas.This evangelism is nothing new...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Century Cellunet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Century Telephone Enterprises Inc., will deploy its MicroBurst technology throughout its seven-state territory.MicroBurst is a wireless data and messaging solution enabling such telemetry applications as global positioning systems, Automated Meter...
Aeris Communications Inc. announced that Ameritech Cellular Services will deploy Aeris' MicroBurst technology for short-burst data applications in Ameritech's cellular territory.The wireless data messaging solution enables mobile telemetry services like Global Positioning System, remote monitoring, automated meter reading and security alarm systems, Aeris said.With...
For a cellular carrier competing in a growing marketplace, value-added services translate into more revenue. A small Silicon Valley development firm plans to deliver on that concept.San Jose, Calif.-based Aeris Communications Inc., formerly known as Axion Logistics Corp., plans to position itself as a...
