Laws won't stop traffic accidentsDear Editor: I am sure that law enforcement will want to lead the way to safer driving by laying down their mobile radio microphones while operating their cruisers, and motorbikes.Sure they will.The police drive their cars at extreme speeds in all...
BOSTON-A former Cellular One Boston employee pleaded guilty in federal court to a cellular phone cloning scam operated in 1995.Edward S. Herd Jr., of Boston, pleaded guilty to a one-count felony charging him with possession and fraudulent intent of 15 or more stolen cellular...
When confronted with the question of why there is no radio frequency radiation bioeffects research after four years and $15 million, embattled Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. head Dr. George Carlo passionately replies that his critics-those in the wireless industry and in the scientific community-just...
ITASCA, Ill.-Shieldmate Robotics Inc. has denied allegations that it is infringing on a Motorola Inc. trademark by producing cellular phone housings for Qualcomm Inc.Motorola filed a lawsuit in federal court against Qualcomm and Shieldmate. The company charged the manufacturer of cellular phone housing components...
Metromedia International Group Inc. announced its subsidiary, Metromedia Asia Corp., has acquired Asian American Telecommunications Corp., a company engaged in the development and construction of telecommunications systems in China, by an exchange offer for all of AAT's common shares of stock. Following the acquisition,...
NEW YORK-A bill that would mandate hands-free cellular phone use while driving cleared the Executive Committee of the Illinois General Assembly March 12 and now goes to the full house.The vote was 10-4, said State Representative Robert Bugielski, a member of the Executive Committee...
NEW YORK-Dialing and talking while driving are getting a closer look in state capitols lately, as legislatures in at least three states-California, Illinois and New York-consider bills that would impose various restrictions on the practice.The Illinois and California legislatures are considering versions of mandatory...
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access standards. The company said it functions as an up/down converter for...
When a large company like the Matsushita Electric Corp. pools its creative resources, it can produce revolutionary products like the new Telenium product.Telenium is the joint effort of the Panasonic Consumer Electronics cordless phone division and the Panasonic Telecommunication Systems Co. cellular phone division....
NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said it experienced a 70 percent overall decrease in fraud since May when it implemented authentication and radio frequency fingerprinting technologies.Bell Atlantic Nynex said nearly two million of its customers are protected by these technologies while they are in...
After a 1993 lawsuit charged a woman's brain tumor was the result of her cellular phone use, the wireless industry funded an independent research program to study any possible link between brain cancer or any other health maladies and the use of cellular phones....
WASHINGTON-This may be the last year San Francisco will serve as the venue for the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's still-growing annual convention and exposition. Every square foot of the huge Moscone Center has been booked for weeks; the waiting list is long. Show-goers this...
This is the fifth and last installment in the exclusive RCR five-part series highlighting the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. The margin of error associated with the results is 4 percent....
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. planned two years ago to collaborate with the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. to downplay potentially damaging scientific findings on possible health risks from portable telephones, according to a December 1994 internal Motorola memo.The memo, first reported by...
DENVER-More than half of SMR Direct's new subscribers are switching to two-way radio from cellular and paging, the company said."We expected our customer base to be two-way users of antiquated conventional system and also those who were losing their service in favor of digital-based...
TUSTIN, Calif.-Activator Systems Inc. said its robotics-controlled automated phone programming module now is available.The A-Key uses ASI's patented programming process, using only encrypted data.Accuracy is ensured and secure. The system is optimized for a retail point of sale where security is important, the company...
ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is cellular.The Chapel Hill, N.C., company is amidst customer trials for three new ReadyTalk products that make it possible to receive,...
KELOWNA, British Columbia-Globus Cellular & User Protection Ltd. said it will investigate the specific absorption rate levels of cellular phone and antenna products available in North America.SAR measures the amount of radiation absorbed by human tissue. The Globus testing facility will be used to...
PARIS-Next month, France Telecom Mobiles announced it will launch a prepaid cellular Subscriber Identity Module service called Mobicarte.Mobicarte kits can be purchased for about $45, which entitles users to 30 minutes of calls within France.Customers also receive designated phone numbers when they insert the...
Aerial Communications Inc. will use Metrica Inc.'s network performance management technology to control large amounts of data generated by its six-region network. Aerial is in the process of testing its personal communications services 1900 MHz network. The Metrica/NPR collects and reports on data such...
Having problems?Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants to fill the GOP vacancy at Federal Communications Commission with Michael Powell, chief of staff in the Justice Department's antitrust division and son of retired Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Colin Powell. But Senate...
A new study from the University of Toronto released last week concludes drivers face a four-fold increase in risk of having an injury-producing accident when using a cellular telephone.Researchers Dr. Donald Redelmeier and Dr. Robert Tibshirani studied 699 drivers who had cellular phones and...
Paging for personal use is increasing, and personal users-among all paging users-show the most interest in advanced paging services, reported the Yankee Group in a recent study, "Wireless Segmentation: Strategies for the Consumer."The Boston firm also reported 75 percent of personal users would use a...
I think there should be certain tests that one should have to take before one is allowed to take part in certain endeavors. Driver's license tests should be given to everyone every few years. Not only would this prevent elderly drivers who no longer...
