Motorola

Motorola Inc. announced that it will use and distribute the full family of Sun Microsystems Inc.’s Java platform technologies, according to a licensing agreement the two entered. Under the terms …

Safety has long been a selling point for the wireless industry and customers historically have pointed to safety as a primary reason for purchasing a wireless phone. Now several automobile …

WASHINGTON-In the FBI’s Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement implementation report, submitted Jan. 26 to Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) for review, the dates for actual CALEA hardware and software rollout remain …

NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share. The company, a worldwide distributor of wireless handsets …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced an agreement totaling nearly $40 million to supply four operators in northern regions of Mexico with Code Division Multiple Access infrastructure. The …

SINGAPORE-At the initial launch of dual-band services in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore and Taiwan reached the starting line simultaneously. Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte. Ltd. on Jan. 20 launched dual-band service between …

The RCR research and editorial staffs have compiled this list of mobile satellite carriers based on interviews with industry contacts. The chart is arranged alphabetically because most of the companies …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to expand the global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on telecom and information technology products by 2000. With developing countries increasingly turning to wireless …

Iridium L.L.C.-the Motorola Inc.-led consortium expected to offer global voice, paging and fax services via a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites by September-announced it has secured the U.S. Department of …

European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after …

In the Jan. 12 edition, RCR incorrectly identified the pager watch offered by MTX Paging Products L.L.C., a joint venture of Motorola Inc. and Timex Corp. The watch is called …

SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association’s first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted …

WASHINGTON-Greg Simon, telecom lobbyist and former domestic policy adviser to Vice President Gore, last week denied any wrongdoing regarding his 1996 meeting-undertaken at the request of then-White House aide Alexis …

Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its …

QuickWord, a new product introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show by Motorola Inc.’s Paging Products Group, is designed to keep families safe and in touch and encourage the use of …

Clarence Friend, a wireless industry veteran, founded Newport Beach, Calif.-based Cellular Development Systems L.P. to provide real-time call rating and billing services to the rental car industry. Now, about four …

LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs won a contract to supply its MartisDXX managed access and transport network solution to Indian mobile network operator Spice Telecom for its Global System for Mobile communications cellular …

Manufacturers are under pressure to finance independent personal communications services companies, but recent financial turmoil surrounding some C-block carriers highlights the risk involved in extending credit to companies whose only …

WINNIPEG, Canada-MTS Mobility, the Province of Manitoba and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police signed a 10-year, $60 million contract calling for MTS to provide the police force with province-wide FleetNet …

WASHINGTON-The Justice Department is investigating whether Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, in her role as a White House aide during President Clinton’s first term, sold political clout to win Federal Communications …

After almost two years of savage beatings on Wall Street, Glenayre Technologies Inc. has proven to have a tough chin, and analysts believe the company now is poised to come …

McLEAN, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. introduced several new products and services, including the i600 phone, and announced record subscriber numbers in the fourth quarter 1997. Nextel’s digital subscriber units in service …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., reported higher sales and earnings for the fourth quarter of 1997 and for all of last year, but slightly below analysts’ expectations due to the …

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TA Intercall AB, a wholesale distributor of wireless communications products in Sweden. TA Intercall recorded sales of …

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-After introducing the architecture for the Wireless Application Protocol last September, collaborators L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they established a new company …