This year's El Nino phenomenon has brought unseasonably mild weather to some parts of the nation while slamming others with sudden bizarre weather, including flooding in California, ice storms in the Northeast and tornadoes in the South.The strange weather has effected some wireless systems....
While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their cellular phone while airborne, and some believe it is OK to do it.Billig &...
Seeking to take advantage of their similar technology and markets, U.S. Wireless Corp. and Cellular Technical Services Company Inc. last week signed a letter of intent calling for the companies to join in a stock transaction.The letter of intent provides U.S. Wireless the option...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., Bethesda, Md., reported year-end results that showed increased subscribers, revenues and losses.In related developments, Bradley Sparks, chief financial officer, said during a Feb. 26 teleconference that the company had secured additional borrowing capabilities totaling $1.45 billion, more than enough for its...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-When you look at a postcard of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with its magnificent beaches flanked by a line of mountains, the landscape seems timeless and still. But looks can be deceiving. As with any big city in the last part of the...
In 1983, there were about 40 cellular cell sites in the Los Angeles area, with just a few hundred countrywide. Early subscribers lined up to pay whatever the price was for a cellular phone-$2,000 to $3,500 was typical-and the question was not, "How much...
NEW YORK-The dominant impression today of Centennial Cellular Corp., New Canaan, Conn., is connected more to its late 1996 wireless debut in Puerto Rico than to its longstanding analog role on the U.S. mainland.Centennial Puerto Rico Wireless Corp. is a Code Division Multiple Access...
NEW YORK-British Telecommunications plc and Korea Telecom have joined forces to develop a form of artificial intelligence for network management they hope will eliminate channel interference on cell sites.Known as the Universally Reconstructable Artificial Neural Network, or URAN, the microchip already has been produced...
Wireless carriers mobilized their resources earlier this month to maintain cellular service when an ice storm in upstate New York and northern New England left thousands without power or wireline phone service. Record wireless usage during the height of the storm also was reported.Eight...
WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. is poised to begin a technical trial in Las Vegas of what it describes as the first F-block personal communications services network built to date. The company also has built test networks in San Diego, San Antonio and Washington, D.C., but...
McLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. introduced several new products and services, including the i600 phone, and announced record subscriber numbers in the fourth quarter 1997.Nextel's digital subscriber units in service increased 324,100 during the fourth quarter, exceeding the company's third-quarter additions. During 1997, Nextel added...
The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year's Eve, are being felt in the nation's capital.The Bells and U.S. District Judge Joe Kendall prove venue shopping has its rewards. Thanks to Good Ol' Joe, the...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Korea TRS, Korea Telecom's specialized mobile radio service company, plans to launch the first phase of its nationwide digital wireless service in Seoul and Pusan, using Motorola Inc.'s integrated Digital Enhanced Network technology, Motorola announced.Motorola's iDEN technology combines two-way radio, a mobile telephone,...
The Cellular-Emergency Alert Service Association, a volunteer organization dedicated to establishing emergency notification as a standard feature of digital wireless service, said it opposes a Senate bill that would remove federal pre-emption of antenna-siting moratoria.According to Douglas Weiser, director of the organization, Senate Bill...
Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to the "U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1998."U.S. wireless industry growth projections "are expected to be as good or even better"...
WASHINGTON-Cellular subscriber growth in the United States increased dramatically this year following a slowdown last year, according to a study issued by The Strategis Group.The telecommunications consulting firm said the increase was due to increased competition, including lower prices, increased marketing and distribution and...
CANCUN, Mexico-Northern Telecom Ltd.'s Proximity T-LTX, which allows operators to offer fixed wireless services from a wireline switching system, is now commercially available, announced the company at Mexico's Wireless '97 show.The Proximity T-LTX uses Time Division Multiple Access technology to deploy additional capacity, particularly...
NEW YORK-Dublin, Ireland-based Esat Telecom Group plc, a minority owner of Ireland's second cellular carrier, went public Nov. 7 with an initial offering of 6 million American Depository Shares, priced at $13 each.Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., New York, is lead underwriter of...
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc., a provider of cellular telephone location technology, announced that a trial will begin Nov. 3 in Calgary. The company will test its Cellocate-Analog Mobile Phone Services product in a standard matrix configuration typically found in any urban cellular telephone network. Cell-Loc...
AirCell Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that has developed a system to provide ground communications for aircraft using cellular channels, has been in a holding pattern since early this year.The company, which for two years had been testing its system under experimental authority from...
NEW YORK-Dublin-based Esat Telecom Group plc, a minority owner of Ireland's second cellular carrier, is scheduled to price for sale Nov. 6 an offering of 6 million American Depository Shares, its first public equity issue.Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., New York, is lead...
SALEM, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. awarded a contract to Supra Products Inc. to install the TRACcess key control and electronic access management system at AT&T's cell sites nationwide.Supra values the agreement at $2 million.The product combines mechanical key control, electronic access control and access...
Now that many personal communications services providers are operating in several cities, most are advertising better call clarity than users received with cellular analog service. But will call clarity remain an issue once cellular carriers begin to aggressively market the same digital features?If customers...
Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two synthesized CW signal generators and all necessary radio-frequency components including attenuators and switches, to...
