For several years, there has been an international mission to create a modernized, global satellite navigation and location system distinctly for civilian use.Such a system could bring massive improvements to the efficiency of global air traffic control, international shipping and agricultural land tracking, among...
PARIS-Alcatel, Schlumberger and Sendit introduced a wireless application, based on the Global System for Mobile communications smart card, for adding Internet e-mail capability to mobile phones, said the companies. The application was launched last week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The companies...
South Korean CDMA handset manufacturers exporting their way out of the currency crisis affecting their country are expected to fuel competition in the U.S. Code Division Multiple Access handset market this year.One analyst in South Korea expects all four of the country's main handset...
To the Editor: During the next few weeks, the Federal Communications Commission will rule on requests to modify its decision to provide limited debt relief to C-block wireless personal communications services licensees that owe the U.S. government billions of dollars. The public interest would be...
ALLEN TELECOM INC.Allen Telecom Inc.'s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications in less rugged operating environments, and is available in both conversion and component forms for...
NEW YORK-It keeps going and going and going, but it isn't a rabbit or a battery.It's a miniature version of the methanol-powered fuel cells used to run rocket ships. Robert G. Hockaday, inventor of the patented Hockaday Micro-Fuel Cell, promises it will give wireless...
It is much more expensive to recapture a wireless customer who has churned than it is to keep a customer on your network, say some customer service experts. Providing good customer service not only keeps customers happy, but it also is becoming a differentiator...
BRUSSELS, Belgium-Amidst complaints from European Union member states about high interconnection tariffs applied between fixed and mobile phone operators, the European Commission announced it has opened an inquiry into the cost of phone calls in Europe."We see a range of hugely different tariffs involving...
Paging Network Inc. last week disclosed a plan to dramatically restructure its U.S. operations, the most notable aspect of which includes a 30-percent reduction in work force during the next nine to 15 months.This reduction will affect about 1,800 employees in positions such as...
These days, the talk of the town alternates between war with Saddam and womanizing with Monica. Day and night. It's overkill, but still quite serious stuff. But those two malcontents aren't the only ones under siege.In a roundabout way, so is FCC Chairman Bill...
Bundling cellular equipment with a service plan played a significant role in the success of the wireless industry. People could justify penny phones, even if it meant signing up for two years of cellular service. No one can pass up a bargain and most...
WASHINGTON-While call blocking may be the easiest and quickest way of preventing pay-phone operators and long-distance carriers from charging excessive access fees on toll-free calls to messaging providers, all three industries realize that implementing this feature may be impossible in a global sense, and...
Qualcomm Inc. said it expects a reduction in second-quarter earnings from the prior quarter after two South Korean manufacturers requested a partial cancellation or postponement of Application Specific Integrated Circuits orders, said Qualcomm.The company also concluded that a previously announced $60 million order from...
To the Editor: As an African-American and CEO of United Calling Network Inc., a licensed California public utility and a competitive access provider maintaining our own switches provided by Lucent Technologies Inc., I've learned a lot about fairness and integrity in our country. As one...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, which now projects $30 billion from spectrum auctions during the next decade despite free-falling license prices, plans to seek legislation from Congress this year to sell 36 megahertz from TV channels 60-69 before 2002.Under last year's balanced budget agreement, the sale...
NEW YORK-AT&T Corp.'s fourth-quarter earnings announcement last week was notable both for what the company said about its recent past and about its plans for the near future.The country's largest telecommunications carrier, working to streamline operations in the highly competitive marketplace, reported surprisingly strong...
L.M. Ericsson announced it appointed Sven-Christer Nilsson president and chief executive officer of the company, replacing Lars Ramqvist, who will become chairman of the board.Following the company's annual meeting on March 30, Ramqvist is slated to replace Bjorn Svedberg, who is leaving the board...
SINGAPORE-The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore is taking a new approach to encouraging competition in the local wireless market. Beginning April 1, 2000, TAS will lower annual license fees for mobile and paging operators to 1 percent of annual sales.Currently, paging providers pay 3 percent...
AT&T Corp. is expected to announce to analysts today its operating strategy for the year that will include as many as 19,000 layoffs, management restructuring and the integration of its wireless business with its long-distance, local and Internet service divisions, reported the Wall Street...
WASHINGTON-To say there is rancor in the ranks of C-block personal communications services licensees regarding the structure and timing of possible financial restructuring plans is akin to saying Maine residents are upset at several weeks with no power following a devastating ice storm. All...
QuickWord, a new product introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show by Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group, is designed to keep families safe and in touch and encourage the use of paging for personal use.The counter-top word entry device sends alphanumeric messages directly to word...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry again has told the Federal Communications Commission that mandatory automatic roaming agreements between commercial mobile radio services carriers are unnecessary at this time, due to cooperation between those that are offering such service and to the nature of the business itself.In...
Clarence Friend, a wireless industry veteran, founded Newport Beach, Calif.-based Cellular Development Systems L.P. to provide real-time call rating and billing services to the rental car industry.Now, about four years later, his newly patented technology is being implemented in Chicago, where Enterprise Rent-A-Car has...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc.'s net income for the fiscal 1998 second quarter ended Dec. 31, after giving effect to the cost of about 7 cents per share to settle a shareholder class action lawsuit, was $1.9 million, or 11 cents per share, on sales...
