A new company has been formed to specialize in applying Code Division Multiple Access digital technology to product innovations. Digital Line Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., will focus on developing wireless equipment and accessories for manufacturers and wireless carriers, the company said. Digital...
Coherent Communications Systems Corp. announced its chief financial officer, Michael Gendron, has left the company to pursue other interests. Gendron's responsibilities will be assumed by Joan Cominski, corporate controller, while the company searches for a new CFO.Cellexis International Inc. promoted Gary Paisley to president...
NEW YORK-Key participants in a just-completed, 100-day trial of wide area enhanced 911 service in New Jersey pronounced the project a success at a teleconference held May 21 to coincide with Wireless Safety Week.On average, the pilot project-covering 350 square miles around the 50...
NEWARK, N.J.-It's trade secrets vs. tell all as wireless telecommunications companies try to hide their strategies from competitors while seeking fast buildout approvals from municipalities that want full disclosure.Local government officials, accustomed to more than a decade of slow and orderly growth in wireless...
Not so fast.Senate communications subcommittee Chairman Conrad Burns (R-Mont.). has asked Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to put Clinton's nomination of Joel Klein to head the Justice Department's antitrust division on hold.Seems that Burns, who's become more active on telecom matters in recent...
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile expanded its Code Division Multiple Access digital wireless phone service to include incoming text messages in New York and New Jersey. The new text messaging service is available to customers for $13 per month for personal computer-based messaging and $25...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Lucent Technologies Inc. next month will begin construction on a cellular equipment manufacturing plant and global provisioning center in Brazil. The company said more than 300 people will be employed there.Lucent said it will use the center to develop software and systems...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., whose operating company Omnipoint Communications Inc. is New York City's first personal communications services provider, reported revenues for the first time in the first quarter and losses greater than those for the first quarter a year earlier.The results reflected planned expenses...
Industry is working to meet the first phase of new wireless 911 requirements this year to make an Oct. 1 government deadline."Working out the exchange of information is the lion's share of work right now for implementing Phase I," said Eric Sorensen, product marketing...
The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate.That's right, CTIA joined the fight against aggressive driving-this coming from the people who champion the car phones that irresponsible drivers cradle between head and shoulders...
WHEATON, Md.-Cell site construction during 1996 increased 50 percent from 4,743 sites in 1995 to 7,392 last year, according to Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd.'s recent report Cellular Market Forecasts.The report concludes the increased construction resulted from cellular carriers trying to build out their networks...
NEW YORK-SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea's primary cellular and paging carrier, sold $230 million in Yankee notes April 24, partly to finance its Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular rollout.Seoul-based SK Telecom, whose stock is listed on the London and Korea stock exchanges,...
A C-block enterprise created by two Alabama telephone companies is methodically slipping into position to rival big-name wireless players in the Gulf Coast area.The telephone companies believe if they are going to lose landline customers to wireless offerings, they want to lose business to...
OTTAWA-Clearnet Communications Inc. reached an agreement with the Canadian Library Association to provide high-speed Internet access to certain local libraries in exchange for the right to locate cell sites on library rooftops.The cell sites are part of Clearnet's enhanced specialized mobile radio and personal...
Cellular carriers in the city of Grand Forks, N.D., said their systems are faring well despite massive flooding that has forced most of the city's 50,000 residents to leave their homes for higher and dryer ground.Western Wireless Corp., operating a network under the Cellular...
Tough competition from other operators has led to increased costs for cellular carrier Palmer Wireless Inc., fueling speculation that the carrier is up for sale.Fort Myers, Fla.-based Palmer won't comment on what it calls "a market rumor" that it is looking for a buyer....
ATLANTA, Ga.-Digital Transmission Systems Inc. will provide its FlexSentry network management control product to PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., said the company.DTS said its equipment at cell sites and at mobile switching centers is linked with FlexSentry to allow operators to monitor the status of...
NEW YORK-MCI Communications Corp. and NextWave Telecom Inc. signed a master services agreement under which MCI will provide carrier services and back-office support to NextWave. MCI then will have access to NextWave's system to provide wireless local access.Part of the agreement calls for MCI...
The lack of certain infrastructure testing equipment will slow the rate at which many digital wireless telecommunications providers roll out service, says a Maryland-based test equipment manufacturer."We'll probably see mass deployments (of digital services) come together at a slower pace than they potentially could...
NEW YORK-Amid an expanding arsenal of competing fraud detection and prevention options, just two radio frequency fingerprinting companies have staked out a potentially lucrative niche in the analog cellular arena.Cloning, the illegal interception and reuse of a legitimate cellular customer's electronic information, will cost...
Marketing may be everything.The technical properties of cellular and personal communications services-some similar, some different-balance out when vying for customers. How carriers decide to exploit technical advantages to win customers is another issue."PCS carriers are making a conscious decision to go after certain types...
The mobility service BellSouth Mobility Inc. intends to launch in its new D- and E-block markets not only fills in coverage gaps in the carrier's existing cellular footprint, but boosts BellSouth's total pops by 11 million.BellSouth is the nation's third largest cellular operator, reporting...
SAN FRANCISCO-Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. announced its REACH Receiver Front End System has been sold domestically and internationally as a result of its field tests. The system uses cryoelectronic filters and low-noise amplifiers to improve call quality and extend the coverage area of wireless...
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access standards. The company said it functions as an up/down converter for...
