GPS

WASHINGTON-The recent dress rehearsal for the millennium bug-the rollover of the global positioning system-was successful, said the Air Force. “As expected, the satellite and associated ground facilities have successfully gone …

WASHINGTON-Qualcomm Inc. and Richard Bliss, a former employee temporarily imprisoned in Russia on espionage charges in 1997, have reached an out-of-court settlement to end a lawsuit that accused the San …

WASHINGTON-Whether the spectrum cap should stay or go-one issue that distinguishes incumbent cellular operators and upstart personal communications services operators-“will hopefully” be decided by the Federal Communications Commission at its …

DENVER-The global positioning system this Saturday evening will experience its first end-of-week rollover, a phenomenon that will occur once every 20 years. When the GPS system was launched, the system’s …

Computer Associates International Inc. introduced a new wireless application infrastructure designed to give companies the ability to introduce corporate applications to mobile workers. The system is called The Wireless Intelligent …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration stepped up its campaign to kill provisions in defense bills giving the Pentagon priority access to shared spectrum and to the satellite-based global positioning system, flooding key …

In just more than a month, users of global positioning system applications will face a challenge in many ways similar to the highly publicized millennium bug. “It’s serious enough to …

Every year about this time, I long to live in Europe, where holiday lasts for a month. I’m on the beach on the Riviera (because in fantasies, one can always …

WHIPPANY, N.J.-Bell Labs researchers say they have developed a wireless location system that is accurate to within 15 feet when users are outdoors, and to 100 feet when they are …

Geoworks Corp. last week introduced its Discopro.com free mobile information service, which delivers discount and promotional messages to subscribers’ pagers or text-enabled phones. Interested users select which participating retailers they …

Geoworks Corp. said it provided the engineering expertise behind a new handset from Seiko Epson Corp. of Japan, called the Locatio. The multi-purpose phone combines Personal Handyphone System technology with …

WASHINGTON-As industry opposition to Pentagon spectrum bills mounts, the Federal Communications Commission confirmed last week it is prepared to suspend the normal regulatory process for deciding how to auction 36 …

WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for Phase II enhanced 911. The specification …

WASHINGTON-The GOP-led Congress, squeezed by tight spending limits and determined not to lose another embarrassing budget battle to Democrats, is once again banking on spectrum to bail it out. And …

WASHINGTON-The Pentagon, already at war in the Middle East and the Balkans, now faces a major confrontation at home over several bills that would benefit the Department of Defense at …

SnapTrack Inc. last week announced a strategic partnership with Motorola Inc. under which it will license its personal location system to Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector. Motorola will use SnapTrack’s technology …

CHICAGO, Ill.-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said its AirBoss middleware server will be deployed as part of an integrated hardware, software and services solution developed by Symbol Technologies for Giant Food Inc. …

NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced a new global positioning system technology designed to enhance traditional GPS for telematics systems. Called Wireless-Assisted GPS, the system includes a GPS mobile receiver and server, …

WASHINGTON-A seemingly well-scripted House hearing to launch a watered-down E911 bill and a beefed-up privacy bill disintegrated into a fracas last week over the National Park Service’s handling of antenna-siting …

A recent Federal Communications Commission notice may give some momentum to vendors offering handset-based solutions for wireless enhanced 911 compliance. The FCC has mandated that wireless carriers by Oct. 1, …

Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with Mercedes-Benz to incorporate a telematics system called TeleAid into all 2000 model Mercedes-Benz S-class sedans in North America. The new system will be based …

United Kingdom CellPoint Systems AB and its partner Wasp International of South Africa demonstrated a Global System for Mobile communications phone positioning system at the 2nd International Conference on Mobile, …

Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with BMW North America Inc. to create a new telematics cellular phone system expected to be available on all BMW models by late this year. …

NEW YORK-Frequency Electronics Inc., Mitchell Field, N.Y., hopes to lead the way in mass production of competitively priced wireless signal synchronization components using rubidium as a substitute for quartz. “We …

NEW YORK-Satellite Survey Systems Ltd., a Dallas company with roots in oil and gas exploration, has added another notch in its diversification belt by helping wireless companies pinpoint tower locations …