M.W.M. announced the Wave Shadow 1000, a product that automatically mutes or shuts down any vehicle radio when a portable or fixed cellular phone rings, or when outgoing calls are placed. The units require no physical connection to the cellular phone, according to the...
It appears the next wave of paging is as diverse as its players. While SkyTel Corp. is only a short time away from launching its network, other large players systematically continue researching messaging technologies. Motorola Inc. has penetrated the new two-way market with its...
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.-Telular Corp. said a Chicago federal judge ruled in the company's favor recently in a patent infringement suit between Telular and Versus Technology Co.The dispute hinged around Versus' CAT 2001 cellular alarm transmission product business, which competes with Telular's Adcor Security Product...
Motorola Inc.'s Land Mobile Products Sector introduced the MCS 2000 line of mobile radios. The radios are built on a flexible platform that the company said is software configurable and can be upgraded through Motorola's FLASHport capability. When communications requirements change, with FLASHport a...
DALLAS-The number of players in the paging industry continues to shrink with Paging Network Inc.'s latest series of acquisitions.PageNet recently paid $6 million for the transmission network and operating paging assets of Page Florida, operated by Chicago Communications Service Inc. The Page Florida deal...
A joint venture is underway to deliver "last mile"-or in this case last 20 miles-digital wireless connections for wireline phones in regions worldwide where phone service is costly, inadequate or nonexistent.Together, Granger Telecom, Loral Communications Systems and Unisys Corp. plan to implement wireless local...
Despite intensifying doubt regarding the outlook for entrepreneurial block personal communications services auctions, AirGate LLC of Atlanta announced it intends to bid for licenses in the C block.AirGate is a start-up venture formed to enter the PCS market, through a unit called AirLink, and...
AT&T Network Systems Inc. said it intends to buy some of Philips Electronics' assets in a deal that would grant AT&T access to Global System for Mobile communications-based cellular equipment, and therefore provide the company a gateway to European and other markets.Specifically, the two...
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. said it will offer paging services to Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems under a strategic alliance.Under terms of the contract, Southwestern Bell Mobile first will offer numeric paging service in major Texas markets via PageMart's direct broadcast transmission network.PageMart said it plans to...
While voice transmissions over the cellular network have reached a certain degree of maturity in the marketplace, data transmissions continue to alternately attract and frustrate carriers, manufacturers and end users.Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, which enables mobile users to transmit data digitally at rates...
The purchase of Nationwide Cellular Service Inc. is a good short-term strategy for MCI Communications Corp., but the nation's second largest long-distance company will need to acquire some infrastructure to become a competitive wireless provider, said a Virginia-based communications analyst.MCI announced plans to become...
Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network, which teh companies anticipate will support 700,000 subscribers by 2000. The network will provide service in 11 cities across teh...
DALLAS-Polish Telephones and Microwave Corp. signed an agreement to distribute DSC Communications Corp.'s Airspan product in Poland.Airspan is a point-to-multipoint wireless access solution that helps provide basic telephone service to buildings in low-density suburban areas.It reportedly has a range of up to 20 kilometers...
As the telecommunications industry continues to blur lines that traditionally have separated different trade segments, competitive access providers are poised to be active players. But CAPs already are distinguishing themselves through a variety of niche-market, wireless endeavors.Denver-based IntelCom Group Inc. offers teleport and competitive...
As the onset of narrowband personal communications services nears, the industry is abuzz about what promises to be the next wave of wireless wonder. But for many narrowband providers-to-be, it is only a natural extension of one-way paging.Two camps have emerged among advanced messaging...
PURCHASE, N.Y.-Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its AXCELL cellular interface business along with its rights from a related patent license agreement back to Telular Corp.Telular originally licensed the patent rights to Spectrum in an agreement dated March 23, 1992. Spectrum...
As one company fine-tunes its debut for narrowband personal communications services, others bide their time by determining market position and devising rollout strategies.SkyTel Corp.-through its PCS bidding entity Destineer Corp.-plans to activate its nationwide two-way advanced messaging service during the second half of the...
WHEATON, Md.-The threat of personal communications services encroaching on the cellular telephone industry and a good economy with an expanding consumer market led to accelerated growth in the cellular phone industry last year, according to a report by Hershel Shosteck Associates Ltd.Shosteck recently released...
PHOENIX-U S West Inc. launched a new service in Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz., that makes it easier and more economical for mobile customers to access their office information from remote locations without having a cellular modem back at the office.U S West Cellular Modem...
A new venture company is introducing a technology designed to increase channel capacity for two-way radio networks and other wireless communications systems.Irving, Texas-based Unique Wireless Developments L.L.C. is a partnership formed in February by Unique Technologies International L.L.C. and Wireless Systems Ltd., a Bristol,...
FORT WORTH, Texas - Motorola Inc.'s Global Paging Infrastructure Division introduced its new Nucleus LT paging station, providing Latin America with next-generation paging station technology.The Nucleus LT transmitter is designed for single site, nonsimulcast, continuous-duty operation and can use radio frequency link, wireline, analog...
Nintendo, a name most familiar in exclusive circles-the young teens market-has made its first U.S. investment in a small company with an "expanding" technology.Waltham, Mass.-based Reflection Technology Inc. has designed the Virtual Boy game device for Nintendo Co. Ltd., using its patented Scanned Linear...
BellSouth Telecommunications Inc. has signed a five-year contract with Doston Technology Inc. to purchase equipmint that delivers inhanced services. BellSouth uses Boston's CO ACCESS Network Services Platforms to provide MemoryCall service, including call answering and voice messaging, in semveral Southern states.Metrocall Inc. announced it...
Transmitting mug shots and fingerprint images over wireless is the aim of the FBI's $17 million-plus technology update program, but it comes at a time when government spectrum already is clogged."A picture is worth a thousand words, but it takes a lot more bandwidth...
