PLAYA DEL REY, Calif.-PortaCom Wireless Inc. said it is in negotiations with equipment manufacturers for the cellular phone network it intends to build in Vietnam.PortaCom was formerly Extreme Technologies Inc. of British Columbia; the company has moved its headquarters to Playa del Rey, Calif....
NEW YORK - With fixed costs dropping in tandem with an expanding customer base, cellular phone service for the average individual consumer is on an upward trajectory in competitive urban markets in the East, representative for major carriers report."It is in this next tier...
A U.S. battery manufacturer has announced it will produce lithium ion batteries for wireless telecommunications devices, delving into a market previously dominated by Japanese companies such as Sony Battery and Toshiba Corp.Eveready Battery Co. said it will build lithium ion rechargeable batteries for portable...
Specialized aftermarket products and new marketing strategies have kept the decline in U.S. cellular telephone sales from affecting accessory product sales, according to several cellular accessory manufacturers and distributors.There has been a slight decline in point-of-purchase accessory sales in recent years, said Gershon Cooper,...
Motorola Inc. has introduced a lightweight, flip-top cellular phone that can be worn on a belt holster or armband. Weighing 3.1 ounces, the StarTac operates on two miniaturized batteries. When one battery's power is depleted, the other battery automatically provides power without interrupting a...
Despite Motorola Inc.'s initial $10.62 loss on Wall Street after posting a 16 percent plunge in fourth quarter earnings, its stock started to forge a quick recovery. But while Wall Street may be forgiving Motorola, there are significant signs that cellular phone manufacturing is...
Wanting to leave no market unserved in the new age of pocket telephony, Pacific Bell Mobile Services said it will introduce a personal communications services telephone that offers a dual mode for roaming on analog cellular networks."We're committed to doing it," said Garrison Macri,...
OKLAHOMA CITY-A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in the civil lawsuit filed by AT&T Wireless Services against an Oklahoma City medical supply company that provides cellular phone emulation service.AT&T received an emergency restraining order against Safari Communications on Jan. 8, and is seeking an injunction...
The Federal Communications Commission and the rest of the federal government could re-open this week but close again later this month if the GOP-led Congress and the Clinton administration fail to agree on a seven-year balanced budget plan.A House Republican proposal, which Congress was...
A cellular phone containing a scanner, into which new numbers can be programmed using the phone keypad, was just one of the sophisticated cloning devices acquired by the U.S. Secret Service in a recent New York City arrest."This looks like a cellular phone, but...
TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Corp. has announced a new version of its Nokia 232 cellular phone that enables the phone to operate on a Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service network.The company also said Sears will distribute Nokia phones in its Brand Central departments throughout the United...
ADC Telecommunications Inc. is forming a joint venture with PCS Wireless Inc. to manufacture, market and sell remote antenna drivers and remote antenna signal processors to be used in hybrid fiber/coax networks.By incorporating the RAD/RASP architecture into HFC networks, ADC said the joint venture...
WASHINGTON-An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed scientist Dr. George Carlo as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a former Bell Atlantic Mobile manager against Motorola Inc. and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.On March 2, Debbra K. Wright filed charges against Motorola,...
Palmer Wireless Inc. said it signed up its 200,000th cellular phone customer. Eight years ago, Palmer began operating its first cellular system in Fort Myers, Fla., and now owns and operates 15 nonwireline cellular telephone systems in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, covering...
WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword.But it is this sword that Sprint Spectrum, the personal communications service joint venture between...
Zues Phonstuff has introduced its Always-in-Touch unit, a device that plugs into a home or office phone line and notifies a pager of a call when the phone user is away. The pager displays the caller's phone number and indicates when there is a...
A federal case against a Kentucky man accused of creating cellular extension phones is expected to go to trial in what may be the first U.S. criminal case attacking the emulation business.A four-count indictment was issued against Don Billy Yates by a federal grand...
Michael Snitz of Phoenix-based Cell Phone Extensions says his business is a part of the new "emulation industry," but cellular carriers call his work illegal cloning and fraud."This is a thorn in the paw of the cellular industry," said U S West NewVector Group...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. said it is taking new initiatives to extend and enhance its two-way gateway messaging service for both cellular carriers and its own subscribers.The San Mateo, Calif.-based company announced a new suite of Message Center services to enable cellular carriers to...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it will purchase 15,000 in-car phones, patents pending and a highly advanced computer operating system from PTC Cellular Inc., a wireless reseller that provides in-car cellular phone service to travelers in the U.S. car rental marketplace.PTC Cellular currently...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to press Japan on the Personal Handyphone System issue before returning home this week from Tokyo, where the United States participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Osaka.The United States and Japanese trade negotiators are at an impasse...
WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen.The company said it will monitor the situation and may re-enter the market when conditions improve. Toshiba...
Unitech Industries Inc. said it has agreed to manufacture private label cellular phone accessories for Caudwell Communication & Technology, a European distributor of cellular products. Unitech will manufacture batteries, power supplies, vehicle adapters, desk-top chargers and hands-free kits under the Dextra name, Caudwell's private...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares' cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced.The contract, valued at $20 million, calls for Motorola to add 12 SC 9600 digital base stations that support Advanced Mobile...
