WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.'s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating its pioneer's preference for a personal communications services license in New York. Valentine claims...
GOLDEN, Colo.-Superconducting Core Technologies announced it concluded an exclusive purchase and supply agreement for superconducting thin films with E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.SCT said it is guaranteed an exclusive supply of superconducting thin films and patterned components for commercial wireless communications applications...
A U.S. battery manufacturer has announced it will produce lithium ion batteries for wireless telecommunications devices, delving into a market previously dominated by Japanese companies such as Sony Battery and Toshiba Corp.Eveready Battery Co. said it will build lithium ion rechargeable batteries for portable...
WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the surface could thwart further progress.An undercurrent of mistrust between the two sides still exists,...
This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in Hong Kong and four nearing completion in the United States.Systems launched today are deployed with an 8-kilobit vocoder chips for...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has denied Qualcomm Inc.'s petition for reconsideration of the commission's second Report and Order concerning pioneer's preference rules.The commission did, however, grant Celsat America Inc.'s petition for reconsideration of the FCC's third pioneer's preference report and order.In ruling against Qualcomm,...
WASHINGTON-Hearing disability advocates are privately furious with the wireless telecommunications industry over the agenda for this week's conference on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket phones and with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt for suggesting the problem can be solved by the marketplace.Publicly,...
It's the morning after.The reporter arrives at 10: 15 a.m. at the historic Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C., (conveniently across 14th Street from the National Press Building) to interview the co-recipient of RCR's 1995 Person of the Year: American Personal Communications Chairman Wayne Schelle.Schelle, 61, greets...
With plans to offer commercial tracking services in North America in February, Orbcomm Global L.P. has two satellites in orbit and is beta testing its global data-only communication system.The Dulles, Va.-based company is licensed to create a 34-satellite system to provide worldwide data and...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Qualcomm Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary, Qualcomm do Brasil, and NEC do Brasil plan to deliver digital cellular systems based on Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access technology to Brazil.The two companies plan to jointly bid on tenders that will be issued by...
Several companies are moving into the network planning business, ready to offer computer-based design expertise to new wireless operators and existing operators faced with increasing competition in the cellular and personal communications services markets.Most of these firms use computer software programs to merge radio...
Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing office phone system by using very low power cellular frequencies to communicate with the office's existing phone system. This enables...
DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced it has made the world's first wireless phone call on a carrier-based personal communications services system using Code Division Multiple Access digital technology at 1900 MHz.The company said the calls, which were made in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, are technologically...
Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission's C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. 11.About 25 DEs will actually make it to auction, and only a handful will...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has formed the ASIC Products business unit to provide Application Specific Integrated Circuits for products based on Code Division Multiple Access technology.The unit will be under the direction of Richard Kerr, vice president and general manager, and will be responsible for...
Fearing fratricide in the sky, Wall Street is losing its ardor for backing risky telecommunications ventures with junk bonds. In recent weeks, mobile satellite service developers Iridium Inc. and Globalstar L.P. have had to scrap high-yield, high-risk debt offerings after meeting resistance from the...
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next six months to develop short-term and long-term solutions to hearing aid interference and compatibility problems posed by digital pocket telephones."We...
Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will benefit intercontinental travelers and rural fixed-site and mobile users in areas lacking landline or mobile coverage.Warwickshire, U.K.-based Globaltouch Communications Holdings...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids.Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the Personal Communications Industry Association, the...
The success of wireless communications presents a double-edged blade for mobile satellite service. On one hand, the continued acceptance of wireless communications and the development of wider applications represents large potential demand. On the other hand, the growth of terrestrial cellular systems reduces the...
AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000's wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to Peru. AT&T's Cellular Digital Packet Data system allows subscribers on the network to send...
The recent scuffle between Time Warner Inc. and U S West Inc. over the former's proposed acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. may terminate yet another much-ballyhooed telecommunications partnership that couldn't survive changing industry conditions.On Sept. 22, U S West filed a lawsuit asking...
GENEVA-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a worldwide, royalty-bearing infrastructure license agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. to use Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access technology.The multimillion dollar agreement follows the recent announcement Fujitsu signed with Qualcomm to be a CDMA subscriber equipment licensee. The additional license...
Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the senior media/community relations specialist...
