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Motorola Inc.'s Integrated Software Products division released its Air Apparent software for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows NT version 1.1. The product is a general purpose, enterprise-wide wireless messaging software application that integrates paging technology with Windows NT. This allows Windows NT users to send wireless...

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Cushcraft Corp. introduced a personal communications services dual polarized single patch antenna. The S2407HVP provides for reception and transmission of both vertically and horizontally polarized signals in the 2400-2500 MHz frequency band. The antenna consists of a single broadband microstrip patch, which provides a...

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E.F. Johnson Co. introduced its 9840 model UHF multimode mobile radio. Part of the company's 9800 Series radio platform, the 9840 operates in conventional, LTR trunking or talkaround modes. The UHF multimode mobile radio delivers up to 40 watts of RF power and includes...

KLEIN’S CONFIRMATION TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT APPEARS IMMINENT

WASHINGTON-Joel Klein, the Clinton administration's choice for Justice Department antitrust czar, appears headed for Senate confirmation despite mild grilling at last week's hearing for approving the Bell Atlantic Corp.-Nynex Corp. merger without the kinds of conditions imposed by some New England states on the...

TECHNOLOGY WAR ENSUES OVER UNIVERSAL STANDARD

The technology wars aren't over until the new universal, third generation worldwide standard is developed.Two prominent institutions are pushing the development of such a standard-the International Telecommunication Union in Geneva and the European Union in Brussels.The ITU first proposed the idea. A committee called...

AT DEADLINE: SMITH MICRO RELEASES HOTPAGE

Smith Micro Software Inc. introduced HotPage 2.0, a wireless messaging software that provides message management and transmission to alphanumeric and numeric pagers. The new version supports Windows 95 and Windows NT personal computers that run Exchange, Windows Messaging or Microsoft Outlook platforms.When subscribers to...

PALM’S PILOT IS HONORED WITH `PRODUCT OF YEAR’

The clear leader in innovation as honored at the third annual Mobile Insights Mobility Awards dinner was Palm Computing Inc.'s Pilot organizer, a diminutive device that currently has no wireless access.Jeff Hawkins, Palm's chief technical officer, was named industry Person of the Year for...

AMERICAN PHOENIX FORMS DATA VENTURE

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-American Phoenix Group Inc. announced the creation of Tetherless Access New Zealand Ltd. to supply data communications services to New Zealand companies.The company will be headed by Greg Cross, former managing director of Microsoft New Zealand and general manager of sales and marketing...

INTERNET IMPACTS ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY ARE MANY AND VARIED

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers."It's all about making the Internet easier to use. The customers coming on line today are not information...

PDAS TO ENABLE WIRELESS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET

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...

SKYTEL MESSAGE SYSTEM TO BE MARKETED WITH PCS

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...

CONECTUS TO LAUNCH TWO-WAY SERVICES

Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users.ConectUS is a subsidiary of Executive Page, which is an Ardis master reseller and distributor of products for...

WIRELESS INDUSTRY AIRS SUSPICIONS OVER 2.3 GHZ SPECTRUM AUCTION

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and Wall Street.The auction of the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands has to begin by April 15 and must be...

FCC READY TO UNVEIL SPECTRUM PLAN FOR WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to unveil a new plan to auction $3 billion of spectrum for wireless Internet access and other applications, according to officials.Bidding is set to begin next spring.MCI Communications Corp. and Microsoft Corp., according to a published...

WORLD BRIEFS

Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of Pusan and Kyungnam. Lucent said it immediately will begin installing its 5ESS-2000 switch-based mobile...

WHEN TELECOM PACS COME CALLING, FIRMS LET $$ TALK

WASHINGTON-When it comes to getting a say in telecommunications policymaking in the nation's capital, firms let their dollars do the talking. And, oh, how the money has talked in recent years, like an endless filibuster gushing in all its gilded glory.While political action committee...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: WIRELESS DEVICES BENEFIT FROM MICROSOFT PLATFORM

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system platform that can support a broad range of communications, computing and entertainment products, including those for wireless networks."We think this...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: ALCATEL, MOTOROLA ENTER WIRELESS MOU WIRELESS TELECOM TO SELL MIDDLE WARE FROM ERICSSON INC.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Alcatel Telecom and Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group will purchase each other's wireless equipment according to a memorandum of understanding announced Thursday.According to the agreement, Alcatel will be allowed to purchase and distribute Motorola's Code Division Multiple Access radio systems, while it...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: NEC’S BEACON DATA PAGER WILL TARGET PERSONAL COMPUTER USERS

NEC America Inc. introduced what it believes to be the first in a new class of pagers: The Beacon data pager.The device is a one-way FLEX pager that uses wireless data exchange software from Microsoft Corp. to transfer and coordinate information with Windows-based personal computers,...

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Northern Telecom entered the wireless handset market in North America for the first time by introducing PCS 1911, a personal telephone that supports voice mail and messaging services, the company said. Nortel was awarded a contract by BellSouth Mobility DCS to deploy the handsets...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: WIRELESS DEVICES BENEFIT FROM MICROSOFT PLATFORM

The market for handheld devices may get a shot in the arm now that Microsoft Corp. has introduced Windows CE, a 32-bit operating system platform that can support a broad range of communications, computing and entertainment products, including those for wireless networks."We think this...

BUSINESS & FINANCE: NEC'S BEACON DATA PAGER WILL TARGET PERSONAL COMPUTER USERS

NEC America Inc. introduced what it believes to be the first in a new class of pagers: The Beacon data pager.The device is a one-way FLEX pager that uses wireless data exchange software from Microsoft Corp. to transfer and coordinate information with Windows-based personal computers,...

MANUFACTURERS REPORT STANDARDS WILL DRIVE SMART CARD MARKET

Open standards must be developed so smart cards can integrate with personal computers, according to a group of PC manufacturers and smart card developers that have banded together to make sure that happens."Standards will drive the development of the smart card market," said Jacques...

FIVE-PERSON COMPANY IS BRAINS BEHIND MAJOR PAGING SOFTWARE

In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market.Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide its software to Paging Network Inc., defeating 25 other companies, that bid on the project,...