Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile will use Corsair Communications' PhonePrint fraud prevention system in its A-side cellular markets. Installation already has started in Connecticut. PhonePrint uses radio frequency fingerprinting to detect cloning in local service areas and large roaming markets.360
Cylink Corp. introduced the AirLink E1/T1 microwave radio, an infrastructure component designed to provide dependable, cost-effective wireless connections for personal communications services providers to their cell switching centers. AirLink E1/T1 also can provide temporary cell sites to promote carrier services or provide an extra...
NEW YORK-As Omnipoint Communications Inc. sprints toward the Nov. 14 commercial launch of its personal communications service in the New York City metropolitan area, two hurdles remain: Nynex and NIMBY.But when Omnipoint opens for business this week, there will be no disclaimers and no fine...
President Clinton's electoral landslide victory over Bob Dole was anticlimactic for sure. "Building the bridge to the 21st century"-the Clinton-Gore campaign mantra-could be just as boring. It's what lies on the other side of the bridge that beckons great expectations.The telecommunications industry thinks it...
The introduction of new digital cellular and personal communications services standards in the United States and global markets has brought to bear the issue of multimode and multiband wireless handsets.Shying away from the continuing and unproductive debate between the proponents of various digital standards,...
WASHINGTON-A major breakthrough to erase telecommunications equipment tariffs by the year 2000 came last week when the European Union won political support from foreign ministers of EU member nations.The United States has been negotiating with the EU, Japan and Canada to reach an Information...
Frequencies and technologies may not matter much in the scramble to capture the wireless consumer market. Instead, wireless carriers plan to compete in marketing and customer service."Everyone has a different edge or weakness" when it comes to price, coverage, technology and features, said Bukasa...
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The broadband personal communications services auctions held during the past two years have spawned a plethora of novel policy and fiscal issues for policymakers.The reason: $20 billion. Money changes everything, even in ways not altogether obvious. Federal regulators will insist licensing is still bound by...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. plans to target infrastructure monitoring in the wireless sector with its recently unveiled JavaStation network computer.A lower-cost alternative to the personal computer, the JavaStation network computer is available for between $750 and $1,500. Java is Sun's programming language that...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The GSM MoU Association is interested in creating a multiband WorldPhone that operates at 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz."Global roaming is the cornerstone of GSM's success," said Gretel Holcomb Hoffman, chairperson of the association.Global System for Mobile communications technology has been...
Tomorrow has always been a bit tricky to forecast. Did John Walter know on his first day at R.R. Donnelley that one day he would be picked to run AT&T Corp?Keeping that in mind, I give you my predictions for RCR's Top 20 PCS...
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Powertel, a wholly owned subsidiary of InterCel Inc., launched its personal communications services network in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and plans to launch service by Oct. 30 in Memphis, Tenn. PCS service began in Montgomery, Ala., and Jacksonville Fla., earlier this month, the company said. Several...
ORLANDO, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. has teamed up with T-Netix to evaluate T-Netix's speaker verification technology, an authorization system for subscribers roaming outside their home calling area. The technology allows a digitized sample of a person's voice to be stored for authentication."Not only is...
WASHINGTON-Fine points continue to need to be ironed out as the Federal Communications Commission tries to compete its interconnection and resale order regarding commercial mobile radio carriers. According to recent petitions for reconsideration and clarification filed by Nextel Communications Inc. and the American Mobile...
Olivetti SpA is seeking to sell part of its stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia, Italy's privately owned Global System for Mobile communications cellular carrier that is experiencing rapid subscriber growth rates.Omnitel Pronto Italia said Olivetti has been negotiating with Mannesmann AG of Germany to...
International consortium Polkomtel started Global System for Mobile communications cellular service in Poland just seven months after receiving its license and two weeks after its key competitor, Polska Telefonica Cyfrowa, introduced GSM service.Polkomtel, operating as Plus GSM, launched service in Warsaw and is expected...
Northern Telecom Ltd. announced Telemig, a Brazilian telecommunications provider, has signed two contracts valued at $95 million to purchase Nortel cellular network infrastructure equipment. According to the first contract, Telemig will buy DMS-MTX SuperNode switching, cell site equipment and voice channels to expand its...
NEW YORK-Boston Communications Group Inc. has a not-so-modest proposal and concrete plans to execute it: a prepaid wireless roaming network for the Western Hemisphere.Already the company is in various stages of a rollout of its C2C wireless prepaid roaming network for four cellular carriers: Southwestern Bell...
HighwayMaster Communications Inc. announced it reached an agreement with SBC Communications Inc. for a $20 million equity investment in HighwayMaster. The company said SBC's initial investment will be in preferred stock, which is convertible into common stock at the rate of $12.50 per share....
NEW YORK-With plans to deliberately blur the distinction between cellular and personal communications services, AT&T Corp. launched an advanced digital cellular communications network covering a population of 70 million in 40 major markets where it now offers cellular service.The new offering has been dubbed...
BEIJING-China Telecom, a division of the country's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, has selected Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group to supply infrastructure equipment to implement China's FLEX national backbone paging network in Beijing, Shanghai and nine major provincial capital cities.The system, which is expected...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Bellcore said its board of directors has not yet approved the sale of the company, although a California defense contractor is believed to be close to making the buy.Bell Communications Research Inc. was created in 1984 by the regional Bell operating companies following...
