Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want small devices, low-cost service and they want to know if the page was received. Operators...
New protocol-based paging technologies may not only alleviate carrier capacity problems but also may transform the nature of service offerings from "cheap beeps" to "paging on steroids."Alphanumeric paging, the first "enhanced service" to be offered by carriers, ran smack into the problem of network...
NEW YORK-Mentor Graphics Corp. plans this summer to begin selling a new generation of electronic design automation software, developed with Nokia Corp., that officials of both companies say will dramatically speed time to market for new electronics products.Known as Seamless Co-Verification Environment, the new...
Paging operators have different ideas about what will be the killer application that attracts paging customers to two-way service. But they do agree about a few things: Paging customers want small devices, low-cost service and they want to know if the page was received. Operators...
A cellular carrier loses the equivalent of its entire customer base in three to five years, say industry estimates. Not only does churn amount to missed revenue, but increasing industry competition, high subscriber acquisition costs and sinking revenue per subscriber equates to serious loss.Churn...
WASHINGTON-The United States and China are on the verge of a trade war that could hurt the wireless telecommunications industry's ability to expand into one of the world's fastest growing-and potentially one of its biggest-markets.Acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky last week said $2...
The introduction of fully digital wireless networks means that marginal readings by portable test equipment are no longer acceptable."It's all ones and zeros now, so you have to be precisely tuned," said Jan Whitacre, spokeswoman for Hewlett-Packard Co.That reality lit a fire under the...
Telular Corp. said it is emerging from its restructuring "lean and focused," in spite of the $12.4 million in one-time charges it cost the company to accomplish the changes.Telular reported a net loss of $17.4 million, or 69 cents per share, for the second...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the availability of a single-chip vocodor that utilizes PureVoice, the latest version of the 13 kilobit Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Predictive speech coding algorithm. PureVoice was developed for use in Qualcomm's cellular and personal communications services products featuring the company's Code...
NEW YORK-If the trend in communications is bundling services to customers, then the key to exploiting the trend is in combined billing for those multiple services."Most of the research we've looked at and most of what our customers tell us is that local, long...
William A. Wilson, chief financial officer of Arch Communications Group Inc. sees no threat to his company or the paging industry from the new personal communications competitors on the horizon."Our low cost buffers us from competition," Wilson said. "It costs about $15 billion to...
NEW YORK-While other cellular carriers are going national and international, Three-sixty Communications Co. sees advantages in taking the road less traveled, through clustered regional markets in the United States."We are strictly a domestic company,"said Dennis Foster, the company's chief executive officer, at a New...
After reorganizing the business two years ago, Chadmoore Wireless Group Inc. today boasts a market capitalization of $38 million and is moving toward becoming a giant in the specialized mobile radio industry.On the basis of spectrum, Chadmoore ranks third behind Nextel Communications Inc. and...
Depending on who is doing the talking, Code Division Multiple Access technology either is venerated or vilified. While several major A-, B-and C-block personal communications services operators have committed to the nascent technology, others are wondering if CDMA is worth the wait. Part 1...
LONDON-On and off and on and off again discussions between Cable & Wireless plc and British Telecommunications plc are reminiscent of a high school romance. This week they're broken up."While the concept of merged global business had commercial and industrial merit, there was no...
Cable television infrastructure is making a comeback as a solution to help companies mix-and-match architectures to deliver personal communications services in the face of community resistance to tower build-outs.Cox California PCS Inc. has long advocated such a cable-based solution.The San Diego-based company began exploring...
Steinbrecher Corp., which was recently acquired by Tellabs Wireless, announced the MiniCell Wireless Access System, a complete cellular system utilizing software-programmable radios with remote and local transceivers. Based on industry standard protocols, the MiniCell system is interoperable with other networks. The company said the...
WASHINGTON-With the huge capital costs of spectrum, infrastructure and marketing playing a major part in the rollout of new personal communications services, PACS technology may become an attractive option for firms planning to bid on 10 megahertz licenses later this summer.PACS is a low-tier,...
The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where it can be most productive-in the field-rather than requiring the user to go where...
WASHINGTON-Incumbent microwave operators who have been less than forthcoming in their relocation negotiations with A- and B-block personal communications services licensees will be subject to third-party inspections of their facilities to assess true relocation costs.In action taken April Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission adopted...
May day, May day! Air-to-ground communications has just flattened out. That is, GTE Airfone Inc. is introducing flat rate pricing of $15 per call on any domestic call including voice, fax and data communications. The new plan will go into effect Wednesday.The average length...
NEW YORK-The success of Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile played a key role in prompting the recent merger agreement between Bell Atlantic Corp. and Nynex Corp., said Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., vice chairman of Bell Atlantic.Under terms of the April 21 definitive agreement, approved unanimously...
DENVER-U S West Communications Inc. received government permission to offer cellular vouchers to customers facing a lengthy wait for a landline phone.U S West has experienced a dramatic number of "held orders" in recent years, mostly in Colorado and Arizona.Customers who have to wait...
NEW YORK-As the 1996 campaign season gets into high gear, wireless providers might do well to consider this profile when looking for loyal customers most likely to vote early and often for communications services: they are young, religious, affluent, well-read and tuned-in.These characteristics represent snippets...
