WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and Congress, though under pressure to fund government operations in fiscal 1997 before adjourning for re-election campaigns in a few weeks, have renewed efforts to expand government eavesdropping and fund the 1994 digital wiretap bill as part of new counter-terrorism bills.Clinton,...
In response to customer discontent and criticism among consumer groups, WaveTech Ltd. of the United Kingdom introduced Happy Talk. The service is a new way to do wireless, expected to accomplish what its name implies.Lengthy service contracts and stringent penalties for disconnections have wireless...
Motorola Inc. said the limited distribution program for its StarTac phone may be a new tactic for the cellular phone industry, but it's not a new method in the electronics or automotive world."This is aimed only at our high tech products, not the rest...
PHILADELPHIA-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. representatives will be educating young drivers about the safe use of cellular phones through a program called "Road Smarts."Students will learn about safety features on cellular phones such as hands-free dialing, speed dialing and voice-activated dialing. Participants will also learn...
Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. said it acquired all the cellular assets of the nonwireline West Virginia 6 rural service area for $16.7 million as part of a property swap agreement announced previously with PriCellular Corp. The RSA includes six counties with a population of...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Safety tops the list of why customers use cellular phones, according to the Personal Wireless Communications Survey conducted by IDC/LINK, a division of International Data Corp. More than half of the respondents in a national survey of cellular users said security and safety...
Allen Telecom Group's Telecom Systems Division introduced NanoLite, a fiber optic microcell system the company said allows service providers to select locations for optimum cell site coverage while reducing site-related costs. The NanoLite remote unit can be mounted on utility poles, billboards, buildings and...
Telephone Warehouse, a wireless retailer with stores in Texas, Kansas and Missouri, said it is helping first-time cellular and pager buyers make informed decisions about products with its new mall-based superstore. The store, located in North Dallas' Valley View Mall, features hands-on product displays...
I had the chance to use my cellular phone to dial 911 recently.It didn't work.On our way home from a recent visit with relatives in North Dakota, my husband was driving on the interstate between Cheyenne, Wyo., and Denver, when the Ford Bronco immediately...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Corsair Communications and Telcel, Mexico's premier cellular carrier, are teaming up to prevent fraud throughout Mexico's B-side cellular markets.Corsair will provide Telcel with the PhonePrint fraud prevention system, which uses radio frequency fingerprinting to detect subtle differences between the radio signals broadcast...
Cellular phones seem to have pervaded the lives of Americans just like baseball, hot dogs and apple pie.The Cellular One Group said it set out several months ago to find intriguing and funny stories involving cellular phones by sponsoring a contest called "Cellular One's...
ANI Site Development announced its new web site available to antenna site location professionals. Users can get a visual representation of ANI's sites by clicking on any part of the Southeastern United States. Users also can access licensing information, maps and site pictures by...
MidAmerican Energy Co. announced a $10 million investment in Racom Corp., an enhanced specialized mobile radio network operator. Racom has developed and owns a digital ESMR network that spans the upper Midwest. The company also provides hardware and equipment that enables customers to communicate...
The Clinton administration is crafting a plan to raise $500 million by auctioning spectrum in the 18 GHz band. The frequencies are lightly occupied today by digital electronic messaging systems, or DEMS. The spectrum would be made available for a host of voice and...
WASHINGTON-Uncertainty about compliance with the new, hybrid radio frequency radiation exposure standard and growing concern with the struggling industry-funded bioeffects research program could invite unforeseen legal and operational problems for the wireless telecommunications industry."There's no guidance on compliance. They need definitions," said Ronald Petersen,...
From day one, the demand for Personal Handyphone System service in Japan has astounded the world of telecommunications. After only a year in the marketplace, PHS now claims more than 3.2 million subscribers.Most surprising is that PHS was an immediate success despite the doubt...
August is the month to go on vacation but not for people who took time off in July to get married. Like I did. Last week it was the boss' turn to get away and my turn to fill the column. Wireless sparked several...
WASHINGTON-A recently released Federal Communications Commission order now prohibits states from singling out wireless carriers for service- or technology-specific area code overlays.States will be able to institute all-services overlays only if 10-digit dialing is mandated for all local calls affected by an area-code change...
Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.'s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black & Veatch and MFS Network Technologies, said Comsat.Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has signed intercarrier agreements with Southwestco, its wholly owned...
WASHINGTON-President Clinton, continuing to pitch low-risk, low-cost initiatives linked to telecommunications, last week called on Attorney General Janet Reno, the Federal Communications Commission and the private sector to create a community policing number for non-emergency calls to relieve over-congested 911 systems.The directive, made in...
NEW YORK-Hanwa American Corp. has introduced a battery charger that it says can re-energize cellular phone batteries in 20 minutes.The Logical Power Charging System was originally developed for military purposes. It re-energizes nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride batteries for cellular phones and camcorders,...
BERKELEY, Calif.-TCSI Corp. announced it has successfully completed development and testing of software for the Japanese Personal Digital Cellular standard's newest Revision C.The company said this milestone is the result of a 1996 award of more than $1 million from a major semiconductor company...
Strong growth tugged a little tight on the selling, general and administrative expenses of CellStar Corp., which reported a $2 million operating loss for the second quarter and a net loss of $3 million.In addition to operations restructuring and losses due to expense, the...
Lone personal communications services provider Pacific Bell Mobile Systems, regional cellular carriers, paging providers and rental companies will try to leave no stone unturned when it comes to providing wireless services to the estimated 35,000 participants of the 1996 Republican National Convention in San...
