cellular phones

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Cellular towers ruining America To 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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access chip that uses technology with origins in the airline industry to make it easier to understand cellular phone …

Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years. When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late 1993, industry watchers joked about …

BOSTON, Mass.-By 2003, more than 725 million people worldwide will subscribe to cellular and personal communications services, generating annual service revenues of $330 billion, according to Strategy Analytics Inc.’s report …

NEW YORK-Nearly 40 electronics manufacturers have joined forces with Sun Microsystems Inc. to develop new devices that run Jini programming language, some of which could come to market by late …

SANTA ANA, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and SRS Labs Inc. entered into a licensing partnership that calls for Samsung to use SRS’ VIP voice technology in its cellular and wireless …

Welcome to 1999 and woe to pols that haven’t discovered the digital age. No wonder House Commerce Committee Chairman Tom Bliley (R-Va.) counts cellular privacy as a top priority in …

LOUISVILLE, Colo.-The Federal Communications Commission has ruled that a prohibition on cellular phone use in airplanes should not apply to a new air-to-ground wireless phone system designed by AirCell Inc. …

Teklogix Teklogix introduced the Teklogix 9150 Wireless Gateway, which features dual Personal Computer Memory Card International Association radio card slots that help it support mixed radio configurations. The 9150 allows …

SAN FRANCISCO-Bellcore announced its AirBoss microbrowser will feature Information Mechanics’ WebTek wireless data application as its first commercial application. The AirBoss microbrowser, which supports Handheld Device Markup Language, allows dispatchers …

The Internet landscape was altered dra-matically last week when America Online Inc. announced it will acquire Netscape Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at $4.2 billion. At the same …

WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is adamant the wireless industry comply with rules requiring digital phones be compatible with text telephones (TTYs) used by the deaf community, especially …