H.O. SystemsH.O. Systems has chosen Scott Berry as vice president of professional services. His 12 years of industry experience includes executive positions at Alltel, Convergys and Cellular One. At H.O., Berry will be responsible for streamlining and growing business operations for the company. Of...
Sony of Japan is holding talks with Sweden's L.M. Ericsson on merging their handset divisions, hinting at what some analysts perceive as a possible trend in the industry.Both companies recoiled from revealing details on the talks, a deal from which would promise to leverage...
WASHINGTON-Sweeping reforms at the Federal Communications Commission promised by new Chairman Michael Powell and trumpeted by GOP lawmakers, owing to likely Democratic resistance and legal constraints, could fall far short of the dramatic agency shakeup envisioned by Republicans.Powell will outline proposed FCC reforms in...
VANCOUVER-Nortel Networks entered an agreement to work with Sierra Wireless Inc. to develop wireless modems based on the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and General Packet Radio System.The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, which will make the modems commercially available...
HandsetsNeopointThe company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band NeoPoint 2000 and tri-mode NeoPoint 2600 phones hold more than 2,000 contacts, schedule, task and personal...
Wall Street insiders may lose some of their edge after a ruling last week by the Securities and Exchange Commission preventing officials of public companies from providing information to select people before releasing it to the general public."High quality and timely information is the...
NEW YORK-Amid the clutter of conflicting and shifting capital market indicators, the outlook for companies in any sector related to wireless telecommunications nevertheless appears positive.The daily whipsawing of the Nasdaq, where the stocks of many high technology companies trade, may obscure but does not...
NEW YORK-Although presumably the driver was not watching PacketVideo's streaming media on a mobile phone as he drove at 80 mph, the technology passed this test, which an undisclosed Las Vegas wireless carrier conducted."We are in testing with carriers around the world. In Las...
LONDON-The wireless sector in the Middle East is still widely accepted as a vibrant and growing market, with the wireless Internet and several wireless trade shows coming on the scene.Nearly everyone who attended the GSM Gulf and Middle East Conference, a two-day event held...
WASHINGTON-The United States will enter the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next month without global or even regional support for its multiband proposal on third-generation mobile-phone service.The situation is embarrassing for the Clinton administration because it could lead to the United States being isolated...
Fueled by United States Cellular Corp.'s strong financial results, parent company Telephone and Data Systems Inc. increased revenues and operating cash flow by 17 percent and 28 percent, respectively, in the third quarter.U.S. Cellular said service revenues, compared with the same period last year,...
Having returned from Cape Cod and read about the ill-fated hostile takeover attempt by Nextel Communications Inc., the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department, I got to thinking: Had FCC Chairman Bill Kennard become Melville's Ahab, so obsessed with catching NextWave Telecom Inc. (and...
ElectofuelElectrofuel Inc. announced the Lithium Ion SuperPolymer battery, which has an energy density of 470 Wh/liter and 183 Wh/kilogram, almost doubling the previous endurance records of rechargeable batteries. With the SuperPolymer battery, laptop computers will run 15 or more hours on a fully charged...
Recently I have read a few opinions casting doubt on the value of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in today's converging wireless and Internet industries. I consider these opinions to be under-informed because the authors of these criticisms missed the basic goal and motivations...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. reported results for the three months ended Dec. 31, 1998. The company added 36,865 subscribers during the period, 19,622 from increased penetration and 17,243 through certain South Dakota property acquisitions.The company said the numbers represent an increase of 13 percent...
WASHINGTON-The Commerce Department, amid administration warnings that a return to U.S. protectionism would hurt U.S. firms and exacerbate global financial troubles, last week said commercial wireless carriers "constitute a thriving industry sector in the United States that has enormous growth potential well into the...
SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides up to 2.3 hours of talk time or up to 45 hours standby time in...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The licensing of two additional cellular carriers in South Africa will represent the biggest opportunity for black empowerment in Africa-and for some, the last chance to become involved in the vibrant telecommunications market here.When the Department of Communications issues tender invitations later...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry and the hearing-impaired community appear headed on a collision course over the implementation of the 1996 telecom act's mandate that equipment and service be accessible and usable by persons with disabilities if it is "readily achievable."The readily achievable caveat, among other...
Qualcomm Inc. said it expects a reduction in second-quarter earnings from the prior quarter after two South Korean manufacturers requested a partial cancellation or postponement of Application Specific Integrated Circuits orders, said Qualcomm.The company also concluded that a previously announced $60 million order from...
Here's a question: Is the wireless business being ill served by leaders unable to adjust thinking and strategy during a period of transition from a heavily regulated industry to one increasingly free of rules and dominated by consumers?Here's why I ask: antenna siting and health effects....
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Personal Communications Industry Association as part of the festivities surrounding the annual Eugene Bowler Award ceremony scheduled for April 29. At press time, this year's Bowler Award recipient was being decided by...
WASHINGTON-Antitrust policy is adapting to sweeping pro-competitive, deregulatory telecommunications reforms mandated by Congress, but not abandoning traditional oversight safeguards, one of the nation's top regulators said.The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission are all shifting their missions, noted...
The Latin American cellular and personal communications services market is projected to grow at a compound annual rate of 16 percent in the area's major countries, reaching $39.5 billion by the year 2000, according to a new report from New York-based Northern Business Information.In...
