The Eugene, Ore., City Council has proposed a four-month moratorium on tower building for wireless phone services that has some operators sympathetic and others calling their attorneys.Eugene officials and citizens are concerned not only with aesthetics and health-related issues, but with "the unknown," said...
A cellular company in San Francisco is working to provide equal access to all people by providing special discounted prices on wireless phones and service to people with visual or mobility impairments.Since 1992, Cellular One, in conjunction with handset provider Motorola Inc. and the...
WASHINGTON-In a stunning move with perhaps more symbolism than substance, Ameritech Cellular Services left the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week because the trade group's aggressive wireless agenda clashed with the Midwest regional Bell telephone company's business plans."Over time it has become clear to...
States rights vs. federal rights.It's an argument that is becoming more and more common in today's wireless industry.It's certainly not a new argument, and it's certainly not an argument that anyone expects to go away soon. In fact, it is probably one of the...
REDMOND, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium has been formed to champion Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access and IS-41 wireless intelligent network technologies."The UWCC was designed as a cooperative decision-making business entity with the express goal of promoting TDMA/WIN solutions," said Leo Nikkari,...
With the fall and winter openings of personal communications services in New York City, the issue of network control will become highly visible. Nowhere else is there likely to be so complex and difficult an installation or one that will require operation so well...
Sprint Corp., Sprint Spectrum L.P. and RadioShack announced they are teaming up to provide one-stop shopping for all Sprint-branded products.The companies have developed a "store-within-a-store" concept, whereby 15 percent of all RadioShack store floor spaces will be dedicated to Sprint products. Customers will have...
WASHINGTON-The Senate Judiciary Committee last week scrutinized pending mergers involving four of the seven regional Bell telephone companies, setting the stage for a broader debate on whether the new telecommunications law is fostering competition or limiting it.There are strong views on both sides of...
There is a plus side to targeted marketing, where companies and conservative groups have created win/win situations-where nobody gets hurt and nothing is compromised.Case in point: Vienna, Va.-based Cable & Wireless Inc., the U.S. arm of Britain's Cable & Wireless plc, recently struck a deal...
WASHINGTON-Aside from a computer glitch that pushed the auction of D-, E-and F-block broadband personal communications services licenses back to one round per day, bidders now are coping with the intensity of monitoring number and market changes twice a day.At the end of Round...
NEW YORK-When it comes to bundling wireless and landline telephone services, AirTouch Communications Inc. will pursue two different strategies, one domestic and one European, key executives said at a Sept. 11 meeting with the Wall Street investment community.On the home front, "we plan to...
This paper will show that wireless local loop systems provide more capacity than mobile cellular systems. Code Division Multiple Access technology has proven to have higher capacity than other multiple access schemes.Industrial countries require quality and service features from their mobile networks, while developing...
Ameritech Cellular Services has joined several other carriers in deploying authentication technology to combat cloning fraud.Concurrently, Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile announced it has extended authentication fraud protection into its eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island markets.Authentication is seamless to customers and Ameritech Cellular and other...
In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market.Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide its software to Paging Network Inc., defeating 25 other companies, that bid on the project,...
CellPort Labs Inc. is redesigning and enhancing its universal car kit for both cellular and personal communications services applications.Car kits provide power and hands-free talking capability for portable handsets, but most are designed for use with only one type of phone.Boulder, Colo.-based CellPort introduced...
WASHINGTON-The D-, E- and F-block broadband personal communications services auction not only is the largest competitive bidding venture upon which the Federal Communications Commission has embarked to date, it also has spawned new players, regenerated old hands and created a few strange bedfellows.In this...
LEXINGTON, Mass.-Wildfire Communications Inc. said Robert G. Mechaley Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the company.Mechaley, 45, most recently was a senior vice president with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. While at McCaw Cellular Communications Inc., Mechaley spearheaded development of a...
Several state tax offices and wireless carriers responded to the tax predicament faced by Western Wireless Corp. in Oregon.The Oregon Department of Revenue sent Western a proposed assessment that included in the valuation the $34 million Western paid for the Portland personal communications service...
WASHINGTON-Bundled and branded telephony, video and Internet services will dominate the U.S. telecommunications marketplace as the industry experiences increased competition and realignment, predicts Dr. Sam Book, president of Consumer Research at Economic and Management Consultants International Inc.EMCI recently conducted an in-depth study of more...
On the surface, neither the odds-on re-election of President Clinton nor a dramatic upset victory by GOP rival Bob Dole in the presidential race should impact telecommunications policy.The blueprint for a deregulated, competitive marketplace was etched in sacred stone with Clinton's signing of the...
WASHINGTON-It's still a low-numbers game as the second week of the D-, E- and F-block personal communications services auction winds down, and there still aren't many surprises to report. However, no markets are going for less than $1,000, as of the end of Round...
Cellular phones seem to have pervaded the lives of Americans just like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie.The Cellular One Group said it set out several months ago to find intriguing and funny stories involving cellular phones by sponsoring a contest called "Cellular One's...
The Federal Communications Commission was hit Friday with major challenges to its new hybrid radio frequency exposure guideline.Among those filing petitions for reconsideration/clarification are the Personal Communications Industry Association, the Electromagnetic Energy Association, Hammett & Edison Inc. (a consulting firm) and the Department of...
WASHINGTON-Only weeks after luring Alex Mandl away from AT&T Corp. for a reported $20 million in a much celebrated coup, Associated Communications L.L.C. now finds itself mired in controversy over the suddenly popular 18 GHz spectrum for local broadband wireless multimedia services that Mandl...
