Is this it?Is the wireless data market sitting on the runway to (finally) take off, offering instant text applications anywhere on the planet?Like a child before Christmas, I anticipate the day when wireless data applications make my life easier, when I easily can use...
The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has brought together some of the industry's heaviest hitters under the umbrella of the Bluetooth...
WASHINGTON-The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is adamant the wireless industry comply with rules requiring digital phones be compatible with text telephones (TTYs) used by the deaf community, especially when TTYs are used in conjunction with digital phones to make 911 calls. Nevertheless,...
Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of wireless data, information technology and computers.According to information leaked to the press last week, the venture aims to extend Microsoft's...
NumereX Corp. announced Cellemetry L.L.C. signed an agreement with Bell Atlantic Mobile, expanding its Cellemetry Data Service footprint into the Eastern corridor. Gordon Ray, chairman, president and chief executive officer of NumereX, said the agreement adds 50 million pops to its coverage, including areas...
ERICSSONEricsson Inc. introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or a phone line. The DI 27 eliminates the need to connect a personal computer modem card and telephone line...
Count one less player in the specialized mobile radio game. As of Oct. 18, Geotek Communications Inc. will be but a memory of yet another start-up with a good idea that just couldn't make it work.The company, which attempted to both provide the technology...
L.M. Ericsson last week spelled out details of its new strategic direction, which includes an increased focus on Internet technologies to piggyback on its established position in the wireless and wireline telecommunications arenas.The company's new strategic focus stems from a growing demand for wireless...
ORLANDO, Fla.-To paraphrase a Bell Atlantic commercial, "wild things are happening" in dispatch radio, according to speakers at the recent PCS '98 show.Just outside the spotlight, which is focused on the apparent dominance of Nextel Communications Inc. and the demise of Geotek Communications Inc.,...
An open letter praising the UWCCTo the Editor: I feel compelled to write a letter of congratulations to the entire UWCC organization. It is the first time in my company's history that I have ever done this, but your rise to the wireless public consciousness...
NEW YORK-Sierra Wireless Inc., a Canada-based maker of wireless data modems, will have commercially available in December its new AirCard CE Cellular Digital Packet Data modem for Windows CE 2.0 handheld personal computers.The modem will be sold through Sierra Wireless resellers and distributors for...
Paging carriers looking to provide airtime for telemetry and off-the-hip paging applications received a big boost when Motorola Inc. introduced its first-generation ReFLEX chipset solution.The chipset includes a ReFLEX encoder/decoder equipped with ReFLEX Stack two-way software and a complete transceiver/receiver subsystem. The release marks...
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...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Qualcomm Inc. announced plans to begin market trials of its pdQ smart phone, which integrates 3Com's Palm Computing platform with its Interim Standard-95 Code Division Multiple Access technology to provide wireless data and voice communications in one device.Market trials of an 800 MHz...
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last week, where the company also announced a strategic alliance and conducted a developer's seminar.BellSouth released a list of 43 distributors made up of resellers,...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. said it is supplying enhanced services for its Go.Mail wireless e-mail software for the PalmPilot and Palm III connected organizers with the integration of One-Touch Communicator from JP Systems.One-Touch Communicator uses a wireless or wireline modem to enable users of...
BELLEVUE, Washington-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. launched commercial services on its new metropolitan area network in Seattle and the surrounding areas, following an eight-week service test by more than 20 business.ART's integrated broadband wireless and fiber-optic technology uses a packet switched Internet Protocol and asynchronous...
CTIAChristopher Putala joined the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association as vice president for congressional affairs. Putala worked for nine years with the Senate Judiciary Committee on a wide variety of law-enforcement issues and served as Democratic staff director and chief counsel for Sen. Joseph R....
NEW YORK-Orbcomm USA L.P., Dulles, Va., a provider of low-earth-orbit satellite-based data and messaging communications, announced Sept. 10 it has signed reseller agreements with three companies serving different industrial sectors.American Millenium Corp., Tavares, Fla., will deliver Orbcomm's two-way data services to the oil, gas,...
NORCROSS, Ga.-LXE Inc., a subsidiary of Electromagnetic Sciences Inc., introduced several product enhancements for its wireless data collection systems.The new products include additions to the 2330 handheld computer, a new 6224 Session Manager, a plenum-rated ceiling enclosure for access points and a remote DC...
CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services and IBM Corp. announced they have agreed that IBM will offer Ameritech's wireless data communications as part of IBM customers' systems integration projects.Under terms of the agreement, IBM will market Ameritech's Cellular Digital Packet Data service through its Global Services organization....
Audiovox Corp. and Tendler Cellular introduced a system to provide location information for wireless 911 callers using a Global Positioning System receiver built into a cellular handset. Using FoneFinder, emergency calls go through to public-safety answering points just as any other 911 call would,...
EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. said it is launching a new workshop aimed at bringing software developers into the wireless industry in the form of "feeder" events, designed to flow into the larger Wireless Developer conference, to be held in Silicon Valley...
Today's volatile wireless telecommunications market compares to a Roman sports arena with every service provider in hand-to-hand combat-fate hanging in the balance. It doesn't take a despotic emperor to know who gets the "thumbs up" or the "thumbs down."The winners will be those who...
