Devices

FCC employees were caught abusing cellular phone privileges. Big surprise. Actually, the FCC employees were doing the very thing that cellular carriers count on when customers sign up for wireless …

WASHINGTON-Despite recent findings that some Federal Communications Commission employees have been using commission-owned cellular phones for their personal use at taxpayer expense, apparently none will be charged for hundreds of …

L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer …

How do you market a phone shield designed to protect people from “potentially harmful radiation from your cell phone” when 1.) there is no evidence that the radiation is harmful …

SmarTrunk Systems Inc. announced its ST-865KW2 SmarTrunk II trunking logic board, which offers advanced trunking features for Kenwood’s latest portable and mobile conventional radio models. The logic board enables radios …

The board of directors of AirTouch Communications Inc. declared Dec. 15 the record date for a contingent payment on its 6 percent Class B mandatorily convertible preferred stock, Series 1996. …

Service Merchandise has agreed to add store-within-a-store facilities to 131 of its locations to sell Wireless Communication Centers Inc.’s wireless communications services and products. Wireless Communication Centers is a subsidiary …

A second cellular phone license probably won’t be awarded this year because the Luxembourg government has delayed approving critical telecommunications legislation. The small Western European country is fighting its telecom …

Cylink Corp. introduced the AirLink E1/T1 microwave radio, an infrastructure component designed to provide dependable, cost-effective wireless connections for personal communications services providers to their cell switching centers. AirLink E1/T1 …

California Microwave Inc. added $5 million to a satellite communications network project with Sudatel, a telecommunications service provider in Sudan. The contract, originally awarded during the second quarter of this …

PanaVise Products Inc. debuted PortaGrip 2000, a cellular phone holder that features four-way adjustability. The side jaws move back and forth, while the support slide moves up and down, the …

Ericsson Inc. introduced a lightweight, palm-sized cellular phone which delivers up to 90 minutes of talk time and 24 hours of standby time, the company said. The phone, named AF …

Andres Link and Richard Swerdlow met three years ago playing basketball in Miami, and began discussing business opportunities. Last month, the University of Florida named the pair’s partnership, Cellular Works, …

LAS VEGAS-Telemetry applications made a strong showing at last week’s Wireless Apps ’96 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Skywire Corp. announced a trial to monitor several hundred …

QUEBEC-A group of Canadian inventors are hoping to find a U.S. distributor for their radio muting product for cellular phone users. The Wave Shadow 1000 is a small device containing …

I had the strange sensation of deja vu all over again reporting on antitrust implications of Nextel Communications Inc.’s proposed buy-out of Pittencrieff Communications Inc., what with all the acquisitions …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched Interim Standard 136 cellular digital service in 40 major markets last week using the label PCS, deliberately trying to confuse the technology distinctions between cellular …

The only really great feature about an old clunky answering machine- which by now many people have replaced with voice mail-is call screening. Solopoint Inc. said its SoloCall SmartCenter combines …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. last week declared digital pocket phone interference with cardiac pacemakers not to be a public health problem, saying interference problems can be minimized in the short …

Qualcomm Personal Electronics says it is meeting the handset manufacturing contract requirements of Sprint PCS, which intends to launch service in 15 to 20 major markets by year’s end. Even …

You can’t keep a good man down. The anesthesia had barely worn off before the national news media was in Tom Wheeler’s face. The New York Times and CNN wanted …

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it has established a strategic alliance with Bell Atlantic Corp. to offer paging and messaging services. Bell Atlantic will provide Metrocall paging services under the Bell …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and the wireless telecommunications industry are in a standoff over the implementation of the 1994 digital wiretap law, also known as the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement …

PARIS-France Telecom, with its Mobil Rom consortium, announced it will participate in a bid for a license to install and operate a new Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular …

Have a good day, honey … and don’t forget your transponder! Ahh, those loving words our children will someday bark at their spouses as they head out the door for …