Motorola

Software developer US/Intelicom stands poised to capitalize on prepaid wireless, an industry segment some analysts expect to grow rapidly during the next few years. The company entered the prepaid arena …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to perform value-added logistics services like receiving, kit preparation and packaging for Conxus Communications Inc., Greenville, S.C. Conxus is building a …

NEW YORK-ZipLink L.L.C., Lowell, Mass., announced Jan. 8 it has been named exclusive Internet and enhanced one-number service provider for the new Beeperwear pager watch offered by MTX Paging Products …

The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year’s Eve, are being felt in the nation’s capital. The Bells and U.S. District …

There is little doubt that the telecommunications industry has taken on a global hue. Increasingly, American wireless providers are teaming up with foreign companies to expand their service portfolios across …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. introduced two dual-band phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Global System for Mobile communications phone and a Time Division Multiple Access phone, as …

The Quadrant consortium’s lone bid for Great Britain’s public-safety mobile radio license tender is a result of anti-competitive actions by the United Kingdom in violation of European Union rules, claims …

ArrayComm Inc. announced the opening of a liaison office in New Delhi, India, to serve a growing interest in its proprietary IntelliCell processing technology and IntelliWave wireless local loop system. …

Giving the wireless data industry some important momentum to start the new year, American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it plans to acquire Motorola Inc.’s Ardis data messaging business, which combined …

NEW YORK-Promotional activity revved into high gear during the critical December holiday season, which accounts for about 40 percent of carriers’ yearly gross customer additions, according to an informal but …

InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB. The company’s parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has sought a further stay of …

Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced that the Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union approved its FLEX paging protocol as an international paging standard. The Geneva-based organization’s ITU-R …

InfoPower, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., announced it has combined forces with Solo America and Metrocall Inc. to provide the ESPN To Go wireless sports information and paging service nationwide. …

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are …

WASHINGTON-Comments regarding the Federal Communications Commission’s notice of proposed rule making on the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act have one thing in common-moving the compliance date back two years, …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint Spectrum L.P. has completed its 1997 launch phase, bringing Sprint personal communications services to 134 metropolitan markets across the country. The company also announced the markets where …

FORT WORTH, Texas-Conxus Communications Inc. rolled out its Pocketalk narrowband personal communications service in Miami, West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., last week. Conxus’ south Florida network uses Motorola …

Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group won a supply agreement from Sweden’s Comviq to install a Digital Cellular System at 1800 MHz, which will be used to enhance coverage and capacity …

DALLAS-In response to a recent study finding that nearly half of potential wireless users want to purchase phones from more familiar retail outlets, Southwestern Bell has introduced a complete wireless …

Homeowners in California soon will have the capability to run their entire house by remote control-using only a computer, two-way pager, or telephone-thanks to utility deregulation efforts and agreements signed …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Korea TRS, Korea Telecom’s specialized mobile radio service company, plans to launch the first phase of its nationwide digital wireless service in Seoul and Pusan, using Motorola Inc.’s integrated …

Iridium L.L.C., the international consortium working to establish a 66-satellite network for a global wireless personal communications network, announced it intends to launch and operate an additional constellation of 96 …

African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Motorola Inc.’s Paging Systems Group has selected Sun Microsystems Inc.’s SPARCengine Ultra 2 motherboards for use in its next generation FLEX family protocol transport and infrastructure equipment, Sun …

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and …