ALLEN TELECOM INC.Allen Telecom Inc.'s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications in less rugged operating environments, and is available in both conversion and component forms for...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. announced they completed installation of gateways to allow interoperability between Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Personal Digital Cellular wireless networks.GlobalRoam is the first two-way international roaming service between the United States and Japan,...
WASHINGTON-Although most of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau's second notice of proposed rule making regarding federal, state and local public-safety spectrum through the year 2010 passed muster with the industry, there are a few sticking points that commenters addressed at length late last month.The Association...
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association announced it officially completed its merger with the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association, which now is a not-for-profit subsidiary of TIA.The union is the final result of an alliance between TIA and MMTA that began late last year, when the two signed...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-The city of Hialeah, Fla., approved the $6.4 million purchase of a trunked, two-way public-safety radio system from Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector, announced Motorola.Motorola's SmartZone analog system will replace the existing VHF/UHF communications systems used by the fire/rescue and police departments...
CellPort Labs Inc. introduced its second-generation communications server platform for wireless data applications in intelligent vehicle communications.Formerly called Mobile Web, the renamed C/P Connect server platform is "an embedded, programmable gateway between two fragmented environments: the wireless airlinks and the vehicle's own electronics," said Tom...
SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference.Since SK Telecom launched the country's first CDMA system in January 1996, South Korea now has five CDMA operators and about...
NEW YORK-Within five years, the Global Chipcard Alliance envisions a transformation from today's fragmented patchwork of closed systems to a worldwide seamless environment of multipurpose smart cards, said David P. Anastasi, president of the non-profit organization.Celebrating its first birthday this month, the alliance has...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry cautioned federal regulators against adopting a number portability implementation plan until key competitive issues are addressed.While the wireless industry is represented on the North American Numbering Council, there is concern that procedures for putting number portability in place are based solely...
NEW YORK-After more than two years of effort, standards for interoperability of smart cards for U.S.-based personal communications services received approval May 30."It represents a breakthrough. This is one step forward in the same direction of a universal phone that the ITU (International Telecommunications...
As any business owner stuck with cartons of obsolete business cards and letterhead can attest, "portability"-at least in terms of a phone number-can be a real headache. That's because changing service from one local phone carrier to another also involves the added hassle and...
WASHINGTON-Two California lawmakers, citing lack of cooperation from the Federal Communications Commission and the startling prospect that spectrum legislation pushed by Congress and the Clinton administration will not provide a solution to frequency congestion in Southern California, have introduced legislation to give that region...
More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon.While circuit-switched cellular still is the standard for wireless data connectivity-offering near-universal access for dial-up...
Cellular carriers in the city of Grand Forks, N.D., said their systems are faring well despite massive flooding that has forced most of the city's 50,000 residents to leave their homes for higher and dryer ground.Western Wireless Corp., operating a network under the Cellular...
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa.-Gemplus Group joined the PC/SC Workgroup, a group of technology companies formed to develop interoperability standards for smart cards, smart card readers and computers.The standards are designed to be used by a variety of computing devices, including network computers, and will support several...
Various projects popping up in Europe indicate the TETRA two-way radio standard is becoming an operational reality.In Germany, dominant cellular carrier T-Mobil has teamed up with equipment providers Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. to operate trials of the digital Trans European Trunked Radio. Motorola...
NEW YORK-Amid an expanding arsenal of competing fraud detection and prevention options, just two radio frequency fingerprinting companies have staked out a potentially lucrative niche in the analog cellular arena.Cloning, the illegal interception and reuse of a legitimate cellular customer's electronic information, will cost...
Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile began integrating DSC Communications Corp.'s INfusion Signal Transfer Point W/2 into its cellular network. The INfusion STP W/2 provides packet switching of Signaling System 7 signaling messages for basic and advanced services such as call set-up, caller name and caller...
NEW YORK-With an initial public offering just completed and a move to larger facilities in Provo, Utah, imminent, NACT Telecommunications Inc. is moving ahead at full throttle to exploit its switch niche.Formerly known as National Applied Computer Technologies, the company began operations in Orem,...
After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business.The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has created a new business unit to take advantage of the enormous potential it sees for plastic cards embedded with microprocessors.Technical...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) plans to introduce two separate pieces of legislation aimed at aiding the public-service industry in its quest to secure additional spectrum and new equipment to take it through the year 2005.Presiding over a March 11 town meeting held in conjunction...
SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. is introducing a design, development and interoperability testing facility designed to speed new applications for wireless carriers to market.Lucent's Wireless Innovation Lab is located in Lisle, Ill. "The lab is conceived as an incubator of new solutions born from collaborations...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet Inc. began offering Cellular Digital Packet Data service in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. CDPD uses existing cellular networks to provide wireless access to the Internet and corporate intranets.Oahu joins more than 150 cellular markets in the United States currently providing...
