E.F. Johnson Co. introduced its 9840 model UHF multimode mobile radio. Part of the company's 9800 Series radio platform, the 9840 operates in conventional, LTR trunking or talkaround modes. The UHF multimode mobile radio delivers up to 40 watts of RF power and includes...
WASHINGTON-An Illinois judge last week ruled that personal injury claims in product liability lawsuits against cellular telephone manufacturers can proceed, but dismissed conspiracy charges against the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, former CTIA spokesman Ron Nessen and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C.The ruling involves four cases...
A producer of phone shield devices has agreed not to distribute its promotional brochure in the United States after Motorola Inc. warned the company not to make unsubstantiated claims about the safety of cellular phones.Motorola Inc. demanded an end to distribution of the pamphlet...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) was informed by the Food and Drug Administration last week that neither federal government nor cellular industry-funded scientists have conducted large-scale radio frequency radiation bioeffects research in the four-and-a-half years since a lawsuit first linked cellular phones to cancer. Markey...
LIVINGSTON, N.J.-Personal communications services providers will face competition from established cellular phone companies, a trend that has already caused one PCS phone vendor to declare bankruptcy. The Insight Research Corp. in its new report predicts that trend will continue.PCS vendors will be burdened with...
WASHINGTON-A major Australian study has found significant cancer in rodents exposed to digital wireless phone radiation, dramatic findings that offer compelling new evidence of potential health risks from phones and further undercut long-standing cellular industry claims about phone safety.The research results, which have been...
JACKSON, Miss.-Now Communications Inc. began providing prepaid local phone, cellular, paging and long-distance services in Mississippi.Regular phone service is priced at $36.50 per month, cellular phone service is $30 per month and 50 cents per minute and paging is $7 per month.
During the past several months, a series of articles has appeared in RCR addressing the important question of potential health effects from the use of wireless phones. Included have been discussions of the type of research being conducted, particularly the efforts being undertaken by...
ELMSFORD, N.Y.-Varta Batteries Inc. made Cellular Accessory Warehouse its West Coast distributor for Varta's High Endurance cellular phone batteries and Titanium alkaline pager batteries.
WASHINGTON-As Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) examines replies due today from the Food and Drug Administration to questions on the agency's oversight of a cellular industry-financed cancer research program that has produced no bioeffects studies after four years and $17 million, the question of the...
A new market research study released by Bellcore indicates interest in cellular and paging grows substantially when prospective subscribers learn about calling party pays services.Interest in calling party pays service is highest among those who are considering purchasing paging service, said Don Grise, Bellcore's...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) last week launched a congressional investigation into the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of the struggling cancer research program funded by the cellular telephone industry, a move that signals renewed congressional interest in the controversial issue.The probe by Markey, top...
NEW YORK-Amid an expanding arsenal of competing fraud detection and prevention options, just two radio frequency fingerprinting companies have staked out a potentially lucrative niche in the analog cellular arena.Cloning, the illegal interception and reuse of a legitimate cellular customer's electronic information, will cost...
Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group announced it is supplying its Sceptre chipsets for Blaupunkt's new Radiophone device, a car stereo and cellular phone in one that will be available in Europe during the third quarter, said Lucent.The initial release of Radiophone will operate using...
NEW YORK-Legislation to require hands-free cellular telephone use while driving is scheduled for a hearing in the California Senate Transportation Committee April 15. In Illinois, a similar bill was scheduled as early as April 10 for a third reading and final up-or-down vote by...
The extension phone business may be returning from a lull.Recent advertising by California Grapevine Communications states, "Don't let the carriers violate your rights. The cellular monopolies and their lobbyists are controlling the entire communications industry for their profit at your expense."If you ship two...
WASHINGTON-Key wireless initiatives are caught in the grip of legislative inertia that has paralyzed Congress and the White House and shaken the foundations of both institutions in the aftermath of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) ethics violations and the Clinton administration's link to the...
Marketing may be everything.The technical properties of cellular and personal communications services-some similar, some different-balance out when vying for customers. How carriers decide to exploit technical advantages to win customers is another issue."PCS carriers are making a conscious decision to go after certain types...
NEW YORK-"Why pay for cellular phone service if you only want it for emergency use?"That's the advertising slogan and the business concept for SOS Wireless Communications Inc., an Irvine, Calif., company that began selling its SOS Phone nationwide late last year.The handset, which runs...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Cellular One of Chicago, operated by Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, launched emergency 911 service for cellular phone users allowing callers to reach emergency assistance directly from the City of Chicago Emergency Communications Center.Airtime is provided free of charge for emergency calls, and roaming...
DENVER-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. issued a special offer to members of the media covering the Oklahoma City bombing trial, which is set to begin in Denver this week.The company is offering a Nokia Corp. 2160 cellular phone for $150, a monthly access charge of...
The storage area in my condo building has been vandalized and robbed twice during the past two weeks. The first time, kids from outside our complex but who have friends in our building were invited into the basement via a renter with a key....
All the hoopla about security in wireless networks is focused, in most cases, on the capture of upfront, signaling information.When those codes are acquired, the phone can be cloned. It's an illegal activity that costs carriers a great deal of money.But what has not...
If one were to ask Congress for a written transcript of the Feb. 2, 1993, Capitol Hill briefing on alleged health risks from portable wireless phones, the reply would be that it doesn't exist.The omission speaks volumes-figuratively and literally-about the state of government oversight...
