Associations

LOWELL, Mass.-M/A Com Inc. began its multicity, nationwide Interop 2002 Tour this week in the northwestern United States to demonstrate NetworkFirst, a solution for communications interoperability between public-safety agencies. At …

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless said it will show off its SPINNERchip 1.0 WCDMA baseband development platform in the Xilinx booth at the 2002 Communication Design Conference this week in San Jose, …

LONDON-The GSM Association said it will continue its annual awards program into 2003 and officially called for entries. The association also said Intel will be the headline sponsor for the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Wireless Communications Association announced an Intel Corp. executive, Sriram Viswanathan, managing director of strategic investments for Intel Capital, will deliver an afternoon address to open its Ninth Annual …

PRINCETON, N.J.-Protecting subscriber privacy while building wireless directory assistance and directory inquiry/enquiry (DA/DQ) databases will be deliberated at The Kelsey Group’s Global Directories & Databases Conference taking place in Alexandria, …

SAN DIEGO-The agenda for the 2002 CDMA Americas Congress, to be held December 3-5, 2002, in San Diego, has been released. Confirmed speakers include Ralph de la Vega, president of …

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile financial software company HillCast Technologies launched its new HillCast User Group, which the company said will serve as a platform for users to exchange ideas and tips on …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Wireless Communications Association announced Dr. Roger B. Marks will deliver a keynote speech at its January 13, 2003, session. Marks, founder and chairman of the Institute for Electrical …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Michael Dell, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Dell Computer Corp., has agreed to deliver the first International CES Industry Insider presentation, a one-hour discussion on …

SAN DIEGO-The first International Wireless Symposium, scheduled to be held October 2-4, 2002, in San Diego, will be attended by wireless experts specializing in third-generation technologies, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, according …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on SIG marketing efforts, developing long-term plans …

PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J.-The Smart Card Alliance announced it will hold its annual conference October 7 to 9 in Scottsdale, Ariz. U.S. government agencies, financial services firms and retail organization will …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association will hold a seminar on wireless infrastructure siting and zoning on October 23, 2002, in Arlington, Va. The seminar, “Strategies for Telecommunications Siting: Navigating …

NASHVILLE-Catalyst Communications Technology, provider of Internet Protocol-based dispatch solutions for the public-safety mobile radio market, made two interoperability announcements at this month’s APCO show in Nashville. Catalyst announced that its …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Herschel Technologies said Aug. 14 it has joined other telecommunications industry participants in the “OSS through Java Initiative,” which is engaged in guiding development of the business-critical Inventory …

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.-Landmark Communications Inc. acquired a majority interest in Shorecliff Communications Inc., a privately held trade show, conference and magazine publisher specializing in the wireless broadband and wireless …

NEW YORK-Scott Cleland, chief executive officer of The Precursor Group, and John Eade, president of Argus Research, formed on July 24 Investorside Research Association, which plans to promote investor trust …

CAMPBELL, Calif.-SnapTrack Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Inc., announced it has concluded its second annual gpsOne Carrier Workshop where representatives for 18 CDMA carriers from North America, Asia-Pacific …

SAN DIEGO-Zyray Wireless announced it is establishing a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) that will consist of several university and industry experts with extensive wireless communications experience. Initial board members include: …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Nextel Partners Inc. donated $70,000 of wireless phones and service to enhance security efforts and event coordination during the National Governors Association annual meeting scheduled …

McLEAN, Va.-As the telecommunications industry tries to recover from the double blow of a Wall Street meltdown and recent accounting scandals, startup companies meeting here this morning were told that …

ARLINGTON, Va.-The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) announced Craig Barrett, chief executive officer of Intel Corp. will deliver a keynote address on the opening day of the 2003 show in …

BOSTON-Redline Communications Inc. announced five new partnership agreements at this week’s Wireless Communications Association conference in Boston. The company signed deals with Wireless Connections, Maika’i Systems, Gulf Islands Wireless, EduTek …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Communications Association International is hosting two high-profile panels at its annual conference in Boston next week that will assess the implications for the wireless communications industry of homeland security …

OTTAWA-Industry Canada said it will continue to prohibit the use of jamming devices following a public consultation on the issue. Radio frequency jamming devices, called jammers or silencers, interfere with …