Handsets

NEW YORK-The promises of wireless voice communications as a landline replacement and of mobile data as a significant wireless revenue generator are moving closer to fulfillment but remain a few …

Reuters and other national news agencies reported Sony Corp. is undergoing a restructuring process that will consolidate various business segments and lay off 10 percent of the company’s work force. …

INDIANAPOLIS-Inadequate product supply in the Asia-Pacific region, price instability and the devaluation of the Brazilian real will cause Brightpoint Inc.’s quarterly and annual net income to fall below expectations, said …

Intelligent roaming is guaranteed to change the face of the wireless industry, and smaller carriers that have built their businesses on making money from roaming better pay attention, say experts. …

CANNES, France-RangeStar International revealed its first dual-band embedded antenna for wireless handsets that operates in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz personal communications services frequency bands. The antenna features a …

WASHINGTON-Personal communications services subscribers use their phones more than cellular subscribers, said the Telecommunications Industry Association last week. PCS subscribers use their phones for 300 minutes per month while cellular …

CANNES, France-Sensei Ltd. announced it signed licensing and engineering consulting agreements with Telemac Corp. Under the agreements, Telemac’s handset-based prepaid technology will be licensed for use in Sensei’s new mobile …

WASHINGTON-Consumer advocates are opposed to the “policy goals” approach government appears to have embraced to solve the wireless 911 dead-zone problem and have raised concerns about the decision-making process associated …

PISCATAWAY, N.J.-The Wireless Information Network Laboratory at Rutgers University is working to set a research agenda that will facilitate deployment of General Packet Radio Service, a new wave in wireless …

U.S. Global System for Mobile communications carriers took a financial beating in 1998, but analysts expect 1999 to look brighter for these carriers as they look to butter up their …

Competition in the mobile remote access space has begun to heat up of late, most notably as several companies have turned their attention to the same target-the corporate mobile businessman. …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. said it has been named the primary distributor of handsets and accessories for Tess, one of Brazil’s major cellular carriers. CellStar also will act as Tess’ primary …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission appears to be attempting to develop policy goals to solve the “dead zone” problem. The FCC then would leave it to the cellular industry to come …

Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite phones and dual-mode adapters, as well …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …

NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications …

In a move designed to further its interests in the wireless environment, Microsoft Corp. announced it has formed an agreement with British Telecommunications plc to develop a set of services …

In the first product announcement resulting from its acquisition of Starfish Software Inc., Motorola Inc. introduced a personal organizer accessory designed to clip on to the back of other StarTAC …

NEW ORLEANS-Spyglass Inc. released version 2.2 of its Prism platform for converting Internet content into formats that can be displayed on mobile phones. The most significant advancement of Prism 2.2 …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group introduced a Code Division Multiple Access chip that uses technology with origins in the airline industry to make it easier to understand cellular phone …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced at Wireless ’99 two new wireless intelligent network applications-Calling Name caller ID and a short messaging solution that allows originated transmissions on handsets, for Time …

Its vision of future wireless telecommunications, which includes the naming of Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, previously the company’s ASIC Products division, which develops and produces semiconductors and software. Next-generation radio-frequency and …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. introduced its UD3000 chip, which will provide greater transmit functionality and enhanced performance of its 3000-generation chipset for an Interim Standard-95A or IS-95B Code Division Multiple Access …

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 …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it entered into a services agreement with America One Communications Inc. under which America One will outsource various integrated logistics services to Brightpoint. Brightpoint said its services …