To the Editor: I've watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government's universal service program. Each day brings another news release from a member of Congress, a consumer group or some media pundit, denouncing this program as an unfair tax...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C., a consortium of U.S. and Canadian GSM personal communications services carriers, filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission, saying a decision to disqualify regional mobile satellite systems would shortchange Global System for Mobile communications customers in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs to rule on when call-identifying information is "reasonably available" to be given to law enforcement by carriers implementing the digital wiretap act, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association was expected to tell the FCC in comments due at press time.A...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments, Dallas, announced June 8 the release of its new TRF3040 Modulator/Synthesizer, designed to make it easier and cheaper to manufacture lighter dual-band, dual-mode wireless handsets that use less power while roaming seamlessly throughout North America.The modulator/synthesizer is designed for original equipment...
Everyone in Hollywood has one. Writers have one. Even some pets have one. So isn't it about time your pager gets one, too?An agent, someone-or something-acts on your behalf, freeing you for other activities. That concept has been brought to the distributed computing world...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced Direct View, a paging service aimed at off-the-belt paging applications.With Direct View, subscribers can equip an LED display sign with wireless capabilities so it can receive news, sports, stock data and other general messages sent via Metrocall's network. In essence,...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the Wireless Application Protocol Forum will support the FLEX and ReFLEX paging protocols in its specifications.The WAP standard is a common set of application protocols enabling application developers to create software for one standard that...
NEW YORK-The California State Board of Equalization decided April 30 to postpone voting until at least late June on a permanent extension of the state sales taxes to wireless devices sold in a bundle with services.The proposal would require retailers to pay sales, or...
Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the latest upgrade to the FLEX protocol, called the FLEX G1.9. According to the company, the upgrade allows FLEX pagers to recognize geographic locations-so it can keep the correct time when moving through time zones-and enables integrated...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-General Magic Inc. introduced MagicTalk, the intelligent voice user interface platform for its integrated voice and data network, code named "Serengeti."Based on a distributed VUI (voice user interface) model, MagicTalk is the foundation technology for Serengeti-a second-generation virtual assistant designed to provide users...
WASHINGTON-Negotiations between the Justice Department and the telecom industry over a digital wiretap standard collapsed last week, an outcome that will pull the Federal Communications Commission into the fray and raise the stakes for a legislative fix.The Justice Department is expected shortly to file...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Messaging Systems Products Group announced the latest upgrade to the FLEX protocol, called the FLEX G1.9.According to the company, the upgrade allows FLEX pagers to recognize geographic locations-so it can keep the correct time when moving through time zones-and enables...
Much hype has surrounded information services and what they mean to the future of the paging industry.By providing customers with information-such as news, sports scores and stock quotes-carriers hope to both change the perception of paging as a simple communications tool to that of...
WASHINGTON-The auction of Phase II 220 MHz licenses is scheduled to begin May 19, but that date could be pushed back at least 30 days because no bidder's package has been released and the Federal Communications Commission still has not resolved past issues regarding...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. has put its money where its mouth is to support Internet content providers, whose creativity and innovation it sees as critical for sustaining and expanding the wireless telecommunications revolution."That is why is investing $100 million in a technology development...
Moffet, Larson & JohnsonMoffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies' Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II series to the PathPro, the...
WASHINGTON-In the FBI's Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement implementation report, submitted Jan. 26 to Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) for review, the dates for actual CALEA hardware and software rollout remain outside of the October 1998 deadline.Only two solutions providers-Northern Telecom Inc. and Bell Emergis-were...
With the introduction of the Windows CE operating system designed by Microsoft Corp.-expected to revolutionize the mobile computing industry much like the company's Windows 95 operating system changed the computing world-wireless communications companies are hot to secure strategic agreements with the software giant.Motorola Inc....
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-After introducing the architecture for the Wireless Application Protocol last September, collaborators L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they established a new company called Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd.According to the companies, WAP is meant to bring...
As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and force countries to address the far-reaching implications of the Digital Age.What worldly thinkers have...
NEW YORK-By 2000, some 22 million devices other than personal computers will be accessing the Internet, according to IDC-Link Resources projections cited at a recent Internet World '97 conference.Although wireless industry representatives and analysts are predicting a bright future for data communications, use of...
Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones.Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi has licensed the upgraded system, the GEOS-SC, to manufacture and ship next year a new...
NEW YORK-Changing things inside a network is about to get easier by orders of magnitude, according to NEO Networks Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc.NEO Networks, Minnetonka, Minn., will integrate Lucent's Inferno, a distributed inter-networking operating system, into its StreamProcessor, a network forwarding product line....
CHICAGO-Aerial Communications Inc. is trying to lure potential Ohio customers to its personal communications services network as they ponder over pork chops and compare fat content on nutritional labels.Exploring new retail channels, Aerial has teamed up with several Big Bear grocery stores in Ohio...
