BellSouth Mobility Inc. introduced text and alphanumeric pagers with unlimited local service for as low as $10 per month in BMI's one-stop-shop retail stores. "By adding paging to our product mix, we are able to combine a variety of telecommunications services on one, easy...
Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with BMW North America Inc. to create a new telematics cellular phone system expected to be available on all BMW models by late this year.The BMW Mayday Cellular Phone combines cellular telephony with global positioning system satellite location technology...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it opened an automated online store on its Web site.Consumers and small businesses can get help assessing their wireless needs and service availability, shop for the right wireless service plan, try out wireless phones, place their order and...
The main goal for the American Mobile Telecommunications Association is regulatory flexibility or more accurately-one-size-does-not-fit-all. AMTA President Alan Shark has been fighting the good fight with the Federal Communications Commission to convince it traditional specialized mobile radio is not the same thing as commercial...
PARIS-Alcatel said a plan to reorganize its telecom business into market segments aims to address the rapid evolution of markets and recent stock-market turmoil.The telecom sector will be organized into three segments: The Network Business Group will focus on the full network operator market....
LOS ANGELES-As expected, AirTouch Cellular signed a letter of intent with Nortel Networks to purchase network switches, base stations and controllers.RCR reported last week AirTouch was close to awarding Nortel the contract.Under terms of the letter of intent, AirTouch will purchase analog and cdmaOne...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for power semiconductors, integrated circuits and modules is expected to grow at an annual average rate of 19 percent, to reach $2.8 billion by the end of 2003, according to a new Allied Business Intelligence report, "Wireless Power Devices, Transistors,...
President Bill Clinton signed into law late last month the federal Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act of 1998, which authorizes prison terms of up to three years and fines of up to $250,000 for such crimes. "The new ... law will make it...
NEW YORK-By the tenor of their top executives' flirtatious banter Nov. 2, WinStar Communications Inc. appears to be an amorous suitor to a somewhat hesitant Advanced Radio Telecom Corp."Spectrum is a rare commodity, and the more we have the better. ART has some, and...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Vanguard Cellular Systems Inc. commenced a cash tender offer and consent solicitation relating to its $200 million outstanding principal amount of 9.38 percent senior debentures due April 15, 2006.The purchase price will be based on a fixed spread of 50 basis points over...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is adamant the wireless industry comply with rules requiring digital phones be compatible with text telephones (TTYs) used by the deaf community, especially when TTYs are used in conjunction with digital phones to make 911 calls. Nevertheless,...
DALLAS-Philips Semiconductors and Texas Instruments Inc. said they reached an agreement to support a common protocol communications standard for Radio Frequency Identification smart labels.The companies submitted a common proposal to the International Standards Organization. The standard provides the first multivendor platform for vicinity card...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will supply a Global System for Mobile communications network to Philippines' wireless carrier Smart Communications Inc.According to the companies' contract, Nokia will be the sole supplier of GSM 900 and GSM 1800 equipment. Smart plans to deploy GSM 900...
Paging Network Inc. announced it signed an agreement with SmartRoute Systems to offer SmartRoute's real-time personalized traffic information system to paging subscribers. PageNet said it initially will roll out the SmartRoute service in eight markets, expanding to additional markets throughout next year.Comverse Network Systems,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is looking for a new primary spectrum band for wireless medical devices used by hospitals.Medical telemetry devices, such as heart monitors, today are secondary users on various blocks of spectrum, including frequencies used primarily by the land mobile radio industry.The...
During its third-quarter earnings conference call, Metrocall Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer William Collins III, announced the company plans to have its dedicated e-commerce site available to America Online customers in the next two weeks.A joint marketing agreement the two entered recently called...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. said it signed agreements with Southwestco Wireless L.P. and First Cellular of Southern Illinois for the carriers to deploy its MicroBurst technology on their respective networks.The agreement adds needed parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Illinois, added the...
Frustrated by the lack of cooperation in Europe over convergence of third-generation technology, some U.S. cdmaOne operators have vowed to push ahead aggressively with cdma2000 technology."Negotiations have gone on long enough," said Keith Paglusch, senior vice president of technical services and network operations with...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. announced it will co-develop and co-deploy an advanced customer-service, billing and financial management business support system for Iridium L.L.C.'s global mobile phone service. According to LHS, the system can process call rates and billing in all major currencies and can operate...
WASHINGTON-The Telecommunications Industry Association, Australian Telecom Industry Association and the Communications Industry Association of Japan have been chosen as co-leaders of the Implementation Project for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications Mutual Recognition Arrangement, announced TIA.The project was created to aid APEC economies in...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. said it successfully tested its CloneSafe wireless cloning fraud system as part of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Cooperative Innovations program.The CloneSafe system facilitates authentication by generating A-keys programmed into mobile phones, which allows mobile service provider networks to determine whether...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Spyglass Inc. announced its Device Mail 3.1 embedded e-mail and Device Mosaic 3.1 browser products are available.Device Mail is an embedded e-mail client that extends e-mail capabilities to mobile phones and handheld computers. The first announced customer of the product is Motorola...
WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. signed an agreement with Boston Communications Group Inc. that will allow STC, in cooperation with Boston's wireless carrier customers, to provide nationwide prepaid service with almost all models of cellular phones, said STC.The agreement also allows STC to provide...
CARY, N.C.-SpectraSite Communications Inc. acquired GlobalComm Inc., a wireless carrier collocation company.Since 1995, GlobalComm has completed more than 600 collocation agreements in the Southeast, said SpectraSite."Collocation is a major issue in today's market," said Stephen H. Clark, chief executive officer of SpectraSite. "The combination...
