A Utah state representative plans to introduce legislation next year that would ban the use of wireless phones while driving.Rep. Ralph Becker said his bill would be similar to one sponsored last year in Utah by state Sen. Robert C. Steiner, according to Deseret...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced that Lucent Technologies Inc. joined the nearly 1,300 members of PCIA.Headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., Lucent designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone...
WASHINGTON-A majority of the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week signed a letter to Bill Kennard, Federal Communications Commission chairman, strongly urging the FCC to adopt a wireless industry proposal to allow carriers to institute calling-party-pays service.CPP is similar...
BOULDER, Colo.-Century Telephone Enterprises Inc. selected SCC Communications Corp. to implement wireless enhanced 911 services for the carrier, announced the companies.CenturyTel will use SCC's 911Connect Service, which includes collection and preparation of database information required to support wireless 911 implementation. SCC also will coordinate...
WASHINGTON-Did the Federal Communications Commission's further notice of proposed rule making on implementing the digital wiretap act show the industry interim standard is deficient, as the government claims? Or did the notice show that law enforcement has overreached in its interpretation of the act,...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce Committee last week referred its final report on the Portals investigation to the Justice Department.The year-long investigation of the 20-year, $400 million lease with the Portals, the new headquarters of the Federal Communications Commission, implicates close associates of Vice President Al...
DALLAS-Formus Communications reported it selected Nortel Networks to supply solutions to deliver high-speed, broadband wireless services to Poland."There is tremendous growth potential for voice, data, video and Internet services, especially in markets where wireline infrastructure is inadequate or virtually nonexistent," said Osmo Hautanen, chief...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in actions designed to foster domestic and global competition, last week proposed allocating spectrum for fixed wireless access and approved a spectrum plan for broadband wireless local loop and other commercial services.Under the FCC proposal, the 3650-3700 MHz band would...
MINNEAPOLIS-WirelessNorth of Plymouth, Minn., announced it opened a new retail location in Duluth, Minn.WirelessNorth is a personal communications management company locally owned by independent companies that provide service in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota.
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Isotel Research Ltd., a Calgary, Canada-based developer of call-processing software and Java-based products and services.DSPC said the acquisition fits in with its goal of expanding its position as a leading supplier of chipsets, reference...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it entered into an agreement to acquire all the assets of BellSouth Mobility's cellular operations in the Dothan, Ala., area."The purchase will allow us to bring the Alltel bundle of services, which may include paging, Internet access, long distance...
WASHINGTON-WebCel Communications Inc. continues to push forward with its challenge of a Federal Communications Commission 1997 decision to reallocate spectrum from the 18 GHz band to the 24 GHz band, a ruling that settled a long-running dispute between Teligent Inc. and Teledesic Corp.Congress at...
Wireless carriers and handset vendors may be overlooking an important market segment in their rush to increase revenues by targeting high-end and entry-level cellular phone users, according to a report published by Strategy Analytics Inc.'s Mobile Communications Service North America."There's definitely a herd mentality...
DENVER-SpectraSite Communications Inc., a provider of site and tower development services, said it acquired certain tower assets of Airadigm Communications Inc., a provider of personal communications services. Under the terms of the deal, SpectraSite will lease back tower space to Airadigm and build new...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Brite Voice Systems announced it entered into a two-year contract with U S West Wireless to supply BriteDebit prepaid calling for U S West's personal communications services business.This service, initially launched Nov. 23 in the Phoenix/Tucson market, will be extended to the remainder...
WARREN, N.J.-Anadigics Inc. has joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Anadigics manufacturers gallium arsenide integrated circuits for high-volume communications applications, such as mobile phones.
DALLAS-Cellular One celebrated its 15th anniversary Dec. 16. On the same day in 1983, Cellular One initiated wireless service in Washington, D.C."Before cellular technology, there could only be a handful of mobile telephone callers at a given time in the largest metropolitan areas. The...
NEW YORK-Echoing Rodney Dangerfield's complaint, wireless carriers continue to say, "I don't get no respect" as they fight skirmishes over local exchange carrier interconnection fees while the decisive battle is pending at the U.S. Supreme Court.Winter's fallow time finds the Federal Communications Commission in...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-In an agreement with IBM's software group, Motorola Worldwide Data Solutions Division said it now will be able to offer IBM's eNetwork Emulator Express, eNetwork Web Express and eNetwork Wireless Gateway and Mobile Client as part of its Private DataTAC+ solution."The eNetwork Wireless...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration progressed in getting more telecommunications and information technology products shielded from tariffs, but last week acknowledged problems persist in convincing China to open its market and hinted the United States was ready to consider retaliation."Our companies do not have market access...
SEATTLE-Go to any trade show where mobile phone operators congregate, and you will hear grumbling about how AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital One Rate pricing plan has wreaked havoc on business plans. The play for the high-end business user seems to be falling in...
WASHINGTON-Paging Network Inc. was expected last week to complete the last of 13 interconnection agreements with Bell Atlantic Corp."We are pleased that PageNet and Bell Atlantic have been able to agree on interconnection terms in all of the states in which Bell Atlantic operates,"...
WASHINGTON-Oral argument in the appeal of the Federal Communications Commission's 1996 radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines has been postponed until February or March.The case, Cellular Task Force v. FCC, had been scheduled to be heard last June and, after numerous delays, appeared set for the...
NEW YORK-Just in time for the holidays, glad tidings have arrived from the Windy City in the form of worldwide telecommunications infrastructure construction and deployment financing.Chicago-based U.S. RealTel Inc., which describes itself as "the nation's largest landlord of pre-leased antenna sites and telecommunications access...
