DUBLIN, Ireland-The phenomenal growth of cellular services around the world has created problems for operators as their networks become increasingly congested, encouraging companies to develop technologies and systems to increase the volume of traffic that can be carried over existing infrastructure.Several established infrastructure vendors...
WASHINGTON-Perhaps denoting that local multipoint distribution service and the tremendous data possibilities it affords may be the wave of the future, the LMDS re-auction already seems more successful than the recently concluded PCS re-auction.While the PCS sale left some licenses still unclaimed after many...
This week marks the first anniversary of the Federal Communications Commission's Phase I enhanced 911 deadline, and by most accounts, not much progress has been made.SCC Communications Corp., which provides 911 operations support systems, estimates less than 3 percent of the public safety answering...
NEW ORLEANS-AirNet Communications Corp., Melbourne, Fla., plans to announce Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz systems at the GSM World Congress later this month, AirNet President and CEO Lee Hamilton told RCR at Wireless '99. The move will allow the...
NEW YORK-Satellite Survey Systems Ltd., a Dallas company with roots in oil and gas exploration, has added another notch in its diversification belt by helping wireless companies pinpoint tower locations using global positioning systems.The company's endeavors are part of a trend in the tower-siting...
MELBOURNE, Fla.-AirNet Communications Corp. was awarded a contract to supply a turnkey 1900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network to Pinpoint Communications, which successfully bid in the D-block auction as Cambridge Telephone Co.Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed.Pinpoint will offer personal...
NEW YORK-Orbcomm USA L.P., Dulles, Va., a provider of low-earth-orbit satellite-based data and messaging communications, announced Sept. 10 it has signed reseller agreements with three companies serving different industrial sectors.American Millenium Corp., Tavares, Fla., will deliver Orbcomm's two-way data services to the oil, gas,...
PAGEMARTPageMart Wireless Inc. promoted two executives, Wayne Stargardt and Donna Regenbaum. Stargardt was named vice president of the company's fastest-growing business unit, the Carrier Services Division. Stargardt previously was PageMart's vice president of marketing. Before joining the company, he served as vice president of...
WASHINGTON-Imagine for a moment that you own a local package delivery business. Wouldn't it be great to be able to pinpoint the exact location of all of your vehicles?Under a service license expected to be auctioned by the Federal Communications Commission, this could become...
An indoor solution to wireless electronic asset tracking that uses digital radio-frequency technology to locate personnel and property has been developed by PinPoint Corp., a fledgling company based in Bedford, Mass.Outdoor tracking of vehicles, personnel and equipment has long been available using global positioning...
Allgon MobileStockholm, Sweden-based Allgon Mobile Communications AB introduced a dual-band antenna called "Twin," which can be mounted on a car window. The antenna can receive and transmit Global System for Mobile communications-based digital signals at 1800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies. Holes don't have...
By 2005, mobile location services will reach all 148 million wireless subscribers in North America, according to a study by Ovum, an independent telecommunications and information technology analyst firm.Ovum also predicts service revenues for mobile location services in North America will reach $2.4 billion...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) location system in February at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The company said Cursor is the first demonstrable system of its kind.Cambridge is demonstrating the system to potential business...
Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The company said Cursor is the first demonstrable system of its kind. Cambridge is demonstrating the system...
SigmaOne Communications Corp. is one of many companies hoping to capitalize on the Federal Communications Commission's Phase II E911 mandate requiring wireless carriers by 2001 to be able to provide emergency dispatchers with the location of 911 callers accurately within 410 feet.Using Correlative Angle...
Safety has long been a selling point for the wireless industry and customers historically have pointed to safety as a primary reason for purchasing a wireless phone.Now several automobile manufacturers are deploying systems in their vehicles that can summon emergency help to accident victims,...
WASHINGTON-According to a new book on wireless regulations written by former Industrial Telecommunications Association staffer Fred Day, "In 1993, Congress amended the Communications Act to incorporate a new term, `commercial mobile service,' also referred to as `commercial mobile radio service.' This term is essentially...
Using tracking technology developed almost a decade ago for the financial community, ProNet Inc. is marketing a security tracking service for college students and employees.CampusTrac works the opposite from traditional paging, explained Kelly Love, manager of investor relations for ProNet. When users push a...
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code Division Multiple Access standards. The company said it functions as an up/down converter for...
I had my own little paging fiasco this week.Cindy B. called. She wasn't happy. Cindy sells auto rental insurance and works with many car dealers in Denver. She bought an alphanumeric pager on Monday so she wouldn't miss any business from car salesmen. She...
CLAYTON, N.J.-With a gaggle of journalists and public officials present, the first user trial of an automatic location system for analog cellular 911 calls began with a flourish Jan. 22 at the Gloucester County Public Safety headquarters."This demonstrates so much about the country's policy...
A young Sarasota, Fla., marketing company is hoping Bart will have a large influence on all age groups. In this case it is not Bart Simpson, but a new cellular telephone and global positioning system for automobiles.Bart is an after-market monitoring system that is...
GARDENA, Calif.-Teletrac's location information solution was chosen to be used in the City of Gardena, Calif., Police Department's public safety vehicles."Because of a national increase in officers being targets of attack in the line of duty, the City of Gardena wants to ensure that...
Mapping software, such as that offered by MapInfo Corp., has become a core component in many radio frequency monitoring and propagation modeling programs."Since our product is being used as a key component in their products, we want to make sure we are addressing the...
