BEND, Ore.—Edge Wireless L.L.C. announced it is offering its customers Airbiquity Inc.'s global positioning system accessory, which is compatible with Nokia handsets, in an effort to comply with Phase II of the Federal Communication Commission's E911 mandate.The service will be launched in the counties...
WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won't be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness persisting here and abroad, the industry is not totally in control of its future....
This sad story could have involved any wireless carrier and anybody, but the phone Lazaro Leiva allegedly talked on while driving a Ford Explorer last March happened to be connected to a Nextel Communications Inc. network. Leiva, according to the Miami Herald, goosed his...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc. agreed to purchase IBM Corp.'s global positioning system development operation, the company said.The acquisition provides RFMD with advanced GPS technology and access to IBM's chipscale packaging technology. As part of the transaction, IBM has agreed to transfer to RFMD...
BOULDER, Colo.—Intrado Inc. said it plans to expand its business into commercial data management and announced a recently formed partnership this week.The company plans to enter commercial data management by developing a National Repository Line Level Database, which it said will improve customer billing...
TOKYO—KDDI, the second-largest mobile operator in Japan, announced it will launch location services using the global positioning system (GPS) satellite system and motion picture services with 64 kilobits per second (kbps) data speeds in early December. KDDI is losing market share in Japan, while...
BUCHAREST, Romania—According Gulf News, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) newspaper, Thuraya's services will be available in 30 countries, including Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Greece, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Jordan, Denmark, Italy and Britain, by the end of October.Mohammed Hassan Omran, chairman...
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash.—Airbiquity Inc. said it is distributing its GPS Accessory to i-Planet Wireless, Entrust Connections and Sky Cop.Aradiant, formerly The National Dispatch Center Inc., will support the call center and Web-based services for the companies. The resulting applications will safeguard mobile personnel in...
SALT LAKE CITY—Valence Semiconductor announced its VS7001 integrated circuit for GPS applications is now available. "The VS7001 represents a milestone in GPS design engineering and innovation moving toward the world's first single chip GPS," said Antony Beswick, vice president of strategic marketing for Valence....
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y.-International Business Machines Corp. said it has added two new chip technologies known as Radio Frequency CMOS and an enhanced silicon germanium to its pool of offerings to manufacture mixed-signal and radio-frequency devices for applications such as cell phones, wireless LANs, GPS...
WASHINGTON-XtremeSpectrum Inc., a hopeful entrant into the ultra-wideband market, has made a proposal that it believes will answer critics' claims that ultra-wideband technologies will cause harmful interference to the global positioning system.Ultra-wideband, or pulse technology, uses short, low-powered and fast (up to one-trillionth of...
With less than two years in the game, software platform provider Stick Networks has already made a name for itself with its flagship Personal Digital Network, a wireless platform that incorporates seamless integrated communications with advanced content delivery capabilities, to offer end users a...
FAIRFAX, Va.-The City of Fairfax, Virginia went wireless last week with NextBus Information Systems Inc., a company that prides itself on delivering accurate, real time travel information to public transit passengers and workers.NextBus uses GPS satellites to track buses and then transmits arrival times...
DENVER-Qwest Wireless last week filed to change its Enhanced 911 Phase II solution from a network-based solution to an assisted Global Positioning Satellite-or hybrid-solution.Qwest in November was one of the 14 carriers to file with the Federal Communications Commission for a network-based solution. Fifteen...
SnapTrack Inc. will provide its SnapTrack SnapSmart Hybrid Wireless Assisted GPS location server software to Seoul-based wireless infrastructure developer, Neolink Technologies Inc. Neolink will incorporate SnapTrack's software into its Position Location Service System carrier-class mobile positioning server, thus adding location-based services to wireless handsets.Meridian...
As technologies continue to advance and third-generation becomes more imminent, the mobile phone may be moving back into the place it began-the car.An increasingly mobile work force has led many to believe wireless location-commerce and telematics may be the next best thing for the...
While some analysts and technology experts sing the dirge of EDGE before it is even born and wonder if Bluetooth will ever chew, a new initiative that hopes to leverage these technologies for location-based services is the new tease.But Philips Corp.-which believes that the...
For the thousands of children who are abducted each year, and for those adults with Alzheimer's Disease or other impairments that can cause confusion and often lead them to become lost, a new wireless device is available to help track and locate their whereabouts.Wherify...
HONG KONG-Trunked radio has been the Cinderella of Hong Kong's wireless communications in recent years, compared with the fast-growing mobile-phone technologies, but things may soon change. China's industrialization is opening the door to a potentially large market for transport and industrial communications, and digitalization...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Magellan, the company responsible for creating several clip-on GPS readers for the Palm, recently introduced its new GPS Companion for Handspring's Visor.The companion fits into the Springboard expansion slot on the back of the Visor and displays GPS information, including the user's...
With a three-pronged onslaught at the wireless market, AeroComm Inc. is trying to move its image up a notch.The company, which is a wireless systems division of International FiberCom Inc., launched a wireless services group, introduced an in-building wireless solution and is delivering an...
HOUSTON-Compaq Computer Corp. has partnered with SignalSoft Corp., SnapTrack Inc. and Wireless Facilities Inc. to develop a location solution on one platform called the Compaq Discovery Location System, the company announced.The Compaq Discovery Location System will help carriers comply with the Federal Communications Commission's...
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
Advanced Technology Workshop on Ceramic Technologies for MicrowaveMarch 26-27 IMAPS/CII. Adam's Mark Hotel, Denver. www.imaps.org/forms/ceramic2001regist.htm.3rd Annual Tower Investment SymposiumMarch 26-27 Shorecliff Communications. New York City. www.scievents.com.The 3G Wireless Seminar: Promises and RealitiesMarch 26-27 Alexander Resources. Phoenix. (972) 818-8226.CRM FocusMarch 26-28 IIR. World Trade Center, Boston....
