WASHINGTON-A new report by Canada's most prestigious scientific body concludes that country's radio-frequency exposure guidelines provide adequate protection for workers and the general public, but it recommended further research to assess potential health risks in the future to both groups.The report, conducted by the...
WASHINGTON-The cost of complying with law enforcement's demands for implementing the digital wiretap act is substantial, said the wireless industry last week.Responding to revenue estimates from five telecommunications manufacturers, the wireless industry told the Federal Communications Commission the costs of implementing the punch list...
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-In an effort to maintain and improve its service quality and reliability in the New York metro area, Bell Atlantic Mobile unveiled its new mobile testing vehicle loaded with $250,000 of equipment.The loaded blue station wagon drives around the New York area five...
In recent months, several alliances and partnerships have been formed among paging carriers that traditionally have been fierce competitors. But both analysts and carriers say this new teamwork in no way diminishes the competitive spirit among the industry players, but rather is a unified...
WASHINGTON-Mid-sized incumbent local exchange carriers with wireless subsidiaries got some powerful help last week when 16 lawmakers urged the Federal Communications Commission to forbear from enforcing the separate subsidiary rule.The "petition provides the with a significant opportunity to make productive strides toward a...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's re-auction of 161 local multipoint distribution service licenses closed last week with bids totaling $45 million."I'm extremely pleased with the results of this auction. The FCC has sold LMDS licenses to a variety of bidders ... This is what auctions...
WASHINGTON-The Land Mobile Communications Council asked the Federal Communications Commission to give commenters an extra month in answering the many questions raised in a notice of proposed rule making implementing the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.One of the issues raised could lead to an...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has filled two recently vacated management positions by electing senior vice president Leo Mondale its new chief financial officer and naming Sue Kennedy vice president of marketing and sales.Mondale replaces former CFO Roy Grant, who left the company last...
MONTREAL-The GSM Alliance and Nortel Networks announced they completed North America's first third-generation wireless telephone call using a wideband Code Division Multiple Access trial network under live conditions.The trial is one the GSM Alliance announced last year would take place in a MicroCell Telecommunications...
FRANKLIN, Tenn.-Having survived a March 6 car crash that nearly killed him, country singer George Jones pleaded guilty to driving while impaired and having an open container in his vehicle.The guilty plea emerged amid speculation and accusations that Jones crashed his Lexus sport utility...
WASHINGTON-The fallout of last week's Federal Communications Commission decision on solving the dead-zone problem saw the chairman's office denouncing the industry's response and consumers advocates split.As expected, the FCC did not mandate technical requirements for how wireless carriers address calls that fall in areas...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has delivered the first Bluetooth Development Kit, which it said will enable early Bluetooth adopters to more quickly and cheaply develop applications using the technology.To date, members of the Bluetooth special interest group have represented larger companies with large...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and U S West Communications Inc. announced a 12-month, $120 million agreement for U S West to purchase Qualcomm Code Division Multiple Access digital personal communications services phones.US West will purchase and distribute a variety of Qualcomm handsets, including the new...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has developed the first in a family of new chipsets and system software solutions to support future cdma2000 products. The new solution will provide wireless manufacturers and operators with an enhanced platform to launch cdma2000 handsets and infrastructure products."Leveraging...
ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc. announced a first quarter net loss of $5.7 million, or 59 cents per share, compared with $3.8 million, or 41.5 cents per share, reported after the first quarter of 1998.Revenues increased 4 percent to $9.6 million, from $9.3 million the previous...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc.'s Advanced Wireless Integration Group introduced two new services-the Jackpot Casino Monitoring System and Delivery-Mate automatic dispatch service.The casino service allows casino operators with networked slots and video gaming machines to notify cashiers when a player has won a large jackpot that...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced OfficeMax Inc. will sell its advanced messaging products and services.OfficeMax operates more than 860 stores in 360 markets throughout 49 states, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The retail chain will sell PageMart's guaranteed messaging service...
SAN CARLOS, Calif.-CellNet Data Systems Inc. said it successfully demonstrated with the City of Burlingame, Calif., its wireless network solution, which enables parking meters to send real-time alarms and other signals over CellNet networks to prevent parking meter theft."Prior to installation in February, the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Friday shored up rules for auctioning 16,000 paging licenses later this year and announced it will not take action on waiver petitions on the incompatibility of text telephone devices and digital wireless systems until wireless regulators explore the issue...
WASHINGTON-Paging Network Inc., the nation's top paging carrier, said the Federal Communications Commission should condition any approval of the $57 billion merger between SBC Communications Inc. and Ameritech Corp. on SBC immediately entering into interconnection agreements with wireless operators."Neither of these companies have been...
The New York State Assembly is considering a bill that would amend county laws and state finance laws that relate to the state's cellular telephone surcharge.New York's 70-cents per month surcharge on wireless subscribers was established in 1991 to compensate the Division of State...
WASHINGTON-Larry Irving, telecom adviser to President Clinton, last week said a 1993 bill transferring government spectrum to the Federal Communications Commission has been a failure."I don't know what happens to the spectrum. It goes into a dark hole. I don't know what the FCC...
TORONTO-Nortel Networks announced it is selling manufacturing plants and cutting 1,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan intended to make the company more competitive.Nortel will contract out all but its most complex printed circuit board assembly, most of its electro-mechanical subsystems manufacturing and...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. reported revenues for the first quarter ended March 31 of $66.8 million, more than double the revenues of $29.9 million reported for first-quarter 1998.The company experienced a net loss of $77.2 million, or 81 cents per share, compared with a...
