In this March Madness season of religious conversion, I join David Brock (Clinton basher turned sympathizer) and Trent Lott (Starr malcontent turned sympathizer) in the mass confessional.You know, if you listen to Sid the Sycophant in the White House, who sold Hillary on the...
ISTANBUL, Turkey-Turkcell, a cellular phone company in Turkey, selected Computer Associates International Inc.'s integrated enterprise management solution, Unicenter TNG, to proactively manage its entire information technology enterprise, said Computer Associates.Turkcell is experiencing rapid expansion-about 50,000 new subscribers each month-that has placed huge demands on...
While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their cellular phone while airborne, and some believe it is OK to do it.Billig &...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced it formed a business development relationship with Data on Air Inc. to expand the sales of advanced wireless products and services.The companies plan to offer service packages to cellular carriers, which will...
WASHINGTON-The House last week passed legislation to extend wireless privacy protection to personal communications services and to beef up enforcement of the law.House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.), sponsor of the bill, said the measure brings privacy to the wireless digital Age."We in...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace.Ericsson said the new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
WASHINGTON-A wireless anti-fraud bill is headed to the White House for President Clinton's signature, following House passage last week of legislation that will deny drug dealers, terrorists and other criminals a favorite tool and effectively kill the so-called emulation business in the United States.The...
Consumers are aware of increased competition within the wireless industry, according to a report conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc., released at Wireless '98 last week in Atlanta.Seventy-one percent of the survey's respondents said they perceived more competition among wireless companies today...
Cellular One Group in the United States commissioned a national telephone survey of 600 Cellular One customers who use their phone primarily for business or for business and personal use equally. Cellular One found the following results about how people use their cellular phones: ...
JOHANNESBURG-The International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) formal approval of Motorola Inc.'s FLEX paging protocol as an international standard will give the green light to expand FLEX operations in Africa. This will be particularly so in South Africa, the hub of the paging industry.One operator in...
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-The Federal Election Commission earlier this month gave Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the go-ahead to use campaign funds to sue Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) for allegedly leaking politically sensitive contents of an intercepted cell phone call to the news media.The House Ethics Committee previously...
Bulgaria's Post and Telecommunications Committee announced that the buyer of state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. will receive a Global System for Mobile communications license.The agency said it hopes to begin negotiations with potential buyers for BTC by the third quarter. Named as interested bidders to...
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...
TRANSCRYPT INTERNATIONALTranscrypt International Inc. named Craig Huffaker senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer. Huffaker's 20 years of financial management experience include 12 years as CFO for publicly traded companies. Huffaker, a certified public accountant, most recently was CFO of TIE Communications.CellStar...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Vivox USA Inc. said it will distribute its products internationally through Tessco Inc. of Sparks, Md., under a new agreement signed between the two companies.The agreement covers Vivox's hands-free cellular car kit, the Vivox Lite VL-1, which uses a car's cassette player to...
Just less than a month before the Philippine government plans to hold an auction for new mobile phone licenses, Isla Communications Co. and Globe Telecom Gmcr both launched prepaid Global System for Mobile communications services.The launches represent the first shots of an aggressive nationwide...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Online service subscribers make up a majority of wireless users and are considered top prospects for wireless providers marketing emerging technologies or bundled services, according to a recent survey conducted by Intelligent Information Inc. and Directions for Decisions.The survey targeted home and business...
Many telecommunications companies are banking on the fact that consumers want their long-distance, local, Internet, wireless and cable TV services-or some combination of these-bundled on one bill.Regional Bell operating companies, as well as long-distance and wireless companies slowly are moving toward the process, offering...
Motorola Inc. announced that it will use and distribute the full family of Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java platform technologies, according to a licensing agreement the two entered.Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will incorporate the Java technology into its entire portfolio of consumer...
WASHINGTON-A lobbying campaign is underway to kill anti-cloning legislation and cast it as an industry-orchestrated effort to monopolize the cellular phone extension business."CTIA (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) has sponsored S.493 and H.R.2460 for the express purpose of eliminating competition," said the Independent Cellular Services...
Safety has long been a selling point for the wireless industry and customers historically have pointed to safety as a primary reason for purchasing a wireless phone.Now several automobile manufacturers are deploying systems in their vehicles that can summon emergency help to accident victims,...
The White House Under Siege! The Presidency in Crisis! Zippergate! So scream the airwaves of official Washington.Ah, heck, Vern, it's only Groundhog Day.Today is just like yesterday and the day before. And the day before that. And tomorrow will be no different than the...
Comsat Corp. said it filed a breach of contract lawsuit against IDB Mobile Communications Inc. in U.S. District Court of Maryland, seeking to collect $5 million for satellite services it said it provided to IDB in 1997. "We have paid for every Comsat service...
