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Comcast Cellular One has named David S. Levine director of marketing communications. Levine will be responsible for all marketing functions for the Cranbury, N.J.-based cellular provider, including advertising, promotion, public relations, research and new product development. He was previously director of marketing for Micro...

PAGING COMBINES WITH REMOTE CONTROL TO OFFER ADDED TV VIEWING

Alerting all couch potatoes, VideoGuide Inc.'s state-of-the-art television enhancement service delivers real-time news and information, wirelessly, and is a seven-day TV program guide and one-touch VCR recording device all in one.VideoGuide's Bedford, Mass., computer facility receives news, weather and sports information, compresses it and...

PHILIPS PREPARES FOR BIG IMPACT ON THE CELLULAR HANDSET MARKET

Netherlands-based electronics giant Philips Electronics NV is mounting a new campaign to become one of the top three vendors to the global cellular handset market.Philips Mobile Phones launched a new business group in January called Philips Consumer Communications based in Le Mans, France. The...

NOTES ON TETRA

TETRA is a new European standard for digital trunked mobile radio. It can transmit up to four independent voice channels, real-time or packetized data up to 28 kilobits per second, or a combination of the two on a single 25 kHz radio channel.The private...

PHILLIPS CLOSES IN NETHERLANDS TO OPEN NEW PARIS OPERATIONS

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will dissolve its infrastructure division in the Netherlands and open a new unit in France to manufacture wireless phones, pagers and other personal communications items.AT&T Corp. recently bought the infrastructure assets of Philips in Paris and Nuremberg, Germany. Now,...

AT&T BREAKS INTO 3 COMPANIES TO AVOID COMPETITION CONFLICTS

AT&T's cellular and paging division and its wireless equipment business will soon belong to separate and independent publicly traded companies under AT&T Corp.'s plan to completely restructure the organization.AT&T Chairman Robert Allen announced the board of directors last month approved plans to divide the...

CONSORTIA PLACE BIDS IN IRELAND FOR COUNTRY’S SECOND NETWORK

Six consortia met the August deadline to apply for Ireland's second mobile phone license, which could be awarded by the Irish Department of Transport, Energy and Communications by the end of the year.Scattered among the groups hoping to capture the 15-year license to operate...

BELLSOUTH TESTS NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR WIRELESS TRACKING CAPABILITY

BellSouth Wireless Inc. unveiled a new cellular technology application called Cellemetry, which makes it possible to send short data messages over existing cellular networks.Currently undergoing system trials, applications for the patent-pending technology include remote utility meter reading, alarm, copier and vending machine monitoring and...

AT&T MAKING ACQUISITION PLANS FOR PHILIPS ELECTRONICS’ NETWORK

AT&T Network Systems Inc. said it intends to buy some of Philips Electronics' assets in a deal that would grant AT&T access to Global System for Mobile communications-based cellular equipment, and therefore provide the company a gateway to European and other markets.Specifically, the two...