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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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

PAGEMART PageMart 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 …

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 …

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, …

Allgon Mobile Stockholm, 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Dialing 911 is an automatic response in a crisis. But what if the emergency call is placed on a cellular car phone and the signal drops? Mobile Security Communications Inc. …

Centennial Cellular Corp. began marketing its cellular communications products and services under the name Centennial Wireless throughout its properties. The company formerly used the Cellular One trademark. Centennial is bolstering …

WASHINGTON-The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear an appeal of a pioneer’s-preference fee case filed earlier this year by Jackson, Miss.-based Mobile Telecommunication Technology Corp. Instead, it chose …

DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. appointed two new vice presidents to head strategic planning and business development for its narrowband personal communications services. N. Ross Buckenham will serve as VP and general …