Motorola

Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. launched PageFinder, a device that receives word messages and confirms delivery to the sender. Using Motorola’s ReFLEX two-way wireless messaging system, PageFinder stores messages while a subscriber …

Motorola Inc. reported higher sales but lower earnings for fiscal year 1996, saying that strategic decisions made during the fourth quarter will set the stage for a renewal of profit …

Israel’s two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing a third cellular operator. “The (technology) …

Simoco International Ltd. of the United Kingdom and German-based De Te We and Rhode & Schwarz Bick have formed a consortium to market Trans European Trunked Radio systems in Germany, …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Motorola Inc.’s Cellular Infrastructure Group provided the Code Division Multiple Access system used in Cellular One’s Jan. 1 launch of digital service in Phoenix. Motorola said …

HOLLAND, Mich.-Johnson Controls, Motorola Inc. and HighwayMaster launch-ed AutoLink, an intelligent communications system that links subscribers to roadside assistance services, emergency response services, Global Positioning System navigation support, theft notification …

California Microwave Inc.’s Microwave Network Systems division won a contract from Cellcom Israel Ltd. to expand its Time Division Multiple Access cellular network. California Microwave said it values the contract …

SEOUL, South Korea-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said it has completed construction of a $1 million paging system in Shanghai, China, that can handle 1.2 million subscribers. The company said it …

Audiovox Communications Corp. will introduce three new phones at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas. Its 800/900 MHz combination phone, the ACT-900, acts as both a cellular …

A few more pieces have fallen into place for the Philips Consumer Communications division as it pulls together its wireless handset sales machine to build a brand name in the …

Summa Four Inc. named Robert A. Degan president and chief executive officer, with responsibility for directing the company’s growth and profitability. He has been a member of Summa Four’s board …

Cellulink introduced digital cellular service in the Fox Valley, Wis., region. The Time Division Multiple Access system will work in conjunction with the company’s existing cellular network. Cellulink said the …

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s European Cellular Infrastructure Division deployed a digital microcellular system for Belgacom Mobile to expand and enhance its network in Belgium. Belgacom Mobile operates the Proximus Global …

The Secretary of Communications in Argentina announced concrete plans to award two personal communications services licenses in early to mid-1997. Initially, the two PCS licenses will be granted for 30 …

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers. “It’s all about …

Ericsson Private Radio Systems ordered 150 PCMobile units from XL Computing Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cycomm International Inc. XL Computing values the order at more than $1 million. …

Wireless industry, watch out! Geniuses are at work in Washington. This is the baby-the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a federal agency that operates at no net cost to U.S. taxpayers. …

Editor’s Note: No other debate has ignited the wireless telecommunications industry like the one that rages between TDMA and CDMA technology. For several years, the greatest argument against CDMA technology …

A Dec. 16 article regarding Motorola Inc.’s testing of the 8 kilobit-per-second enhanced variable rate vocoder should have stated that AirTouch Communications Inc. uses an 8 kbps vocoder in Los …

LIMA, Peru-Telefonica del Peru has launched Code Division Multiple Access service in the metropolitan city of Lima, saying it is the first in Latin America to have such a commercial …

AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Intidaya Sistelindomitra to offer wireless services in Indonesia using the Globalstar satellite-based communications system. The companies will pursue a license …

As 1996 drew to a close, we took a look back at some of the most impacting and industry- defining stories of the year. Here are the RCR editorial department’s …

King Communications U.S.A. Inc. introduced Sentor, a package consisting of radio frequency monitoring, hot standby controller, site management and tower light control systems. Sentor does not require a computer at …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.’s Platform Software Division and Unwired Planet Inc. signed an agreement to provide an optimized solution for delivering Internet-based content to wireless communications devices such as cellular smart phones …