NEW YORK-As the Federal Communication Commission's C-block auction for personal communications services draws to a close, a key consideration for systems build-out is the kind of role equipment vendors will play.Although many creative financing ideas are under way or under consideration, two persistent stumbling...
NEW YORK-As the 1996 campaign season gets into high gear, wireless providers might do well to consider this profile when looking for loyal customers most likely to vote early and often for communications services: they are young, religious, affluent, well-read and tuned-in.These characteristics represent snippets...
APRIL28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference '96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870.30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and Markets, by Creamer Dickson Basford. Sheraton Hotel, Needham, Mass. Call Christine Campbell at (617) 467-1521.MAY6 The Emerging Market for Wireless...
Prepaid cellular represents a huge opportunity for carriers, as demonstrated by the flood of prepaid services inundating the marketplace. More significantly, however, prepaid cellular may prove in itself a new paradigm for conducting consumer business in wireless.Industry estimates show between 20 percent and 30...
APRIL14-16 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Grand Kempinski, Dallas. Call David Solomon at (800) 835-3887.16-18 Universal Wireless Communications International Conference, Singapore International Convention & Exhibition Center, Singapore. Call Gwen Carlson at (619) 535-9500 ext. 2071.17-18 Building the PCS Market,...
DALLAS-Hewlett-Packard Co. is combining the core competencies of its test measurement and computer systems businesses to provide a new Total Customer Management solution for wireless carriers.TCM combines customer and network data for sharing through layers of carrier management, the company said."Everyone in the organization...
DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. and Cincinnati Bell Information Systems announced PCS PrimeCo will deploy CBIS's Precedent 2000 Customer Care and Billing Systems in its personal communications services network.The companies said Precedent 2000, a third-generation UNIX-based solution, will offer PCS PrimeCo increased processing efficiency, architectural flexibility,...
NEW YORK-Last year, companies involved in various aspects of wireless communications generated 16,000 new jobs in the United States at all levels, and that number is expected to grow by an additional 20,000 this year, according to Christian & Timbers Inc.The wireless-related businesses affected...
Last month's passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 heralds the industry's most fundamental structural change since AT&T Corp. was split up in 1984. Traditional barriers separating industry sectors are crumbling. Wireless will play a key role in the industry's transformation. While few provisions...
Subscriber Identity Module cards are making their debut in the United States as important tools to help personal communications service carriers penetrate the market.SIM cards contain all the subscriber-related data needed to make a call so that any telephone can be used. A plug-in...
GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. last week introduced FraudForce, a service aimed at blasting today's most threatening cellular phone fraud, roaming fraud.Initial deployment of FraudForce will include FraudInterceptor, a tool that recognizes customers who are roaming in a high-fraud market, and FraudChallenger, an interactive voice...
MARCH6-7 PCS Seminars for ITCs Only, U.S. Intelco Wireless. Doubletree Grand Hotel, Bloomington, Minn. (360) 493-6241.6-7 Re-engineering Billing Systems in the Telecommunications Industry, by the International Quality & Productivity Center. Radisson Barcelo Hotel Washington, Washington, D.C. (800) 882-8684.7-8 AMTA Specialized Wireless (SMR) Management Conference,...
Proponents of calling party pays believe the service will both generate more airtime and increase the number of incoming calls, but they don't agree on how such a system should be introduced in the U.S. market."We need some movement along these lines and there...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet and Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile announced they will offer Cellular Digital Packet Data services to customers in each other's markets.GTE said the services will be important to people and companies that conduct business on a national scale. For example, employees of a...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a software upgrade for its Autoplex System 1000 Cellular Digital Packet Data system.Lucent said its software, designated 3.0, supports features defined in CDPD Specification 1.1, a standard defined by a consortium of cellular service providers for packet data...
FEBRUARY18-20 Mobile Insights '96, by Mobile Insights Inc. Arizona Biltmore, Phoenix. (800) 419-0413.19-21 PC Card '96, by the Personal Computer Memory Card International Association. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (800) 767-2336.22-23 Federal Telecommunications: Upgrading Government Telecom for the 21st Century, by TeleStrategies Inc....
Just as Cellular Digital Packet Data has been slow to take off in the United States, it looks like it will take a little pushing and shoving for the technology to thrive in Latin America as well.So far only a few hundred CDPD terminals...
Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price increase, which takes effect this month, is a result of rising inflation and is...
Digital Microwave Corp. announced it has received purchase orders valued at $5 million to supply digital microwave radios to Smart Information Technologies Inc., a cellular firm and local exchange carrier in the Philippines. Digital Microwave said its products will be used to support the...
JANUARY22-23 Liberalization and Privatization of International Telecommunications: Meeting the Challenges of an Increasingly Competitive Market, by The Adam Smith Institute. Inter-Continental Hotel, Geneva. 44-171-490-3774.22-24 Technology Forecasting for the Telecom Industry, by Technology Futures Inc. Stouffer Hotel, Austin, Texas. Call David Solomon at (800) 835-3887.24 PCS...
Motorola Inc. has introduced a lightweight, flip-top cellular phone that can be worn on a belt holster or armband. Weighing 3.1 ounces, the StarTac operates on two miniaturized batteries. When one battery's power is depleted, the other battery automatically provides power without interrupting a...
JANUARY16-17 Telecom Opportunities in Latin America, by TeleStrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050.17-19 Mobile Communications Conference: Wireless on the Move, by Frost & Sullivan. Westin Hotel Galleria, Dallas. (212) 964-7000.18 Spectrum Refarming Seminar: The Revolution Continues, by the Industrial Telecommunications Association. St. Louis...
PLANO, Texas-EDS Personal Communications business unit announced an agreement to provide its Intercarrier Settlement Services to Hong Kong-based cellular carrier Pacific Link Communications Ltd.Under the agreement, EDS will automate the financial funds exchange between Pacific Link and North American carriers, and will provide daily...
WASHINGTON-MCI Communications Corp. introduced a package of network design and operation services the company says will let any local operator build and run a wireless business.Called networkMCI WIN (Wireless Integrated Network), the package will be offered to existing wireless companies and to companies that...