DENVER-The Colorado State Patrol will launch a new program July 1 in conjunction with wireless carriers and VisionTek Inc. in an effort to combat aggressive driving.Motorists who witness "road rage" can dial *CSP on their wireless phone to reach a CSP Communications Center. Officers...
Paging Network Inc. announced a strategic agreement with Computer Associates Inc. to jointly develop and market a monitoring product that integrates PageNet's wireless information delivery abilities with CA's Unicenter TNG enterprise management system.The service will allow TNG server management system customers to be notified...
LONDON-Recently formed Belgian wireless communications company KPN Orange Belgium NV was awarded the third license to build and operate an 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network in Belgium.The new company will pay a $225.3 million license fee to the Belgian government and...
KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association's conference this week at the Cincinnati Convention Center. "TeleSentinel is based on our patented Angle of Arrival technology, which is...
A German study indicates the electromagnetic fields emitted by mobile telephones cause an increase in blood pressure.Dr. Stephan Braune of the University Neurology Clinic in Freiburg, Germany, strapped a mobile phone to the heads of 10 volunteers between the ages of 26 and 36....
ISSAQUAH, Wash.-Western Wireless International, through its majority ownership interest in Meteor Mobile Communications Ltd., was awarded a license to provide Global System for Mobile communications services in Ireland.As Ireland's third wireless carrier, Meteor plans to provide wireless services to an estimated 3.6 million people...
PRINCETON, N.J.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it will offer NewsAlert's real-time news service to two-way pagers, wireless phones and other wireless devices equipped with the PocketGenie application.Users who enter a company's ticker symbol in their device will activate the NewsAlert search engine, which then retrieves the...
BELMONT, Calif.-Wireless Inc. and Multipoint Networks Inc. have signed a definitive merger agreement that will enhance the market position and portfolio of Wireless Inc. to include a complete line of wireless access solutions for both telephony and data applications, according to Wireless Inc.The merger,...
FORT LEE, N.J.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. announced it will use Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s paging technology to build out several major markets during the next two years.TSR has ordered more than 3,000 C2000 controlled transmitters and multiple GL3000 switches from Glenayre for its upcoming FLEX buildout...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. announced plans to eliminate about 3,500 jobs in a move expected to save the company $270 million annually.The layoffs are part of a global restructuring that in part is a response to a weakening worldwide market for chips.The company also announced...
WASHINGTON-Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) will oppose a universal-service proposal endorsed by the Personal Communications Industry Association last week that would earmark half of the 3-percent telephone service excise tax for discounted school and library Internet connections.Pia Pialorsi, a committee spokeswoman, said...
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.-Quantum Internet Services introduced the Mir@ge Internet service provider program designed to reduce churn, increase revenue per subscriber and make it easier for wireless carriers to enter the Internet area.The program offers nationwide coverage with local dial-up access in more than 500...
WASHINGTON-The House Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations last week found developer Franklin Haney in contempt of Congress for rebuffing subpoenas in the Portals influence peddling probe, setting in motion a process that could end up landing Vice President Gore's Tennessee friend in jail.Peter...
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Conxus Communications Inc. announced it expects its Pocketalk voice paging service to be available by June 25 in Philadelphia.Pocketalk is based on the InFLEXion protocol created by Motorola Inc. The Philadelphia launch brings the total number of Pocketalk markets to 10. Conxus President...
PageMart Wireless Inc. launched a narrowband personal communications services network in Austin and San Antonio, offering a guaranteed-receipt alphanumeric message service called Scout.This makes PageMart the first paging carrier since SkyTel Communications Inc. to operate a ReFLEX paging network and the first ever to...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Philips Semiconductors announced a new Time Division Multiple Access radio-frequency chipset targeted for designers of dual-band TDMA cellular and personal communications services handsets.The chipset reduces the number of components needed to build a dual-band RF system by half, said Philips.The SA1920 RF receiver...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Integrated Network Group introduced the latest version of its postpaid calling card product, OpenMedia Enhanced Calling Card version 4.0.The product is an integral part of the company's Intelligis product line. New features include account on demand, enabling the card provider...
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek board members Haynes G. Griffin, Winston J. Churchill, Walter E. Auch and Purnendu Chatterjee resigned, said Board Chairman William Spier, who remains along with board members Richard T. Liebhaber, Richard Krants, Yaron Eitan and George Calhoun.Geotek provides mobile logistics systems in 11...
A story in the June 15 issue of RCR should have stated that Nextel Communications Inc. President Tim Donahue said he expected the company to be cash-flow positive in the second half of the year.
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will no longer act as a creditor for entrepreneurs wanting to join in the wireless revolution, the agency's top lawyers told a D.C. Bar gathering last week."We can solve problem by saying that can't get licenses until all...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has clarified that paging carriers cannot use Form 900 when renewing their licenses electronically via the Universal Licensing System. Part 22 paging licensees must use Form 601 for ULS filings.The FCC began accepting Part 22 paging renewal applications on ULS...
ANNANDALE, Va.-KSI Inc. announced it received an investment from Allen & Co. Inc. to help fund further development of the location technology used in its enhanced 911 location system. The two also entered into a financial advisory agreement. KSI's TeleSentinel system uses angle-of-arrival technology...
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe.The distribution agreements bring Iridium access to 72 million wireless subscribers, a population of 3.4 billion people, representing 60 percent of the world's population and...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Marlborough, Mass.-based InfoCellular Inc.The acquisition provides LHS with a point-of-sale software solution, which expands its global billing and customer-care product offering.The transaction included all InfoCellular assets for a purchase price of about $8.4 million in...
