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 the company.The company anticipates revenue for the first quarter, ended March 31, will be...
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."Intelligent roaming opens up competition, and will require carriers to work hard for roaming minutes,"...
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 gain of 1 dBi and measures 1.25 inches by .5 inch by .03 inch. It...
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 subscribers use their phones for 140 minutes per month, TIA said in a report, "1999...
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 handsets. The companies also plan to work together to integrate Sensei or Telemac technology into...
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 with the emotionally charged issue.The Wireless Consumers Alliance, which advocates the strongest-signal approach to...
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 data communications.GPRS is a large, complex system that merges cellular telephone radio transmission technology...
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 bottom lines and find strategic partners.Tight financing, high churn levels and a general under-performance...
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.Mobile remote access applications long have been a staple of the wireless data industry, but...
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 agent for activating new accounts and marketing its cellular services.Tess provides cellular service within...
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 up with technical solutions that meet its policy goals. "We are at our best...
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 as terrestrial cellular phones. Kyocera had reported several problems with the testing process, causing...
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 and global consolidation among carriers with incompatible technologies and in particular allow SBC Communications...
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 Industry Association Wireless '99 show in New Orleans.Groups of attendees on the show floor...
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 to make various types of Internet-and intranet-based applications and information available to mobile device...
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 phones at Wireless '99 this week called the StarTAC Mobile Organizer.The 2.3 ounce device...
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 is that it conforms to existing Wireless Application Protocol standards and thus can format content...
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 callers in noisy environments, such as airports and restaurants.Called the EVRC+, the chip is...
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 Division Multiple Access and Code Division Multiple Access networks. The TDMA solutions will be...
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 analog chips: The Code Division Multiple Access-based MSM3100, Qualcomm's sixth-generation single-chip Mobile Station Modem baseband...
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 technology compliant handset.The UD3000 intermediate frequency-to-radio frequency transmit device performs all signal processing functions...
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 applications and the prospect of extending the October 2001 requirement for carriers to provide...
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 will include kitting, fulfillment, warehousing, returns and repairs of wireless handsets and accessories in connection...
NEW YORK-TeleCorp PCS Inc., an AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate, Tuesday plans to debut its first commercial market, from New Orleans to Baton Rouge, La., at Wireless '99.Later in the quarter, TeleCorp, an F-block personal communications services carrier, expects to roll out commercially its...
