Ora Electronics Inc. announced its Signal Plus antenna performance kit, which the company said is designed to improve the performance of portable cellular telephones. Using a connector cable, users can connect the kit antenna directly to the antenna output of the portable phone which...
Several low-earth-orbit satellite systems will have initial launches this year, marking the beginning of services that a Washington, D.C., consulting firm says "will fill the gaps other wireless systems don't cover."Big LEOs and medium earth orbit systems will not only be viable but will...
SAN DIEGO-An innovation in wireless data was announced last week that could answer CDPD's main problem: coverage.GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. introduced Circuit Switched-Cellular Digital Packet Data, which will allow data users to access CDPD functionality across an...
MCLEAN, Va.-Lucent Technologies Inc. placed an order for Cycomm International Inc.'s Slice digital voice encryption attachments for Motorola Inc.'s MicroTac handheld phones. Cycomm said it is the largest order it has received for the device, but the exact number of units was not disclosed.The...
This exclusive RCR five-part series highlights the results of the 1997 National Wireless Opinion Poll conducted by TynanGroup, Inc., of Santa Barbara, Calif., in December. Six hundred households were surveyed. The margin of error associated with the results is 4 percent.The Wireless ParadoxLove me,...
"Why does Detroit not design these cars with phone holders, just like cup holders?" asked Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt when he called National Public Radio's popular Car Talk program a few weeks ago."People bring all kinds of things into cars, but they...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile launched its DigitalChoice cellular phone service in Washington/Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Charlotte, N.C. DigitalChoice uses 13-kilobit Code Division Multiple Access technology.The DigitalChoice service includes caller ID, voice mail with message indicator, free first minute on incoming calls, TalkDial, call waiting,...
Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings Mills, Md.-based Aether provides turnkey solutions for accessing mission-critical data via handheld wireless devices...
Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces to access functions like messaging and memory. Other features include caller ID, call timer,...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a license agreement with Unwired Planet Inc. to incorporate Unwired Planet's UP.Link product into Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access digital phone models.Qualcomm also announced an equity investment in the company. Financial terms were not disclosed.UP.Link uses the Handheld Device Markup...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The Portable Computer and Communications Association said it will meet Jan. 15 in the Seattle area to form a Handheld PC Steering Committee and working subcommittees.PCCA President Andrew Seybold said the mission of the new committee will be to stimulate and coordinate...
NEW YORK-Envision this scenario-for the price of a local phone call, mobile workers use personal digital assistants run by off-the-shelf software to routinely access their own computers wirelessly via the Internet, turning their PDAs into virtual offices.The potential domestic market for such services is...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Wireless Data Group is phasing out its Marco and Envoy personal digital assistants by the end of the year, said Cheryl Beck-Ruff, public relations manager.However, the Wireless Data Group will continue producing its Personal Messenger wireless modem card, which supports PDAs,...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-International Business Machines Corp. introduced a handheld wireless system for retailers to use as a portable or docked point-of-sale workstation, as an inventory management device and a connection to networks including the Internet.The IBM 4612 Sure Point Mobile Computer is a pen-based...
L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer products, including mobile phones and cordless phones. Mobile Systems will be responsible for network solutions,...
A new Phantom low profile antenna was introduced by Antenex. The antenna has a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern. It also has an element that reduces dropped calls and dead spots, the company said. It comes with Antenex's standard NMO style mounting...
A network test equipment company that has supplied equipment for landline and cellular operators is launching a product line specifically for the wireless industry.Telecommunications Techniques Corp. will begin offering on Jan. 6 the T-Berd 2207, a modular, battery-powered handheld test instrument for PCS 1900...
SkyTel Corp. introduced the SkyTel Messenger for Windows CE, a software messaging system developed by SkyTel in conjunction with Microsoft Corp.Jackson, Miss.-based SkyTel said the software messaging application, which is scheduled to be available late this year, will be marketed with handheld personal computers...
As the worldwide debate rages on whether pocket phones are linked to adverse health effects, some groups are attempting to capitalize on the issue.Within the next few months, two companies will introduce devices in the United States, Europe and other countries designed to limit...
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp.'s InfoStream technology allows mobile professionals to send faxes and e-mail, and access office databases and the Internet, from a laptop computer using a digital personal communications phone.The company launched its VoiceStream service, which offers the InfoStream technology, in Oklahoma City...
BOISE, Idaho-Several of Extended Systems Inc.'s JetEye wireless infrared products will be used in products set to debut next year. The infrared technology allows information to be transported over a beam of light to local area networks, printers and personal computers.Extended Systems said infrared...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is considering auctioning low-earth-orbit mobile data satellite licenses from the remaining pool of applicants.The prospect of auctions, a regulatory tool not used in global satellite licensing to date, could prompt little LEO applicants to partner or pull out of the...
LONG ISLAND, N.Y.-Affordable Message Center said it will offer Mercury Paging & Communications Inc. services to its New York and New Jersey resellers. Mercury Paging operates on the 931 MHz frequency band and is available in 1200 baud, 2400 baud and Flex paging speeds....
SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron Inc. signed a contract with Southeastern Michigan Gas Enterprises to provide a wireless automatic meter reading system to the Battle Creek Gas Co., a Southeastern subsidiary. The contract is valued at $4.3 million.Initially, the system will read more than 70,000 gas meters,...
