cellular phones

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement with Boston Communications Group Inc. that will allow STC, in cooperation with Boston’s wireless carrier customers, to provide nationwide prepaid service with …

NEW YORK-NTT Mobile Communications Networks Inc. sold the second-largest initial public offering in history Oct. 22, raising $18.4 billion as its stock began trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Nippon …

ORLANDO, Fla.-To paraphrase a Bell Atlantic commercial, “wild things are happening” in dispatch radio, according to speakers at the recent PCS ’98 show. Just outside the spotlight, which is focused …

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Hearing-aid manufacturer Starkey Laboratories Inc. said testing of a new antenna design from RangeStar International Corp. and a new model Starkey hearing aid showed reduced audio interference by …

SONY Sony Electronics’ Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides …

CHS Electronics Inc., an international distributor of microcomputer products, announced an agreement to purchase BrightStar Corp., a start-up wholesale distributor of cellular phones and accessories, the companies said. CHS will …

As an industry, we are all too aware of the fundamental changes in our business. The days of high average revenue per minute of use, phenomenal subscriber growth numbers, low …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group has implemented an end-to-end plain paper fax solution for Code Division Multiple Access-based fixed wireless networks, which has been deployed on the company’s WiLL …

WASHINGTON-Lawmakers for months have been deluged with letters from constituents who fear the Federal Communications Commission will not make the wireless industry comply with the 1996 telecom act’s mandate to …

WASHINGTON-Federal agency head William Kennard said he is not backing off from support of the strongest-signal proposal to ensure emergency 911 calls are completed, and indeed, is interested in a …

In preparation for PCS ’98, RCR sat down last month with Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association to talk about the trade show, the wireless industry in …

NEW YORK-JVC Company of America, Wayne, N.J., and PocketScience Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., have teamed up to provide a portable e-mail system that is both complementary to and competitive with …

NEW YORK-TeleData World Services Inc., Atlanta, expects to begin next month providing its TWOS brand prepaid cellular phones and service to 10,000 convenience stores nationwide owned by Lantana Merchants Solutions …

ATLANTA-Teledata World Services Inc. said it is in final negotiations with Lantana Merchants Solutions Corp., which provides prepaid cellular cards, to offer Teledata cellular phones and services to Lantana’s contract …

Conxus Communications Inc. will begin offering its Pocketalk portable answering machine service in the Boston metropolitan area beginning Sept. 7. The launch of Boston will extend Pocketalk’s reach to 12 …

I saw two stories over the news wire this week that made me wonder if wireless is heading the way of smoking as far as being labeled a public nuisance. …

NEW YORK-To get a better idea of the impact of cellular phone use while driving, tap the World Wide Web, but please don’t do it while your vehicle is in …

NEW YORK-Proceeding toward its vision of the network as the computer, Sun Microsystems Inc., Palo Alto, Calif., is expected to introduce formally this week the successor to its Java programming …

CITEL Citel Inc. unveiled a new line of coaxial surge protectors that provide protection against lightning surges and electrical transients. They use gas tube technology, making them suitable for broadband …

TOKYO-DDI Cellular Group is set to kick off its cdmaOne IS-95 service in mid-July in western Japan. The service gradually will spread across the nation. Once IDO Corp. kicks off …

WASHINGTON-They announced it, delayed it, set deadlines and then extended them-each one of these at least once and often amid accusations of scandal and preferential treatment. Currently, the tender process …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. acquired the remaining interest in GE Mobile Communications, a joint venture of Ericsson and General Electric Co. The companies formed the joint venture in 1989 to manufacture …

Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology. Motorola’s …

WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a …

Topp Telecom Inc.’s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey. Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week …