WASHINGTON-Resale could become a powerful force in wireless telephony in the coming years, bringing an odd mix of competition and commerce to facilities-based carriers.Resale has experienced modest success in the 12-year-old cellular industry, but the infusion of more spectrum (120 megahertz) and new competition...
A new company led by industry veteran Allen Salmasi is poised to bid in the entrepreneurial auction for personal communications services licenses, with plans to build a network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.NextWave Telecom Inc. is headed by Salmasi, who recently resigned...
A joint venture is underway to deliver "last mile"-or in this case last 20 miles-digital wireless connections for wireline phones in regions worldwide where phone service is costly, inadequate or nonexistent.Together, Granger Telecom, Loral Communications Systems and Unisys Corp. plan to implement wireless local...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Interim Standard-634, an open network interface standard, has been approved by the engineering committee of the Telecommunications Industry Association. The standard provides an open interface between the mobile switching center and the radio base station subsystem in a cellular network.It is the...
BellSouth Wireless Inc. unveiled a new cellular technology application called Cellemetry, which makes it possible to send short data messages over existing cellular networks.Currently undergoing system trials, applications for the patent-pending technology include remote utility meter reading, alarm, copier and vending machine monitoring and...
While voice transmissions over the cellular network have reached a certain degree of maturity in the marketplace, data transmissions continue to alternately attract and frustrate carriers, manufacturers and end users.Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, which enables mobile users to transmit data digitally at rates...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Driven by the emerging Interim Standard-136 digital cellular market, DSP Communications Inc. and NEC Electronics Inc. said they plan to jointly introduce a new chipset.DSPC has agreed to develop the baseband hardware and software technology for the chipset and NEC will manufacture it....
BIS Strategic Decitions was sold to Giga Information Group, and investment group led by Gideon Gartner. BIS provides data, information and knowledge to enterprises in the computer, office and teleommunications industries and more than $25 million. Hiha acquired the company from Friday Holdings Ltd....
WASHINGTON-Industry negotiations aimed at clearing fixed microwave licensees off the 2 GHz band that next-generation pocket telephone systems will soon occupy have begun with a bang.Personal Communications Industry Association President Jay Kitchen fired the opening discharge late last month, stating in a letter to...
As the telecommunications industry continues to blur lines that traditionally have separated different trade segments, competitive access providers are poised to be active players. But CAPs already are distinguishing themselves through a variety of niche-market, wireless endeavors.Denver-based IntelCom Group Inc. offers teleport and competitive...
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it is only a natural extension of one-way paging.Two camps have emerged among advanced messaging...
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...
As one company fine-tunes its debut for narrowband personal communications services, others bide their time by determining market position and devising rollout strategies.SkyTel Corp.-through its PCS bidding entity Destineer Corp.-plans to activate its nationwide two-way advanced messaging service during the second half of the...
WASHINGTON-In a major setback for states, the Federal Communications Commission ruled public utility commissions cannot regulate local rates of commercial wireless carriers.The FCC on May 11 rejected petitions from Arizona, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, New York and Ohio seeking to retain rate regulation of...
In India, where basic telephone service is scarce and telecommunications unfamiliar, the introduction of paging technology promises new opportunities for both service providers and consumers.After the Indian government opened the paging market last year, granting 94 licenses in 27 cities among 15 companies, partners...
Targeting a wireless industry with complicated network management needs, Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has introduced its Solstice family of products to wireless manufacturers and operators as an easier way to manage their networks.Sun said it plans to offer network management via software-based solutions...
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...
After much trepidation, you have just purchased a new luxury vehicle. The first few moments with the car are spent testing the sun roof, the stereo and envisioning just where you will go in your sleek new automobile. In the excitement of your first...
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...
Culminating seven years of development and fine-tuning, American Mobile Satellite Corp. has launched the country's first satellite for mobile communications, giving lift-off to a new form of wireless services.Hughes Communications Inc., a division of GM Hughes Electronics, built AMSC's geostationary satellite, supporting mobile voice...
As cellular carriers attempt to roll out nationwide coverage with new mobile data services, Los Gatos, Calif.-based Metricom Inc. is focused on establishing its Ricochet data network in two major computer industry centers-Silicon Valley and Seattle.The company just completed an agreement with the city...
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. is extending its paging coverage in the Caribbean to meet the demand of travelers in the region, the company said.Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas soon will receive new or expanded paging service from PageMart Inc. "Pick-Your-Cities" allows tourists and...
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...
