Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911 calls made from a cellular phone can help locate traffic accidents for emergency response.Under a $2 million contract from the...
Cellular phone advertisers in Southern California recently received a written warning from legal authorities there about the alleged use of deceptive sales practices, such as large-print misleading statements and bait-and-switch tactics."Our goal is to ensure industrywide understanding of the relevant false advertising and unfair...
Bell Atlantic Corp. formed a joint wenture with the Bombay-based Essar Group to bid for basic and mobile telephone service licenses in India. Bell Atlantic will be a minority partner in the yet unnamed venture with a 33 percent stake. Essar, which has widespread...
WASHINGTON-The Florida brain-cancer lawsuit that questioned the safety of cellular phones was dismissed May 17 by a federal court judge on grounds that the claim was not supported by adequate scientific research.H. David Reynard of Madeira Beach filed a wrongful death lawsuit in late...
Personal Communications Technologies Ltd. announced a new patent-pending product to enhance the capabilities of portable cellular telephones. Porta-Boost transforms a low-power portable cellular phone into a full powered 3-watt transportable cellular telephone system. The product is manufactured from original equipment manufacturer parts and is...
BellSouth Cellular Corp. is marketing cellular phones in Kroger supermarkets. Once purchased, the phnoes can be activated within 10 to 20 minutes in the store. Kiosks and cellular salespeople already are stationed in stores throughout BellSouth's Indianapolis, Nashville, Huntsville, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., markets....
Although Motorola Inc. has been actively refining its worldwide focus to be solely an equipment manufacturer, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company holds ownership interests in cellular operating companies in three blooming Asian markets-Pakistan, Thailand and Hong Kong."Our objective in opportunities worldwide is to be an...
Reports are circulating that some within the Republican Party are organizing to dismantle the Federal Communications Commission, citing there is no longer a need for a government organization to regulate spectrum and communications services. I hope those who agree with them will take the...
DUARTE, Calif.-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. has awarded more than $1.5 million to the City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., to conduct initial research on human exposure to the radio waves of cellular telephony.WTR, formerly the Scientific Advisory Group, is funded by...
CHEBOKSARY, RussiaAT&T Corp. and Global TeleSystems Group Inc. have built a wireless network in Cheboksary, Russia, that connects with the existing local network as well as the international network.Cheboksary is about 350 miles east of Moscow. The companies will build the same kind of...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. pushed back its previously announced mid-1995 availability schedule for Code Division Multiple Access technology-based equipment.Qualcomm said its cellular infrastructure equipment will be available during the last quarter of this year and in early 1996 for large-market deployment. The company's second-generation cell...
WASHINGTON-Recent studies showing cellular telephones can interfere with cardiac pacemakers have prompted industry-funded research to see if next-generation, digital pocket phones pose a public health problem in the United States.Wireless Technology Research, a group financed by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and organized two...
In the wake of the Oklahoma city bombing, the Clinton adminstration and Congress are pressing for changes on telecommunications laws to combat terrorism. Clinton ans Senate Majority Leader Robert Doyle, R-Kan., likely combatants in nexy year's presidental race, each gave preposed to expand the...
InterDigital Communictaions Corp. said it received an order for UltraPhone digital wireless local loop equipment valued at $17.6 million from the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. Installation in metropolitan Manila is scheduled to begin the second half of this year. The Myanma Posts and...
WHEATON, Md.-The threat of personal communications services encroaching on the cellular telephone industry and a good economy with an expanding consumer market led to accelerated growth in the cellular phone industry last year, according to a report by Hershel Shosteck Associates Ltd.Shosteck recently released...
Cellular telephones improved communications at the Oklahoma City tragedy when public-safety groups' two-way radios-all on different frequencies-couldn't connect."At the site of a disaster, radio channels max out immediately with just tactical communication," said Ron Baker, director of wireless services for McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.'s...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association donated $50,000 worth of advanced telecommunications testing equipment to the U.S. Secret Service as part of an ongoing industry-government effort to crack down on wireless telephone fraud by small hackers and organized crime alike.The high-tech gear will be used...
The road to wireless telecom headquarters these days seems to lead to the nation's Lone Star state. Dallas, the eighth largest city in the country, has captured the interest of some of the industry's largest players.Nokia Corp. is said to be looking for a...
PHOENIX-U S West Inc. launched a new service in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., that makes it easier and more economical for mobile customers to access their office information from remote locations without having a cellular modem back at the office.U S West Cellular Modem...
The decision by the California Public Utilities Commission to allow bundling of cellular telephones gives the commission a card to play as it seeks permission from the Federal Communications Commission to maintain control of cellular rates."It is one way we can show that California...
Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem.Cellular fraud has been a major concern of the U.S. cellular industry for quite some time. The problem has mounted...
Cellular One in the Washington, D.C., area has suspended roaming services temporarily in New York City while the company tackles an enormous cellular cloning problem.Cellular fraud has been a major concern of the U.S. cellular industry for quite some time. The problem has mounted...
DALLAS-CellStar Corp. said its net income increased 58 percent to $4.5 million, or 24 cents per share, on 18.6 million shares outstanding for third quarter 1994, ended Aug. 31.Revenues for the third quarter rose 92 percent to $138.6 million. Increases were primarily a result...
Nokia Corp. reported solid financial results for the first eight months of 1994, particularly in its telecommunications and mobile phone divisions, with net sales increasing 54 percent and 62 percent, respectively.Accounting for structural changes within the group, as well as fluctuating exchange rates, the...
