WILSONVILLE, Ore.-Tektronix Inc. announced an agreement to buy the Network Monitoring and Mobile Test Systems business of Necsy Network Control Systems S.p.A., based in Padova, Italy, for an undisclosed amount.The product line Tektronix acquired includes monitoring systems for measuring voice, data and fax transmission...
NEW ORLEANS-International Telecommunication Union members did not reach any consensus in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, on harmonizing the various radio transmission technology proposals received by the ITU for third-generation technology.The ITU has decided harmonization efforts will rest with carriers and has asked them to put...
NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. last week announced an infrastructure package that should reduce costs and increase efficiency for Global System for Mobile communications carriers, now will be available in the United States. The package components already are in use in Europe, said company officials.The services,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced new hardware and software options to provide cdmaOne wireless operators investment protection with an evolution path to cdma2000 third-generation wireless services.Lucent said a cost-effective cdma2000 hardware module for its Autoplex networks complements the company's newly announced next-generation Flexent...
NEW YORK-Wave Systems Corp., San Jose, Calif., may possess some important answers to questions wireless carriers have about reducing customer-service costs, promoting prepaid calling and data communications and capitalizing on electronic commerce, while also preventing fraud.The company, founded in 1988 by Peter J. Sprague,...
Wildfire Communications Inc. announced United Kingdom operator Orange plc has begun a targeted deployment of Wildfire's network voice-activated virtual assistant.Orange said the initial deployment will involve several thousand customers who represent different age, gender and accent demographic groups, on which the company plans to...
DinetDinet Inc. announced an advanced keypad will be installed in all of its models of mobile data terminals. The keypad provides a more tactile feel as well as improved radio-frequency shielding. Testing of the new keypad showed no failures occurring in 16 million pushes....
Safco Technologies Inc. announced the completion of TEC Cellular's integration into the company. TEC Cellular's products, services and training now will be sold under the Safco brand. Safco acquired TEC Cellular in April, 1997.Anne Sleater, the AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employee wounded Jan. 14...
The 3G debate these days could be characterized as a global poker game-no one is quite sure who's bluffing, who holds the winning cards or who plans to fold. Whether convergence of two primary CDMA-based proposals-W-CDMA and cdma2000-is achieved depends on the actions of...
ZetronZetron Inc. launched the Model Z907 PCS Fault Finder, which provides fast notification of power amplifier and antenna problems at personal communications services sites. The PCS Fault Finder monitors forward radio-frequency power and antenna return loss in the 1.8 GHz to 2.0 GHz frequency...
Just as paging carriers look to two-way paging as a means of differentiation into the next millennium, so do paging manufacturers.In the past, a one-way pager was pretty much the same all over. Even the new lines of 1.5-way, or guaranteed messaging, pagers based...
BEIJING-Chinese officials may be close to deciding how to split up China Telecom, the government-run telecommunications company.Chinese newspapers last week reported that a plan to split the company into four independent parts seemed to be on its way to gaining approval from policymakers. That...
After years of slowly gathering the needed partnerships with cellular operators across the country, Cellemetry L.L.C. today can offer its cellular control channel transmission technology across more than 90 percent of the country.In mid-December, the company signed with Houston Cellular, adding much of Texas...
Research In Motion Ltd. introduced a wireless e-mail solution, called BlackBerry, designed to allow Microsoft Exchange users mobile access to their desktop e-mail.BlackBerry is an end-to-end solution that combines the Inter@ctive 950 pager from RIM with e-mail/organizer software, a PC docking cradle, desktop software,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, already facing stiff resistance to antenna siting from local zoning boards and federal land managers, has come under fire from the Federal Communications Commission for erecting transmission facilities without proper clearances.The FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau last week adopted a "no-tolerance" policy...
Following an unannounced soft launch in November, Conxus Communications Inc. announced its long-awaited Pocketext text-messaging service is being rolled out market-by-market nationwide.The company began the service late last year in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Washington D.C./Baltimore. In the coming months, Conxus said it...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Telecommunications Industry Association said it filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission strongly suggesting advanced telecommunications capability is not being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.Advanced telecommunications capability allows consumers access to various services, such as fast Internet...
Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with Mercedes-Benz to incorporate a telematics system called TeleAid into all 2000 model Mercedes-Benz S-class sedans in North America.The new system will be based on Motorola's Telematics Communication Unit, which consists of global positioning system, cellular voice and data...
The introduction of digital phone technology has changed dramatically the landscape of wireless communications across the globe and put the heat on the global paging industry.Paging's old advantages of small size and cheaper service are being whittled away, as digital phones shrink in size...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Toshiba Corp. will use its Premion Server+ technology to deliver news and information services to client portable devices.The agreement makes Toshiba the first company to offer services using the Geoworks' Premion Server+ technology, a local content server that supports multiple...
The Palm VII personal digital assistant, announced this month by 3Com Corp. and Palm Computing Inc., continues to generate news and speculation, even though the product is not expected to be in consumers' hands until late next year.Convergys Corp. told RCR it has been...
L.M. Ericsson's offer to compromise on third-generation technology may not change the International Telecommunication Union's action on Dec. 31. The ITU is likely to halt any work on Code Division Multiple Access-based proposals unless intellectual-property-right issues are resolved by the end of the year.Sweden-based...
Orbcomm Global L.P. announced its $500 million constellation of 28 low-earth-orbit satellites is complete and able to offer full commercial service worldwide.Orbcomm has offered limited service capabilities for more than two years on the two satellites it launched in 1995. However, those two satellites...
The wireless implications of America Online Inc.'s acquisition of Netscape Communications Corp. and its related strategic alliance with Sun Microsystems Inc. continue to reverberate as more attention has been given to the possible role paging carrier Metrocall Inc. may play in AOL's long-term strategy.On...
