GPS

TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc. said it closed an agreement to acquire the rights for a patent from Eastern Investments L.L.C. The patent is a wireless location patent that covers the …

BUCHAREST, Romania-As European wireless penetration rates increase, operators are looking to new services, including short message service (SMS) and fax and data transmissions, to increase profit margins. Another application, mobile …

TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., through its PowerLoc wireless location division, entered a contract with Atlanta-based Special Circuits Inc. to make SCI a provider of PowerLoc’s L-Biz wireless global positioning system …

iMedeon Wireless Web applications provider iMedeon Inc. released iM: Collect, a Palm operating system-based mobile data collection solution. The solution, a complement to iModeon’s iM: Work, includes an administration tool …

Alcatel supplied European wireless operators France Telecom Mobiles, Mobistar and Dutchtone a solution that will allow their customers to continue making or receiving calls on their prepaid mobile phones when …

WASHINGTON-The National Telecommunications and Information Administration said it is preparing a draft testing plan to examine the interference potential between ultra-wideband technologies and the global positioning system. “My goal is …

In a July 10 article about System Beta, a one-number dialing system patented by Richard Levine, RCR reported incorrectly that callers would need to dial a star-number code for each …

MOSCOW-CDMA technology has been battling for a spot in Russia’s mobile market for two years, but it lost the war as Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, an opponent of the technology, …

WASHINGTON-A coalition of government agencies including the Coast Guard, the Federal Highway Administration and the Air Force are in the process of building a system that will increase the accuracy …

While still slow to be adopted by wireless operators, wireless location service providers have accelerated their efforts to deliver effective technologies that can determine a wireless user’s position within the …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

In a Dallas factory once used for making bombs during World War II, Stick Networks Inc. is building a new class of wireless Internet services it hopes will prove just …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has turned back an attempt from the aviation industry to overturn three waivers that allow limited use of ultra-wideband technology, but not until after some political …

WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service …

Mobile Lifestreams A Web site designed for the mobile communication professional was launched by Mobile Lifestreams Ltd. According to the company, the new site, www.mobile4mobile.com, was designed to cover the …

MOSCOW-CDMA technology has been battling for a spot in Russia’s mobile market for two years, but it lost the war as Communications Minister Leonid Reiman, an opponent of the technology, …

DENVER-Mobile location services will be an essential element of the mobile Internet revolution, but the industry’s success teeters on its ability to ensure privacy to the end user. Application service …

Tektronix Tektronix Inc. launched a new Global System for Mobile communications cell analysis product, the Cell Analyzer, which combines the key functions of the Actix Abis Analyzer with Tektronix’s K1205 …

Cimarron Technologies With the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies’ Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. was awarded a contract from the Chinese Ministry of Railway to provide 40 GPS Total Station 4700 systems to be used to construct a 400-mile railway …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The continued growth of wireless users worldwide and the increasing integration of global positioning system applications into everyday life are expected to raise the value of the antenna …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled the RFR3300, a radio-frequency-to-intermediate-frequency receiver designed for cellular, personal communications services and global positioning system signal processing. The integration of a GPS receiver in a Code …

Article intended to highlight many contributions To the editor: I am concerned that there may be a misperception resulting from my article published by RCR on March 27, 2000, that …

One advancement in technology can change everything. Likewise, a change in policy can turn everything topsy-turvy. Witness the Clinton administration’s decision last week to no longer purposely degrade GPS signals, …

WASHINGTON-Even with President Clinton’s decision last week to dramatically improve global positioning system accuracy for civilians, vendors that offer a network-based E911 solution say their products are still valid. Meanwhile, …