WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research Chairman George Carlo has informed federal regulators that five cell-culture studies under his purview raise questions about possible bioeffects from radio-frequency radiation emitted from mobile phones.Carlo, according to sources, told federal regulators of the findings at a Feb. 9 meeting at...
SONY ELECTRONICSSony Electronics introduced a new alphanumeric pager with a synthesized tuner, generic-over-the-air programming capabilities and the company's Jog Dial operation, called the MP-7001. The generic-over-the-air programming technology, or GOTAP, is an advanced feature of the Motorola Inc. FLEXsuite protocol. Sony also released the...
WASHINGTON-U.S. District Judge Thomas J. Hogan later this week could rule on the Justice Department's expected motion for summary judgment against Nextel Communications Inc.'s lawsuit to vacate a 1995 antitrust consent decree.The decree prohibits Nextel, the nation's top dispatch operator, and Motorola Inc., from...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc. added to the proliferation of so-called world phones last week at the GSM World Conference with a series of announcements introducing a new line of mobile phones designed for global roaming.The first handset is a tri-band phone that can function on...
The fourth quarter of 1998 marked both highs and lows for the various carriers that make up the paging industry, with companies meeting both significant milestones and facing continued challenges.Perhaps deserving of the most attention are SkyTel Communications Inc. and Paging Network Inc., although...
NEW YORK-Compaq Computer Corp., Houston, announced a new services initiative designed to help large enterprises "rapidly transform their existing networks into adaptive, next-generation networks necessary for ... a global, Internet-driven business world."The first phase of the initiative encompasses next-generation network infrastructure at the enterprise...
Iridium L.L.C. announced that Kyocera Corp. has completed its handset testing process and has been approved to begin volume distribution of its single-mode satellite phones and dual-mode adapters, as well as terrestrial cellular phones. Kyocera had reported several problems with the testing process, causing...
WILMINGTON, Del.-A bankruptcy court here last week approved Nextel Communications Inc.'s $150 million purchase of Geotek Communications Inc.'s 191 dispatch radio licenses, setting the stage for a fierce fight in the coming months over whether a 1995 antitrust consent decree-which Nextel is accused of...
NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Wireless '99 show in New Orleans.Groups of attendees on the show floor...
NEW ORLEANS-1999 could be a key year for many carriers in determining if wireless users want to access the Internet from mobile devices.Nextel Communications Inc. announced it will begin rolling out limited mobile Internet access service to six East Coast markets during the fourth...
NEW ORLEANS-Following a trend of convergence between the wireless and Internet industries, Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced the first phase of a strategic alliance to develop and deploy a framework for Internet-based wireless networks.The companies signed a memorandum of understanding...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector announced it entered into a software alliance agreement with Cerulean Technology Inc. in an effort to beef up its wireless information solutions aimed at public-safety agencies.Under terms of the agreement, Motorola will resell Cerulean's PacketCluster...
In the first product announcement resulting from its acquisition of Starfish Software Inc., Motorola Inc. introduced a personal organizer accessory designed to clip on to the back of other StarTAC phones at Wireless '99 this week called the StarTAC Mobile Organizer.The 2.3 ounce device...
SWINDON, U.K.-Cellnet announced it will build a General Packet Radio Service wireless data network supplied by Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector, in a $50 million deal.The GPRS capability will give Cellnet subscribers the ability to access the Internet and Internet Protocol-based services from mobile...
PROVO, Utah-Big Planet announced its national network of independent sales representatives will begin selling the BeepwearPRO pager, made jointly by Motorola Inc. and Timex, with regular and prepaid airtime made available by SkyTel Communications Inc.The prepaid package includes the pager, units of text and...
WASHINGTON-In an embarrassing political blunder that lends insight into the tricky third-generation wireless debate, Sen. Chuck Robb (D-Va.) last week joined two fellow Finance Committee members in urging the Clinton administration to use renewed Super 301 trade authority to make Europe open its market...
WASHINGTON-Geotek Communications Inc., in conflict over competing bids for its 900 MHz dispatch radio licenses, may be ready to end weeks of delay and speculation by announcing a buyer at a Delaware bankruptcy court hearing tomorrow.Recent delays, manifested in last-minute postponements of court hearings...
NEW ORLEANS-For an agency whose job it is to regulate an industry, last week at CTIA's Wireless '99 three of the five people sitting on the Federal Communications Commission seemed reluctant to predict where that regulation will go in the next century."I don't think...
Never has an industry been so vastly underestimated as the cellular industry in its formative years.When the industry celebrated its 10th birthday in late 1993, industry watchers joked about how wrong the early subscriber forecasts were, while putting out new subscriber forecasts that underestimated...
PARIS-Alcatel and Motorola Inc. announced a global agreement to work together to develop, market and deliver integrated Code Division Multiple Access network infrastructure to customers worldwide.The companies also have agreed to jointly develop a third-generation mobile switching center based on the UMTS 3G technology...
MarketwaveRichard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its vice president of sales and marketing, in charge of staff, national accounts and retail sales.Kansas CellularKansas Cellular announced several...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said it plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems' Jini technology into a Motorola networking software project code-named Piano.Currently in the research and development stage, Piano involves technology that would enable most electronic devices to be aware of other nearby electronic devices and...
VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector will provide Global System for Mobile communications equipment to expand Mobilkom's "A1" GSM network in Austria. Plans call for the program to be finished in 2001. Motorola will supply equipment at 1800 MHz to provide a dual-band 900...
NEW YORK-Nearly 40 electronics manufacturers have joined forces with Sun Microsystems Inc. to develop new devices that run Jini programming language, some of which could come to market by late this year.Jini, pronounced "genie," is an enhancement of Sun's Java programming language, which permits...
