ELite Logistic ServicesElite Logistic Services Inc. introduced its PageTrack control module, a wireless automotive security, control and monitoring solution. The system uses SkyTel Communications Inc.'s two-way ReFLEX network, the ReFLEX CreataLink 2 XT two-way data transceiver from Motorola Inc. and global positioning system technology....
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced Celumovil, the largest cellular service provider in Colombia, chose CellStar to provide distribution and value-added services.Under terms of the two-year agreement, CellStar will serve as the exclusive provider of cellular phones and accessory inventory to Celumovil and its distribution network....
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. said it registered the Internet domain name "CellEase.com" and will begin taking orders immediately for prepaid cellular phones, CellEase airtime cards, cellular phone rentals and prepaid long distance."CellEase.com gives virtually anyone anywhere in the United States the ability to...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-A survey conducted by International Data Corp. found penetration of personal communications services phones is growing faster than penetration of either cellular phones or pagers.According to IDC's "1999 Survey of Wireless Users, Former Users and Nonusers," perceived PCS penetration increased from only 4...
In response to wireless customers' demands that they be able to use their cellular phones outside their home calling area, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in the United States decided to develop a way for wireless carriers around the world to communicate customer and...
NEW YORK-Exxon Corp., Irvine, Texas, has posted signs at its domestic filling stations requiring customers to turn off their wireless phones before filling their cars' gas tanks due to the slight chance the devices could ignite a fire.Esso Sekiyu K.K. and General Sekiyu K.K.,...
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. announced it has agreed to license its Spyglass Prism Internet technologies to Telenor Mobil of Norway.The technology will allow customers using cellular phones and other mobile devices to access the Internet in formats best suited to each device, Spyglass said, allowing...
LOS ANGELES (AP)-Motorola Inc.'s StarTac cellular phones have been plagued by severe technical glitches, prompting Pacific Bell Wireless to quietly stop selling the popular phones for several months.Motorola said the problems-which include dropped calls and the phone abruptly shutting off-are limited to the StarTac...
NEW YORK-Venture-capital investments in the telecom/wireless sector during the first quarter of this year reached $734 million, more than double the total during the same period a year ago, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers' Money Tree Survey.This growth rate far outpaced that of the overall communications...
NEW YORK-With support of the industry it oversees, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission unanimously approved May 20 a regulation to restrict the use of cellular phones by cab drivers while their vehicles are in motion.The commission drafted the regulation earlier this...
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular introduced the Community Action Life Line program in Mason City, Iowa, a national community policing program that provides wireless phones to people frequently out in neighborhoods-like postal workers and crossing guards-so they can report unusual activities or emergencies.In Mason City, postal carriers...
NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. said it now is selling its Zinc-Air disposable batteries for cellular phones through the company's Web site.The Motorola Inc. MicroTAC series 2900 mAh disposable battery is available in a single pack for $20, a two-pack for $35 and a three-pack...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-In response to the recent shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., California Gov. Gray Davis and Nancy Hobbs, executive vice president of AirTouch Cellular, California region, announced an initiative to provide 10,000 cellular phones to public schools throughout the state.The phones...
NEW YORK-The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission expects to hold a full public hearing at its next meeting, tentatively scheduled for May 20, on a proposed regulation to restrict the use of cellular phones by cab drivers."There has been a flurry of...
Bell Atlantic Mobile announced a new flat-rate price plan for wireless Internet access based on its AirBridge Internet Access service. For $25 a month, customers receive unlimited e-mail access and full Internet access for $40 a month. Novatel Wireless Inc. announced a new smaller,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry hopes to give the Federal Communications Commission a final report in June on how the deaf community can use text telephones (TTYs) with a digital wireless phone to call 911, said Todd Lantor, director of government relations for the Personal Communications...
Silicon Wave Inc. announced it is developing a Radio Modem Control integrated circuit for Bluetooth applications, using an advanced silicon-on-insulator technology known as BiCMOS.Silicon Wave hopes to combine Bluetooth radio, modem and controller functions into a single RMC chip using direct conversion and fully...
Cellular towers ruining AmericaTo the Editor: I have two comments regarding your antenna-siting article. (Antenna siting is hot topic for NACo Crowd, March 8.)First, it is my understanding that all calls from cellular phones travel along landline phone wires to the next cell site.Second, having...
Sometimes you just have to laugh ..."When parents are on the car phone talking to their kids explaining why they can't get home for dinner or can't do bedtime stories, that really has an impact on the quality of life," Vice President Al Gore...
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-A new chip technology developed by IBM Corp. could lead to smaller electronic devices, including cellular phones and personal computers, said the company.The semiconductor technology IBM developed will allow complete electronic systems to be built on a single silicon chip by combining...
BOULDER,Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. said it plans to offer its InfoConnect suite of location-based services to wireless carriers.Applications of InfoConnect include localized traffic and weather updates and emergency roadside services.The InfoConnect product combines SignalSoft Corp.'s local.info software product with SCC's National Data Service Center, which...
WASHINGTON-Even before the Federal Communications Commission can release proposed rules to implement calling party pays service in the United States, its neighbor to the south will implement CPP, said Javier Lozano Alarcon, president of Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission known as Cofetel.CPP is expected to...
EAGAN, Minn. (AP)-Northwest Airlines has loosened its rules on the use of cellular phones aboard aircraft and in jetways.Effective immediately, Northwest passengers may use their portable cell phones aboard planes and in the jetways connecting planes and terminals whenever at least one of the...
Utah state representative Ralph Becker said he has withdrawn his bid to ban drivers from using wireless phones."After careful consideration, I have decided not to introduce legislation limiting the use of cellular phones while driving," Becker told RCR. "Rather, I have decided to establish...
