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...
It's one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it's quite another to let the world in on them.That's what Philips Consumer Communications, a joint venture of Philips Electronics N.V. and Lucent Technologies Inc., did when it said...
Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the competitive landscape.IBM Corp.'s Microelectronics division last week announced it will pump $100 million into several new initiatives designed to expand...
NEW YORK-After receiving "Big Daddy" T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the world's largest wireless carriers offered an expansive vision of their companies and their industry."There are accelerating growth rates in all...
Multifrequency paging launched in ChinaMotorola Inc. announced a FLEX multifrequency paging network was launched in the Guangxi Zhuang province of China-the first of seven provincial Motorola networks planned to go into operation this year.Since the launch of China Telecom's nationwide paging network in 1997,...
WASHINGTON-A seemingly parochial fight between a small San Diego firm and two European manufacturing giants over next-generation wireless technology could foreshadow a larger confrontation between the United States and the European Union and offer a glimpse into a future where transnational companies dominate the...
NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. completed a prototype zinc-air disposable battery it said is lighter and delivers more talk and standby time than comparable rechargeable batteries.Developed by the company's Consumer Battery Division, the new disposable has demonstrated in laboratory tests the ability to provide more...
SkyTel Communications Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group have teamed with Internet security technology provider V-One Corp. to implement an encryption security enhancement for two-way paging and pagers.Corporate and government customers who want encryption, authentication and access control for their pager-to-pager, e-mail-to-pager...
With paging systems and devices moving evermore toward FLEX-based equipment, a debate is heating up about the future of second-hand POCSAG-based gear.The nation's top 10 paging carriers are migrating their networks and customers primarily to FLEX equipment, devices and enhanced services. Their one-way numeric...
Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology.Motorola's semiconductor segment and Lucent's Microelectronics Group next quarter plan to create a joint design center,...
WASHINGTON-CTIA last week at its fourth annual Cellular Telephone Industry Association Foundation Achievement Awards Dinner paid tribute to Dennis F. Strigl, Newt Gingrich and the 50 winners of its Vita wireless samaritan awards who all used wireless phones to help people in danger or...
Wideband cdmaOne will play a small part in the proposal Japan's standards body will submit to the International Telecommunications Union as a third-generation technology choice.The Association of Radio Businesses and Industries, ARIB, has been trying to converge wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, based...
Allgon MobileStockholm, Sweden-based Allgon Mobile Communications AB introduced a dual-band antenna called "Twin," which can be mounted on a car window. The antenna can receive and transmit Global System for Mobile communications-based digital signals at 1800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies. Holes don't have...
Bell Atlantic MobileBill Davidson was named vice president of wireless data marketing and sales for Bell Atlantic Mobile. In his newly created position, Davidson will be responsible for the overall strategy of the wireless data business and for daily operations of its marketing teams,...
Conxus Communications Inc. said it completed a $100 million convertible senior subordinated note offering. Conxus plans to use proceeds from the private placement to fund network buildout, operating expenses, working capital requirements and general corporate purposes. Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. was the sole...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it has established an online purchasing site for customers in the United States to buy wireless phones, two-way radios and accessories as part of its product unification effort.Accessories include chargers, batteries, car kits, headsets and carrying cases, as well as...
Paging is growing in popularity, and to profit from it, carriers better get their networks prepared now. That is the message Motorola Inc. is pushing with a new campaign and Web site aimed at promoting its Paging Systems Group to wireless carriers."Paging takes guts,"...
WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a major trade debate that would pit the United States against Europe in the not-too-distant...
Motorola Inc., warning investors of another poor financial quarter, announced a restructuring plan that includes cutting employees by 15,000 worldwide and taking a $2 billion blow in special charges.The company, which employs about 150,000 people, said it will consolidate manufacturing operations throughout the company,...
DALLAS-BearCom Inc. said it acquired RyCom Communications Pty. Ltd., a Motorola Inc. distributor based in a suburb of Sydney, Australia. RyCom operates several community repeaters across New South Whales.RyCom will assume the name Bear Communications Australia Pty. Ltd.
Topp Telecom Inc.'s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey.Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week by Vice President Al Gore as the National SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year, said...
Alcatel Telecom will acquire DSC Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction, according to a definitive agreement announced by the companies last week.The deal is thought to give Paris-based Alcatel a much-desired expanded presence in North America that will allow it to better compete with...
NEW YORK-And now let's have a round of applause for top executives of Arch Communications Group Inc., Paging Network Inc. and SkyTel Corp.These successful emigres from wireless telephony have spearheaded a positive reversal of fortune not only for their paging companies but also for...
