The Personal Communications Industry Association filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission regarding universal service fund reform. PCIA agreed with the FCC that it must implement access charge and universal service fund reform concurrently to avoid local exchange carriers receiving double recovery of costs....
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. launched an Internet World Wide Web site that will allow customers to buy cellular phones and service.When the site is accessed, customers will be prompted to enter their zip code to determine if they are in one of the 216 cities...
I remember when I was getting ready to go to college. I planned to be a famous writer and I thought I might study literature or English.I remember my father gently asking me how I was going to support myself until I became famous...
CLAYTON, N.J.-With a gaggle of journalists and public officials present, the first user trial of an automatic location system for analog cellular 911 calls began with a flourish Jan. 22 at the Gloucester County Public Safety headquarters."This demonstrates so much about the country's policy...
"Why does Detroit not design these cars with phone holders, just like cup holders?" asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt when he called National Public Radio's popular Car Talk program a few weeks ago."People bring all kinds of things into cars, but they...
CHATSWORTH, Calif.-Ora Electronics Inc. said this month it will begin shipping Telecar, the entry-level model of its intelligent transportation system.Telecar is designed to integrate a cellular phone with a variety of existing vehicular audio systems made by Delco Electronics, used mainly in General Motors...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson is enhancing its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular phones with Enhanced Full Rate technology. The technology will be installed in the CH388 digital flip phone soon to debut in the United States.EFR allows faster data throughput from the analog...
DELRAY BEACH, Fla.-Sims Communications Inc. and the American Automobile Association have teamed to offer rented cellular phones to AAA's 890,000 members in the Carolinas.The product package called "TripFone," is delivered via Federal Express to subscribers, the companies said.Sims Communications said it currently provides this...
Cellulink introduced digital cellular service in the Fox Valley, Wis., region. The Time Division Multiple Access system will work in conjunction with the company's existing cellular network. Cellulink said the service will be priced at $19 per month and 34 cents per minute for...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-The Communities on Phone Patrol (COPP) program donated 40 phones to 10 Fort Lauderdale, Fla., neighborhoods as part of its goal to distribute 50,000 cellular phones to community policing organizations in high crime areas. COPP was formed in May by the Community...
WAYNE, Pa.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. launched its Prepaid Advanced Cellular service in Philadelphia, central and southern New Jersey, Delaware and parts of Maryland.The PAC plan allows customers to prepay for cellular service in $60 increments. A recording at the beginning of each call keeps...
DANVILLE, Calif.-The U.S. Department of Commerce approved a patent for Telemac's Debit Technology, which offers cellular providers a pay-as-you-go solution for credit restricted and budget-conscious customers."We are very pleased to be recognized as the inventor of the first cellular phone with a switch independent,...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is due to release a report next year on the safety of cellular phones in vehicles.A preliminary draft of the one inch-thick report is under review, according to a source who's seen the document.Research to date is mixed...
Oki Telecom Inc. says it expects to be first to market with a tri-mode wireless phone based on Code Division Multiple Access technology, a move in line with the company's selection of CDMA as its product niche for the U.S. market.The year 1996 has...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association agreed last week to insure Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. scientists against lawsuit damages, while dashing speculation that it wants to dissolve WTR over the indemnification issue.The stalemate over legal coverage threatened to shut down the already struggling research program,...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Aviation officials and electronics experts are debating whether portable electronic devices, including cellular phones and pagers, should be banned during airline flights, according to an investigation conducted by Computerworld newspaper."The needs of power laptop users and the desire of airline companies to keep...
FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise.Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when customers sign up for wireless service-they were finding out just how handy the derned things are.Granted, the employee who made...
WASHINGTON-Despite recent findings that some Federal Communications Commission employees have been using commission-owned cellular phones for their personal use at taxpayer expense, apparently none will be charged for hundreds of dollars of non-business calls made between October 1995 and May 1996.At the beginning of...
Dialing 911 is an automatic response in a crisis. But what if the emergency call is placed on a cellular car phone and the signal drops?Mobile Security Communications Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., said its new CarCop vehicle and passenger safety system, which uses cellular...
How do you market a phone shield designed to protect people from "potentially harmful radiation from your cell phone" when 1.) there is no evidence that the radiation is harmful and 2.) you need cellular phones to remain popular in order to have a...
As the worldwide debate rages on whether pocket phones are linked to adverse health effects, some groups are attempting to capitalize on the issue.Within the next few months, two companies will introduce devices in the United States, Europe and other countries designed to limit...
Most wireless carriers haven't been successful in marketing wireless data products in retail outlets because the people selling the products and service haven't been properly trained.Data On Air Inc. hopes to change all that.The Orlando, Fla.-based company is offering a new course that focuses...
Plantronics Inc. has taken one small step by expanding its existing headset business into the wireless market.The company first introduced communications headsets in 1962. Initially designed for airline pilots, the headsets have been adopted for other applications including operator services, air traffic control and...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. announced it will provide AT&T Wireless Services Inc. with digital wireless phones. The agreement, which is the largest Ericsson has ever signed with any single U.S. customer for wireless phones, is valued at more than $300 million.Ericsson said it...
