Motorola

NEW YORK-Frequency Electronics Inc., Mitchell Field, N.Y., hopes to lead the way in mass production of competitively priced wireless signal synchronization components using rubidium as a substitute for quartz. “We …

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 …

Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of wireless data, information technology and computers. …

Metrocall Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. have entered a five-year strategic alliance that is part resale agreement, part shared network buildout relationship. In the first phase of the alliance, to …

What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for commercial service Nov. 1, becoming the …

LONDON-Motorola Inc. said it completed agreements to become a shareholder in the Symbian joint venture. Symbian is a venture of Psion Software, L.M. Ericsson and Nokia Corp. created to promote …

Microsoft Corp. last week announced plans to enter the smart-card market with a new standards-based operating system called Smart Cards for Windows. The system will allow smart-card developers to take …

AirTouch Communications Inc. reportedly is close to awarding a new contract to Nortel Telecom Inc. to replace existing Motorola Inc. Code Division Multiple Access equipment in Los Angeles. Industry sources …

WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. Chairman George Carlo is expected to recommend early next year that basic scientific research be de-emphasized in the future in favor of post-market surveillance. Carlo announced …

Ben J. Kern Jr., president and chief executive officer of Natcom Inc., died Oct. 17 of complications from leukemia. He was 64. Mr. Kern founded Natcom, an authorized Motorola Inc. …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Romances don’t always last forever. Mostly they decay gracefully at the close of a seemingly predetermined life cycle. Sometimes they blossom into universally admired permanent relationships. Other times …

LONDON-The GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) market in Egypt took a positive turn at the beginning of the year with an invitation for bids to build and operate a …

L.M. Ericsson Brazil. With Telet S.A. to construct a TDMA network. Value: US$140 million China. With Chongqing Telecommunications Administration to expand its GSM network. Value: US$138 million China. With Hebei …

NEW YORK-If telecommunications companies worked in a vacuum, they would probably be well fortified against the Year 2000 electronics bug that threatens to hobble microprocessor-reliant equipment. Wireless networks that are …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The trunked-radio industry in Europe is making confident noises about future growth, with much of this optimism based on development of new applications arising from the TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked …

BANGKOK, Thailand-Like many high-tech firms in the United States, Motorola Inc. caught a cold from its exposure to the Asian flu and is working to recover. While no one can …

After US$5 billion worth of effort, the Iridium L.L.C. global satellite phone and cellular roaming service became a reality 1 November when the company activated the system for commercial operation. …

BANGALORE, India-After almost a year of service, radio trunking in India is starting to look promising. Once a given-up segment, the industry had 4,000 subscribers nationwide as of March. And …

BANGALORE, India-By the end of December 1997, there were close to 800,000 cellular subscribers in the four metros and 15 telecom circles (roughly equivalent to states) where services so far …

ERICSSON Ericsson Inc. introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or a phone line. The …

At a rate of nearly 400,000 new subscriber additions each quarter, U.S.-based Nextel Communications Inc. has been attracting a lot of attention, including from traditional wireless carriers that may try …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced plans to add prepaid products from the Integrated Network Group of Glenayre Technologies Inc. to its line of cellular network equipment. Terms …

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. said it launched the Arch Paging Online Store, a Web site where customers may buy pagers and Arch paging services. Customers can numeric or alphanumeric …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced the formation of a new business organization, Telematics Information Systems, that plans to leverage the company’s technologies related to the telematics market. Fred Tucker, Motorola executive …

DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said Lucent Technologies Inc. now is its exclusive network infrastructure supplier after replacement of eight switches and more than 1,200 base stations during the past six …