If a 911 Public Safety Answering Point agrees to receive 911 calls from phones that have never been activated on a cellular network, wireless operators are obligated to pass the call, according to new government rules.Cellular operators who are not happy about that say...
WASHINGTON-Central Intelligence Agency Director John Deutch said telecommunications networks and other key infrastructures controlled by computers may be vulnerable to terrorist attack.The intelligence community and law enforcement are taking a keen interest in information warfare in light of the increasing reliance by the public,...
WEST CHESTER, Pa.-Baja Systems announced the release of its Personal Identification Number Management software.PIN Management allows subscribers to add or change their PIN by entering the new number into the cellular phone without having to speak directly with a customer service representative, said Baja....
Pocket Communications Inc. (formerly DCR Communications Inc.) said it submitted a $1.3 million deposit to the Federal Communications Commission Friday to bid on the C-block personal communications service licenses scheduled for re-auction July 3."Our primary targets are the Phoenix and Tucson licenses," stated Daniel...
BOSTON-The typical cellular phone user now makes 10 calls every week but only 15 percent of subscribers would increase usage significantly if prices were cut by 10 percent, according to a new study from the Yankee Group.In its "1996 Mobile User Survey" the market...
SEATTLE-GTE Mobilnet Inc. has signed a letter of intent to deploy Cellular Technical Services Co. Inc.'s Blackbird Platform and PreTect fraud prevention application in GTE's San Francisco market.CTS said the PreTect application uses patented signal processing or radio frequency fingerprinting technology to accurately distinguish...
WASHINGTON-According to a new order adopted last week by the Federal Communications Commission, public safety answering points (PSAPs) have the next year to develop a system that accepts 911 emergency calls from cellular, broadband personal communications services and wide-area specialized mobile radio users-without delays...
WASHINGTON-According to figures released by the Consumer Electronic Manufacturers Association, a sector of the Electronics Industry Association, sales of cellular phones rose nearly 20 percent, from 4.7 million units in 1994 to 5.7 million units in 1995. CEMA attributes this upward trend to improved...
Andrew Corp. announced it has opened a sales office in Miami to process quotations and customer inquiries for the Caribbean, Central America, Venezuela, Colombia and for U.S.-based companies that export into those regions. Customer services in all other areas of South America are handled...
The groundwork for a head-to-head duel between factories is being laid in Brazil, where Nokia Group and Motorola Inc. both are establishing handset manufacturing plants.Brazil has 1.2 million cellular subscribers, making it the most prolific cellular market in Latin America. An annual growth rate...
Socket Communications Inc. has introduced PageSoft for ACT!, an add-on software package that employs existing wireless paging networks to deliver time-critical text and data to ACT! mobile users. ACT! is a contact management software package developed by Symantec Corp. PageSoft for ACT! allows users...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-A new Cellular Impact Survey commissioned by Motorola Inc. and conducted by the Gallup Organization found differences and similarities between cellular phone users in Canada, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Mexico and the United States.Most owners surveyed in all those countries agree that flexibility...
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are distributing a report advising hospital administrators and clinical engineers how to manage electromagnetic interaction between wireless devices and medical equipment. It is published by OU's Center for the Study of Wireless Electromagnetic Compatibility in Norman, Okla., fax: 405-325-2556.
Tessco Technologies Inc. said it has acquired Cincinnati-based Cartwright Communications for cash and the assumption of certain liabilities. The transaction is valued at $3.8 million plus the net value of inventory, receivables and payables. Cartwright is a value-added distributor of radio communications equipment serving...
I have the distinction of being born and raised in Williston, N.D., which has the distinction of being won by the man with the fewest bidding options in the recent C-block auction for personal communications services.The man who won the license, Vincent McBride, has...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced Sercomtel has commercially launched digital cellular phone service using Time Division Multiple Access technology in Brazil.The system, which is Brazil's first digital system, will provide service in Lodrina and the surrounding areas for more than 24,000 subscribers, Ericsson said.Brazil previously...
CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago is introducing FreedomPlus one-number service to its cellular customers.Cellular One of Chicago, a subsidiary of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, said the phone acts as a cordless phone at home or work, operating on the landline network, and automaticaly becomes a...
Motorola Inc. said it has worked out the glitches and is in full production again on the RSVP, its slim cellular phone battery that contains a pager.The product was introduced last October. It fits on both the Motorola MicroTac flip phone and the Retail...
Samsung Electronics Co. has committed $25.8 million to manufacture prototype Code Division Multiple Access equipment for PCS, illustrating confidence that its PCS partnership will win a license for personal communications services spectrum.The Korean government is expected to award three PCS licenses in mid-June. One...
NEW YORK-Driven by telecommunications deregulation and consumer demand, the emerging industry model is the "super carrier" that delivers a broad menu of services it doesn't necessarily originate or create, said Berge Ayvazian, executive vice president of the Yankee Group, Boston.The newly launched MCI One...
WASHINGTON-According to a public service announcement aired nationwide in conjunction with National Wireless Safety Week, "Rescue 911" host William Shatner pointed out that more than 50,000 emergency calls are made from wireless devices every day. Some of those callers were singled out as "Wireless...
You may never need, or want, to leave your car once it is equipped with an in-vehicle navigation and communications system. Hitting the market this year are a handful of sophisticated systems that use global positioning system technology for vehicle route guidance and emergency...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the availability of a single-chip vocodor that utilizes PureVoice, the latest version of the 13 kilobit Qualcomm Code Excited Linear Predictive speech coding algorithm. PureVoice was developed for use in Qualcomm's cellular and personal communications services products featuring the company's Code...
DALLAS-A logo has been introduced by PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. that the company intends to use later this year in 11 of its U.S. wireless markets.The red image, done in what the company refers to as "free-hand style," resembles the top half of a...
