A producer of phone shield devices has agreed not to distribute its promotional brochure in the United States after Motorola Inc. warned the company not to make unsubstantiated claims about the safety of cellular phones.Motorola Inc. demanded an end to distribution of the pamphlet...
Since the narrowband personal communications services licenses were awarded nearly two-and-a-half years ago, many companies have pushed ahead with plans to offer commercial service. Yet others seem to be creeping slowly, biding their time by determining market position or waiting for commercial grade equipment.The...
LINCOLN, Neb.-Transcrypt International Inc. introduced its Phantom analog portable radio, the latest addition to its line of land mobile radio equipment.The Phantom, which is available in VHF, UHF and 800 MHz, is field programmable using a built-in keypad. It comes with optional APCO 16...
Price is an important element of competition for paging carriers, but most industry insiders say features, quality of service and how a service meets a customer's specific needs determine value.The retail price for numeric service has dropped in many markets, but the reductions are...
During the last year, industry has unveiled a host of new gadgets for advanced alphanumeric paging, voice paging and messaging services.SkyTel Corp. currently is marketing its SkyWriter two-way service using the AccessLink pager by Wireless Access Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif. The carrier no...
The cellular industry joined Ellen and the Clinton administration last week, volunteering to come out as a consumer advocate.That's right, CTIA joined the fight against aggressive driving-this coming from the people who champion the car phones that irresponsible drivers cradle between head and shoulders...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-Blue Ridge Investors L.P. completed a management-led buyout of Cherokee Wireless Services Inc., which provides program and contract management services for tower and antenna needs.Based in Cornelia, Ga., Cherokee Wireless has six branch offices throughout the Southeast. The company's customers include BellSouth Mobility...
An executive shuffle is taking place at Motorola Inc.In the company's annual report for 1996, Hector Ruiz is titled executive vice president of Motorola Inc., and president of the Semiconductor Products Sector, located in Mesa, Ariz.Ruiz currently is executive vice president and general manager...
GREENBELT, Md.-Cellular One of Washington, D.C./Baltimore introduced its RSVP Piper Traveler, a product that combines a pager and an analog cellular phone.RSVP Piper Traveler features a nationwide numeric display pager enclosed in a battery pack that attaches directly to Motorola Inc.'s Piper cellular phones....
WASHINGTON-A major Australian study has found significant cancer in rodents exposed to digital wireless phone radiation, dramatic findings that offer compelling new evidence of potential health risks from phones and further undercut long-standing cellular industry claims about phone safety.The research results, which have been...
The Federal Communications Commission filed a reply brief last week with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit which is causing a review of the commission's wireless resale sunset decision.Cellnet Communications Inc., a Detroit cellular reseller, brought a lawsuit against the commission...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Motorola Inc. and TekNow signed an agreement that calls for Motorola to license client/server Telocator Network Paging Protocol technology from TekNow. Motorola will use the technology to complete the build out of wireless messaging networks based on its FLEX technology.TNPP is the...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc. filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission concerning Motorola Inc.'s petition for clarification in the refarming proceeding, the organization said.In the petition filed in February, Motorola supported the commission's efforts to encourage the deployment of new technologies in...
Qualcomm Inc. announced the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California has lifted a temporary restraining order that barred the company from commercially producing and selling its Q phone.The court also denied a preliminary injunction requested by Motorola Inc. which has claimed...
SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. said final beta testing has begun on the first production run of its AlphaTrak 9000 vehicle tracking and recovery system.The AlphaTrak 9000 includes a surface-mounted Motorola Inc. Datalink II paging receiver, a Motorola cellular transceiver and a Motorola GT Oncore...
With former President George Bush displaying courage (or insanity depending on how you look at things) by parachuting out of a plane at 30,000 feet, give or take a few skyscrapers, the Clinton administration also tried its hand at bravery last week.The Justice Department...
WASHINGTON-As Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) examines replies due today from the Food and Drug Administration to questions on the agency's oversight of a cellular industry-financed cancer research program that has produced no bioeffects studies after four years and $17 million, the question of the...
JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Corp. said it will introduce SkyWord Plus in the next few weeks, beginning at $25 per month for service and $10 per month to lease a Motorola Inc. PageFinder pager.In addition to the features offered with SkyTel's existing SkyWord service-numeric paging, personal...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s InFLEXion voice paging system began commercial service for the first time with Paging Network Inc.'s launch of VoiceNow service in northern California and Nevada.The narrowband personal communications services system is available in Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, San Mateo, Modesto and...
ObjectSpace Inc. announced the alpha version of its Enhanced Services Platform for advanced messaging services, developed with PageMart Wireless Inc., is complete, and beta tests will begin later this year.PageMart could have its ReFLEX 25 network, which will incorporate the ESP, in commercial service...
MCLEAN, Va.-The McCaw family announced Monday an early commitment to exercise its option to acquire $232.5 million in Nextel common stock.The family also has agreed to provide Nextel with $50 million in senior secured financing so Nextel can meet commitments with its equipment vendor,...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division signed a contract to supply Code Division Multiple Access equipment to Virginia PCS Alliance L.C. The companies value the contract at $50 million.CFW Communications Co., managing partner for the alliance, will offer personal communications services...
Various projects popping up in Europe indicate the TETRA two-way radio standard is becoming an operational reality.In Germany, dominant cellular carrier T-Mobil has teamed up with equipment providers Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. to operate trials of the digital Trans European Trunked Radio. Motorola...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Asia Pacific Cellular Infrastructure Group agreed to supply Total Access Communications System equipment and services to Eastern Communications Company Ltd. of China and Zhejiang Technical Import and Export Corp. Motorola values the agreement at $200 million.Motorola's relationship with Eastcom and...
