ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it is deploying data and fax capabilities on commercial Code Division Multiple Access wireless networks.Motorola CIG is deploying circuit-switched data in networks in Japan, South America and the United States. GTE plans to test the service...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. announced it will collaborate on a joint distribution fulfillment strategy with Motorola Inc. according to a strategic partnership the two entered.Under the agreement, the two will develop an electronic database interchange and Motorola will ship product directly to Metrocall's retail presences....
In the upcoming months and years, several events in space have the potential to threaten the existing array of satellites orbiting the planet. Any one of these events has the ingredients to do as little as weaken satellite strength to as much as knock...
The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp."The cellular market in Europe is maturing...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-Puerto Rico Telephone Co. plans to expand its prepaid services offered by its wireless services division, Celulares Telefonica, as well as its paging network from Motorola Inc. to accommodate high-capacity digital paging services.Brite Voice Systems plans to expand PRTC's prepaid offering...
WASHINGTON-In two unrelated developments that could reignite the debate over whether wireless technology poses health risks, a new Swedish survey has found possible links between mobile phones and illness symptoms, while a female executive with a brain tumor has retained the largest personal-injury law...
SEOUL, Korea-Motorola Inc. announced it will invest $300 million during the next three years in its South Korean operations.Motorola will use half to expand its current semiconductor operation in Paju, Korea. The company will use the remainder to partner with local companies, including Pantech...
SkyTel Corp. said its six-year airtime provision agreement with Enron Energy Services Inc. is still on track as planned, despite media reports that the utility company is backing off its marketing plan in deregulated states.The agreement between SkyTel and Enron, a subsidiary of Enron...
WASHINGTON-House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) last week said a select committee, patterned after the 1973 Watergate panel, will be formed to investigate alleged satellite technology transfers from U.S. wireless companies to Communist China that may be linked to Clinton-Gore campaign contributions and nuclear proliferation...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it will supply equipment for a trial third-generation network operated by Japanese carriers DDI Corp. and IDO Corp.The two carriers announced earlier this month plans to deploy a trial wideband cdmaOne network, based on Interim Standard-95 technology. The...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications system using digital wireless technology developed by Motorola Inc. was demonstrated with phone calls placed on the system last Wednesday night, following the completion of the satellite-launching phase of the network earlier in the week.Nearly 150 service providers and...
Several leading telecommunications and computer industry companies last week announced a technology platform that would allow all types of mobile devices to communicate with each other without cable connections.Companies including Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are participating in...
Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. last week announced they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic's global broadband "Internet-in-the-Sky" satellite communications system.The Boeing Co., a leading aerospace company, and satellite manufacturer Matra Marconi Space, will round out the team of founding...
A manufacturer of mobile phone shield devices said business has been booming following the release of a Swedish study that linked mobile phone use with headaches, fatigue and tingling and heat sensations on the ear and skin."We've been inundated with calls. Our switchboard has...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. introduced Direct View, a paging service aimed at off-the-belt paging applications.With Direct View, subscribers can equip an LED display sign with wireless capabilities so it can receive news, sports, stock data and other general messages sent via Metrocall's network. In essence,...
Berliner Communications Inc., a radio-frequency engineering, site acquisition, project management and construction company for the telecom industry, announced it opened offices in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia to provide its services on a more regional basis. The regional directors for the new locations will...
Motorola Inc.'s shares settled Thursday after jumping more than $4 Wednesday amidst rumors Siemens AG was considering buying the telecommunications giant.Motorola shares closed Thursday at $58.25, down $1.13. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange Friday was in the $58 range.Analysts have noted Motorola...
WASHINGTON-U.S. economic sanctions slapped on India last week for nuclear testing are expected to have a relatively minor, short-term impact on wireless investment in that populous emerging market. But the prospect of a nuclear arms race in Asia combined with political unrest in Indonesia...
Paging Network Inc. announced it has recently chosen Lynn Bace to fill the company's vacant senior vice president of marketing position, effective Aug. 31.Bace has 22 years of management experience, most recently as vice president and general manager of a division of Kraft Foods...
ISTANBUL-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced what it called the world's single-largest Global System for Mobile communications infrastructure contract to date.The company signed an exclusive $500 million contract with Telsim, a GSM operator in Turkey, to enhance the carrier's network countrywide. Motorola said it...
AUSTIN, Texas-The Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola Inc. and Telogy Networks announced that Motorola signed an exclusive licensing agreement for Telogy's ActiveAir Wireless technologies, which Motorola plans to integrate into its wireless semiconductor solutions.Motorola said it also acquired certain related assets in a separate...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. and Iridium North America announced an agreement under which PageNet will be the exclusive provider of Iridium's global paging products and services when the service launches later this year.Iridium North America's parent company, Iridium L.L.C., plans to launch a global voice...
NORTHBROOK, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with automobile manufacturer Renault and France Telecom Mobiles to develop a telematics system for Renault drivers.The on-board communications device will link drivers to emergency response, roadside assistance and other services through a 24-hour control center. Motorola said the...
WASHINGTON-Major wireless E911 and digital wiretap initiatives on Capitol Hill have taken unexpected turns that may not necessarily doom legislation, but could reshape bills against industry interests.Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) is negotiating with House telecommunications subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) on E911 legislation to...
