Kevin Mitnick, a convicted computer hacker, recently plead guilty to charges of illegally using stolen mobile phone numbers. Federal prosecutors in North Carolina arranged the plea as part of an agreement when he was arrested last year after three years on the run. Mitnick,...
WICHITA, Kan. - Brite Voice Systems has introduced a cellular phone enhanced service designed to improve the safety of mobile phone use in automobiles.The company has developed a voicemail service that integrates speech recognition into the VSDmail application. The service, called Sami, provides speech...
Millicom International Cellular S.A. signed a seven-year $200 million credit facility agreement arranged by ABN-AMRO Bank and ING Bank. Millicom said the facility will be used to refinance $125 million of existing short term credit facilities at the parent level and the balance of...
Steinbrecher Corp., which was recently acquired by Tellabs Wireless, announced the MiniCell Wireless Access System, a complete cellular system utilizing software-programmable radios with remote and local transceivers. Based on industry standard protocols, the MiniCell system is interoperable with other networks. The company said the...
MCI Communications Corp. is breaking out as an early favorite in the race to market with a one-bill offering.Washington, D.C.-based MCI has launched a one-number, follow-me service that includes cellular phones and pagers. It is branded MCI One and is being advertised nationwide."Americans feel...
Lightbridge Inc. recently activated two new weapons for fighting subscription and true identity cellular fraud. Fraud Sentinel is the complete package including Postalpro, Fraud Detect and the company's hallmark product, ProFile.Carriers "were clamoring for analysis on the front-end," said Michelle Wheeler, product manager for...
The fusion of wireless telecommunications and computer processing power into a device that fits your hand ought to be a slam-dunk proposition. It lets time-critical information go unobtrusively to where it can be most productive-in the field-rather than requiring the user to go where...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Cellexis International Inc. has added a preliminary injunction request to the $525 million lawsuit it filed earlier this month against General Telephone Electronics Corp. and Open Development Corp.Cellexis alleges that GTE and ODC violated a Confidential Disclosure Agreement, stole the company's patent-pending prepaid...
Safco Corp.'s Electronic Systems Division has opened a third satellite office in Boca Raton, Fla., to serve the Latin American market. David Neumann will lead the new office. Neumann joined Safco in 1991, and previously served as a systems engineer and a national accounts...
U S West Cellular has launched calling party pays service in yet another market, while other operators continue to say customers aren't interested."It is not a service our customers have asked us for," said BellSouth Cellular spokeswoman Nicole Lipson."We don't offer it. There's not...
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of class A common shares that is expected to raise about $200 million.The company also plans to file a concurrent debt offering for up to...
Telemac Cellular Corp.'s cellular debit phone is a product of carriers' wish lists for the ideal prepaid service, said company President Scott McGregor. The SCOTT (Simple Credit Options with Telemac Technology) phone allows roaming and long-distance calling, provides customers various payment options, sends data...
Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and Darien Telephone Co. announced that TDS' Camden Telephone Co. affiliate of St. Mary's, Ga., has acquired controlling interest in the Georgia rural service area 12 wireline cellular market, which serves 211,000 pops between Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla....
PHILADELPHIA-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said it is offering TalkDial voice-activated dialing service to its Philadelphia tri-state region customers.The company said customers will be able to place cellular phone calls by speaking the phone number, or speaking the name of a person or place they...
Japanese telecom leaders suggest they will lift some foreign investment restrictions in cellular if they can get greater access to Western markets in return.Fifty-one countries are negotiating trade rules for their telecommunication businesses at the World Trade Organization meeting in Geneva. It is scheduled...
NEW YORK-With a push from the new federal telecommunications deregulation law, SBC Communications Inc. and Pacific Telesis Group announced April 1 the first merger ever between two Baby Bells.In this friendly takeover, SBC Communications Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, has agreed to acquire...
"The Internet is the killer app!" declared futurist George Gilder at the Wireless Apps '95 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last fall in Las Vegas.He was referring to the long-sought application for wireless data-a Holy Grail of sorts-that would be so...
PHOENIX-Cellexis International Inc. filed a $525 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court charging General Telephone Electronics (GTE) Corp., several of its subsidiaries and Open Development Corp. with stealing trade secrets and using proprietary information to ruin its business.Cellexis had earlier reported it was beginning...
STAMFORD, Conn.-GTE Corp. has announced it intends to get a foothold in the Brazilian cellular phone market through an alliance with a Brazilian investment group and a Brazilian equipment manufacturer.The trio has its eyes on one of the B-band cellular licenses the Brazilian government...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced its cast of wireless applications that enable cellular phone users to access information directly from the Internet.Motorola Wireless Internet Services will provide cellular and personal communications services subscribers with the ability to retrieve information including e-mail...
Starting a wireless communications company was probably the most ambitious undertaking I have ever initiated in my life. Many people question whether or not a small business can survive in today's ever changing wireless marketplace filled with major retailers and carriers. I suggest that...
Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced they have reached an agreement to settle the patent litigation that has been pending between the two companies since December 1984. The agreement is subject to U.S. Bankruptcy Court approval. Spectrum's bankruptcy is pending in the...
NEW YORK-In the short run in the U.S. analog cellular phone equipment market, Nokia Corp. and, to a lesser extent, L.M. Ericsson, have gained ground on industry giant Motorola Inc. But the bigger question over the longer run is how meaningful this market share...
Although I promised myself a break from any columns that have to do with CDMA vs. GSM technology and hearing aid interference, I'm breaking the rule-because something positive happened and, frankly, there hasn't been that much positive to comment about on the issue.However, Dr....
