Centennial Cellular Corp. began marketing its cellular communications products and services under the name Centennial Wireless throughout its properties. The company formerly used the Cellular One trademark. Centennial is bolstering the name change with an advertising campaign including newspaper, radio and television advertising.TekNow Inc....
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-GooItech L.P. has introduced its wireless automatic teller machine solution, which replaces phone line links to ATMs with a digital airlink, resulting in both lower costs and improved transmission speeds, the company said.The new ATM machines were recently tested on the Alton Bell...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies' Wireless Messaging Group introduced the GL3200, which is a gateway from the Internet to both one- and two-way paging, delivering text messages to alpha pagers and providing new two-way paging services such as multistage e-mail transmission with multiple response capabilities.The GL3200...
Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications, American Portable Telecommunications Inc., BellSouth Personal Communications Inc., Omnipoint Communications Inc. and Western Wireless Corp."With these agreements, Gemplus further solidifies...
SEPTEMBER16-17 CDMA System Design, Engineering & Optimizations, by the Wireless Institute of Technology. Holiday Inn, San Francisco, Calif. (510) 490-6459.16-17 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order from Chaos, by Bell Atlantic Professional Services and Indetec International Inc. Embassy Suites Hotel, Dallas. (800) 327-8412.17-18 Broadband for Residential...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group announced it has upgraded its Dallas/Fort Worth advanced messaging test system using narrowband personal communications services software to support both InFLEXion and ReFLEX25 advanced messaging capabilities.The newly integrated test system successfully transmitted and confirmed receipt of a...
WASHINGTON-Swiss Telecom North America announced it has invested $285 million to secure a 30 percent stake in the Malaysian carrier Mutiara Telecommunications, a digital cellular provider with more than 55,000 subscribers. The investment follows a decision by the Malaysian government to allow full operation...
The European Commission has invited comment on the Iridium satellite system and its impact on European mobile communications, although the EC has said it "intends to take a favorable view" of the Motorola Inc. project.The European Union is considering the future role of satellite...
CellPort Labs Inc. is redesigning and enhancing its universal car kit for both cellular and personal communications services applications.Car kits provide power and hands-free talking capability for portable handsets, but most are designed for use with only one type of phone.Boulder, Colo.-based CellPort introduced...
SEPTEMBER9-10 1996 Communications Act-Deriving Order from Chaos, by Bell Atlantic Professional Services and Indetec International Inc. Wyndham Bristol Hotel, Washington, D.C. (800) 327-8412.9-10 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by Motorola Inc. Back Bay Hilton, Boston. (800) 771-2012.10 Paging Infomania 1996, by Motorola Inc....
NEW DELHI, India-Crompton Greaves Ltd. and Pertech Computers Ltd. of India, and the Korean consortium of Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd., Dacom Corp. and Hyundai Corp., have formed a joint venture company that will provide Globalstar satellite-based telephony service in India.Crompton Greaves and PCL...
Using cellular and intelligent satellite technologies, Telecel International Ltd. of New Canaan, Conn., is on track to rehaul communications in Africa.The company was first to introduce cellular service in Africa 10 years ago, said Justin Dudley, Telecel's vice president of engineering and research development....
AUGUST19-20 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by Motorola Inc. San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel, San Francisco. (800) 771-2012.19-21 Wireless Communications Conference, by The Microelectronics Society. Regal Harvest House, Boulder, Colo. (303) 497-3037.21-22 The Wireless Buildout '96, by Shorecliff Communications. Hotel Del Coronado, San...
AUGUST13-14 Wireless Interconnection '96, by Bellcore. Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Calif. Call Pam Dunn at (800) 521-CORE.13 & 20 Semiconductor Conference, by the New York Society of Security Analysts. NYSSA Headquarters, New York. (212) 912-9249.19-20 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by...
AUGUST1-2 1996 Summer Carrier Forum-Diversified Resale Services, by The Telecommunications Resellers Association. Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston. (202) 835-9898.5-6 Wireless Telecommunications Real Estate and Permit Acquisition for the '90s, by Acquire Telecom Services. Silver Legacy Resort and Casino, Reno, Nev. (415) 776-1131.6-7 Navigating the...
Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a "Killer App" for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular Digital Packet Data.The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based company said its UP.Link open software platform will enable cellular phone and two-way pager...
Paging Partners Corp. announced it was honored as New Jersey's eighth fastest growing technology company at The New Jersey Technology Fast 50 Awards, held at Newark's Gateway Hilton. Paging Partners said it posted revenue growth of 1,138 percent from 1991 to 1995.Illinois Superconductor Corp....
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Lotus Development Corp. announced a new version of its Lotus Notes Pager Gateway, a wireless messaging solution for Lotus Notes that allows customers to filter and forward messages to mobile users carrying pagers.Lotus Notes Pager Gateway 2.0 improves the transmission of information from...
NEW YORK-Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, the first non-governmental Indonesian satellite company, went public June 11 with the sale of 3.65 million American Depository Shares representing 10.95 million shares of common stock.The initial public offering price was $20 per ADS. The company's securities will trade on...
Deutsche Telekom AG has expanded its presence in Asia through a strategic alliance in Malaysia.Deutsche Telekom will buy 21 percent equity interest in Technology Resources Industries Berhad, which operates Malaysia's largest cellular network, Celcom. The purchase will be in the form of newly issued...
Boston Communications Group Inc. announced it has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of about 3.8 million shares of its common stock. The offering will be managed by Alex, Brown & Sons Inc., Donaldson, Lufkin...
NEW YORK-One of the independent companies left out of the merger between Cellular Communications Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. is considering its options, including sale of the company.Cellular Communications of Puerto Rico Inc. owns 10 markets in Puerto Rico and two markets in the...
NEW YORK-With the advent of a personal communications services overlay onto the nation's traditional cellular landscape, 1996 also will mark the debut of the dual-mode wireless phone as a consumer product.To Terrence Valeski, vice president of marketing for Pacific Bell Mobile Services, Pleasanton, Calif.,...
L.M. Ericsson announced its order intake during the first quarter has continued to increase for the eighteenth consecutive quarter, and by 11 percent compared with the same period last year. Net sales increased by 14 percent. The company said its mobile communications business continues...
