interoperability

New protocol-based paging technologies may not only alleviate carrier capacity problems but also may transform the nature of service offerings from “cheap beeps” to “paging on steroids.” Alphanumeric paging, the …

The cellular telecommunications industry is making steady progress introducing advanced mobile data services as it works to overcome its own fragmented nature as well as the competition. According to the …

ArrayComm Inc. announced it has closed a private equity placement totaling $12.3 million. The placement, which was oversubscribed, was managed by UBS Securities Inc. and Volpe, Welty & Co. ArrayComm …

WASHINGTON-Before disadvantaged and rural customers can take advantage of existing and emerging telecommunications services, the Federal Communications Commission and its adjunct Federal/State joint board have to decide how to revamp …

BellSouth Mobility said it expects to sell an additional 1 million minutes of airtime per day during the 1996 Olympic Games that begin in three months in Atlanta. The symbolic …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has given the wireless community in general, and the public-safety arena in particular, an extra-long comment period to ponder the agency’s thoughts on the future spectrum …

Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced they have reached an agreement to settle the patent litigation that has been pending between the two companies since December 1984. The …

WASHINGTON-In a move that could chill other potential bidders, Sprint Corp. has taken itself out of the running for a multiyear federal government wireless provision contract that could be worth …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet announced a new pricing structure for its Cellular Digital Packet Data network that reflects a 40 percent to 60 percent reduction from previously published rates. GTE said the …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet said it achieved precommercial interoperability between its Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Ltd. cellular digital packet data networks. The achievement will allow GTE to provide seamless …

American Portable Telecom Inc. has selected PCS-1900-the 1900 MHz version of the Global System for Mobile communications digital technology standard-for its personal communications services network. The company’s choice of GSM …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced it will supply equipment for narrowband personal communications services to Paging Network Inc. under a contract agreement. PageNet will use the equipment to beta test its …

On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the …

North American Wireless Inc. has yet to announce the name of a U.S. utility company expected to take the place of Cable & Wireless Inc., which recently withdrew from the …

Federal regulators late last week approved final rules for the 900 MHz specialized mobile radio service auction on Nov. 28. The Federal Communications Commission said 1,020 licenses, or 20 1-channel …

Air Communications Inc. has unveiled an all-in-one cellular voice-data-facsimile telephone called the AirCommunicator that uses a proprietary protocol to transmit on circuit-switched analog cellular networks. “We’ve pioneered a product that …

Noting the Federal Communications Commission recently ended state regulation of cellular service rates in California, AirTouch Cellular Communications Inc. announced lower prices and new service plans in its Los Angeles …

Launching personal communications services with a multitude of standards may be the way for industry to sort out the benefits of each technology, but it could set consumers up for …

Groups battling for unlicensed spectrum at 5 GHz to create a high-speed data system agree there is industry support for such a service, but the details now are in the …

ATLANTA-Ameritech Corp. and GTE Mobilnet customers will have access to cellular digital packet data services in each other’s markets, according to an agreement signed by the two cellular carriers. “Ameritech …

Cellular telephones improved communications at the Oklahoma City tragedy when public-safety groups’ two-way radios-all on different frequencies-couldn’t connect. “At the site of a disaster, radio channels max out immediately with …

An Oregon test and measurement equipment company with international alliances is poised for what it hopes is a wave of demand from companies building personal communications services networks. “Test equipment …

BOULDER, Colo.-Engineers have completed a month-long test of the Global System for Mobile communications standard at 1.8 GHz as part of an assessment for the U.S. wireless industry entering the …

Hail the birth of broadband PCS! Hail more competition in the marketplace! And hail to what likely will be continued growth for the wireless industry! But while the industry revels …

BURLINGTON, Mass.-Steinbrecher Corp. said it will supply its DataCell mobile data base stations to Ericsson Radio Systems Inc. to be used in Ericsson cellular digital packet data systems under an …