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AUGUST13-14 Wireless Interconnection '96, by Bellcore. Westin Hotel San Francisco Airport, Millbrae, Calif. Call Pam Dunn at (800) 521-CORE.13 & 20 Semiconductor Conference, by the New York Society of Security Analysts. NYSSA Headquarters, New York. (212) 912-9249.19-20 A Practical Introduction to Wireless Data, by...

AUGUST1-2 1996 Summer Carrier Forum-Diversified Resale Services, by The Telecommunications Resellers Association. Westin Copley Place Hotel, Boston. (202) 835-9898.5-6 Wireless Telecommunications Real Estate and Permit Acquisition for the '90s, by Acquire Telecom Services. Silver Legacy Resort and Casino, Reno, Nev. (415) 776-1131.6-7 Navigating the...

BERKELEY, Calif.-TCSI Corp. announced it has successfully completed development and testing of software for the Japanese Personal Digital Cellular standard's newest Revision C.The company said this milestone is the result of a 1996 award of more than $1 million from a major semiconductor company...

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported disappointing second-quarter earnings July 9. The industry giant cited competition's effect on cellular handset and semiconductor prices, which offset increases in cellular infrastructure and paging revenues.Second quarter sales totaled $6.83 billion, compared with $6.88 billion during the second quarter of...

WASHINGTON-The United States and China last week averted a high-profile trade war over intellectual property rights that threatened to cut into wireless telecommunications commerce between the two countries.The U.S.-Sino accord was reached just hours after the Clinton administration-imposed June 17 deadline passed for slapping...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-AKM Semiconductor Inc. said it has introduced a third-generation chipset for wireless telephones and other communications devices that is less than half the size of current chipsets.The new chipset delivers up to 100 hours of call-waiting time and adheres to the PCS-1900...

Another handset manufacturer saw its company stock drop then slowly rise again following the release of a quarterly report with stagnant earnings.It's the continuation of a process that began last year when the drop in handset prices began to noticeably affect percentage growth. Manufacturers...

WASHINGTON-The United States and China are on the verge of a trade war that could hurt the wireless telecommunications industry's ability to expand into one of the world's fastest growing-and potentially one of its biggest-markets.Acting U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky last week said $2...

VIENNA, Va.-Cable & Wireless Inc. has reached an agreement with MobileComm that will allow CWI to introduce CWI-branded paging service to its long-distance customers during this second quarter.CWI focuses on business customers in the United States, offering a combined portfolio of domestic and international...

Telephone and Data Systems Inc. and Darien Telephone Co. announced that TDS' Camden Telephone Co. affiliate of St. Mary's, Ga., has acquired controlling interest in the Georgia rural service area 12 wireline cellular market, which serves 211,000 pops between Savannah, Ga., and Jacksonville, Fla....

The Personal Mobile Communications Division of Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. announced the MobileAccess smart phone. The phone integrates a cellular telephone with broad messaging and data capabilities in a lightweight, handheld unit, the company said. The model relies on cellular digital packet data technology...

Telex Communications Inc. has introduced a lightweight headset specifically for cellular phones and other mobile applications. The company said its Telex Nomad Headset is a lightweight, ear-worn device with an adjustable boom microphone and high-fidelity speaker. The headset is designed to improve the sound...

NEW YORK-Last year, companies involved in various aspects of wireless communications generated 16,000 new jobs in the United States at all levels, and that number is expected to grow by an additional 20,000 this year, according to Christian & Timbers Inc.The wireless-related businesses affected...

A young company out of Santa Ana, Calif., proclaims its antenna technology increases the range for wireless devices 50 percent to 100 percent and eliminates digital interference with hearing aids and pacemakers.RangeStar Inc. spent several years in research, developing and testing its antenna technology,...

NEW YORK-Recent blips of volatility in the stock and bond markets are no cause for alarm for wireless companies planning to tap the public capital markets this spring, Wall Street executives said.One in three Americans now owns mutual fund shares, and some 30 million...

Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key semiconductor houses worldwide to manufacture and distribute FLEX chip sets. ITRI is the first...

AT&T Wireless Services announced three executive positions for its North Texas/Louisiana district. Todd Felker is now director of marketing and is responsible for advertising, distribution strategy, market research and analysis, product introductions, public relations, revenue forecasting and sales planning and management. He joined the...

Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group was a victim of its own success during the last five months of 1995. A variety of factors caused significant delays in the shipments of its popular one-way and two-way pagers, according to several major paging companies.The backlog, which...

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. introduced its FLEX chip set, which it will license to semiconductor manufacturers, who in turn will sell the set to customers wanting to build FLEX-based products.The company expects samples of the chip set will be available later this year with...

Texas Instruments Inc. and AT&T Microelectronics have launched a semiconductor marketing race, each introducing single-chip digital signal processors they say complete more instructions per second using less power.Texas InstrumentsDallas-based TI offers two DSP solutions; the 541 DSP for digital cellular telephones and personal digital...

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Driven by the emerging Interim Standard-136 digital cellular market, DSP Communications Inc. and NEC Electronics Inc. said they plan to jointly introduce a new chipset.DSPC has agreed to develop the baseband hardware and software technology for the chipset and NEC will manufacture it....

MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. is beta testing its recently constructed Philadelphia spread spectrum network to offer integrated digital radio service for commercial fleet management and mobile work groups."It's not completely built out, but will be within a month or so," said Yaron Eitan, Geotek...

Frank McGillivray has been promoted to vice president of Transaction Billing Resources, a provider of credit card processing for the telecommunications industry.Also, Donna Tucker has been appointed TBR's accounting supervisor, responsible for account management. The 7-year-old company has recently expanded its offices to make...