Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communications Systems formally introduced its Teledensity product, a wireless system designed for local loop and personal communications services applications, at the recent Personal Communications Industry Association Showcase in Seattle.Earlier in September, Motorola announced its first customer for Teledensity would be Southwestern...
Nextel Communications Inc. says it isn't anxious to jump into another relationship or alliance, and has money enough of its own until 1997."In the aftermath of a broken engagement, we don't want to operate too much on the rebound. We're not rushing, but are...
SEATTLE-The Personal Communications Industry Association's annual meeting started here last Wednesday with a bang but ended with a bust.About 7,000 people attended the three-day Personal Communications Showcase, more than double the attendance of last year's event. Exhibit and hotel space sold out early. About...
As a product, cellular voice has been a spectacular exception to the current slow growth rate for most industries. In fact, some experts claim that cellular's coming of age is unparalleled in consumer electronics."I think it's terribly significant that this industry has gone out...
A rose by any other name still smells as sweet.Finnish-based Nokia Corp. hopes the same holds true for cellular telephones.The company's Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. announced late last month it will focus its marketing efforts in the United States on one brand name. The...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will procure products from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group to test its VoiceNow technology next year in three cities-Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco and New York City.Under the contract, valued at more than $250 million, PageNet will have a first...
Motorola Inc. has teamed with NewsPager Corporation of America to introduce its Inflo information receiver, which is an alphanumeric pager that acts as an information device, constantly updating its display with news, sports, financial news, world headlines and more. The compact Motorola information receiver...
Illinois Superconductor Corp. said it has introduced an interference filter for cellular base station receivers that uses superconductor technology, enabling the base station to hear weaker signals more clearly.Superconductivity involves cooling certain metals and alloys to a very low temperature so electrical currents can...
The Southern Co., a registered holding company for five Southeastern utilities, plans to have the first domestic digital specialized mobile radio network operated by an end-user organization on the air early next year.The network under construction includes 270 towers and provides coverage of Southern's...
Itronix Corp. has introduced two mobile work stations that provide a complete portable computing platform for users in the trucking industry. The new Transportation Computing and Communications System has cellular digital packet data-based communications capability. Itronix's TCCS I consists of a T3500 mobile work...
Nothing can replace the World Series, which was canceled last week along with the remainder of the major league baseball season after millionaire players and owners failed to agree who among them was neediest.Maybe Reed Hundt, a lawyer with antitrust expertise who now chairs...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Eight cellular operators are participating in a Seattle trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular technology.Four participants actively involved in tests with U S West NewVector Group Inc. and Motorola Inc. are AirTouch Cellular, formerly PacTel Corp., Alltel Mobile Communications, Sprint Cellular...
Nextel Communications Inc. is in search of a strategic partner to help finance its nationwide wireless communications network. But since MCI Communications Corp. backed out of its relationship with Nextel, the wireless operator has spent considerable time trying to calm Wall Street.Analysts dialed into...
The International Maritime Satellite Organization has announced more detailed investment plans for "corporatizing" its Inmarsat-P handheld mobile satellite service, stating it hopes to raise an initial $1 billion from its signatories to launch an affiliate company. While significant by itself, this effort also would...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it will conduct its first Code Division Multiple Access digital technology trials outside of the United States with Compania de Radiocomunicationes Moviles of Argentina.Installation of the initial CDMA cellular test system will be in Buenos Aires. Motorola is installing...
