VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada-Armed with nearly 300 attendees at its show, a new way to count the number of wireless data subscribers and strong evidence that Internet Protocol will be the backbone network for wireless data solutions, Wireless Data Forum board members said the...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December.The CDG's progress report shows more than 64 cdmaOne licensees, 11 handset vendors and 96 operators...
VANCOUVER-Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol connections.Many Internet applications use TCP/IP as the communication protocol to access the Internet and corporate...
AirTouch Cellular customers in Wyoming now can receive Caller ID service. Users of narrowband Advance Mobile Phone Service phones with Caller ID capability can see who is calling when their phone rings. AirTouch said it is offering free Caller ID service to customers on...
Like a teenager desperately trying to find the right "look," industry associations focused on the mobile data field continue to tweak their strategies for marketing the enigmatic technology.The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association recently announced it renamed its annual mobile data show Wireless Information Technology...
Aeris Communications Inc. announced it signed Bell Atlantic Mobile as its latest MicroBurst carrier partner, increasing its U.S. coverage to 60 percent of the nation.MicroBurst is a short-burst data application transmitted via the cellular control channel. Cellular carriers employing it can offer wireless data...
KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association's conference this week at the Cincinnati Convention Center. "TeleSentinel is based on our patented Angle of Arrival technology, which is...
The New York Society for the Deaf signed a contract with BellSouth Wireless Data to deploy BellSouth's Interactive Paging Service to allow NYSD's employees, half of whom are deaf, to communicate with each other via the real-time messaging device.The NYSD is a non-profit organization...
ATLANTA-Wireless data's success in the future depends on how easily users can access it, said some wireless executives last week at SuperComm '98.Key executives from the wireless industry's largest companies participated in a panel addressing the direction of the wireless industry in 2000 and...
Puerto RicoA consortium led by GTE Corp. signed a definitive pact to purchase for $375 million a controlling interest of 50 percent plus one share in the Puerto Rico Telephone Co. from the government there. GTE made the initial purchase and plans to sell...
PRINCETON, N.J.-Intek Global Corp. announced it acquired privately held Mobile Data Solutions Inc., the operator of Data Express, in a move that added automatic vehicle-location to its list of services and data applications.Specific terms of the all-stock transaction were not disclosed.Intek said it expects...
Allgon MobileStockholm, Sweden-based Allgon Mobile Communications AB introduced a dual-band antenna called "Twin," which can be mounted on a car window. The antenna can receive and transmit Global System for Mobile communications-based digital signals at 1800 MHz and 900 MHz frequencies. Holes don't have...
Bell Atlantic MobileBill Davidson was named vice president of wireless data marketing and sales for Bell Atlantic Mobile. In his newly created position, Davidson will be responsible for the overall strategy of the wireless data business and for daily operations of its marketing teams,...
Topp Telecom Inc.'s TracFone prepaid cellular phones now can be purchased in 7-Eleven stores in Phila-delphia and southern New Jersey.Charles Fortner, president of Island Page, was recognized last week by Vice President Al Gore as the National SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year, said...
EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Data Consultants Inc. announced it plans to broker more than $250,000 of software development work to its channel of certified developers in the next year.According to Zsigo Wireless, which provides advanced wireless training and consulting services, the funds are to...
TORONTO-Telular Canada Inc. announced that its Wireless Business Group changed its name to Global Data Wireless to reflect a more focused business plan for the division.Global Data Wireless concentrates mostly on wireless data applications in the utility and electric-power industry.
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Wireless Data Division introduced a new monthly flat-rate pricing system for unlimited wireless data transfer on its Cellular Digital Packet Data network.The company offers two plans in place of its per-kilobyte transfer pricing model of the past. The Local Unlimited...
Dear Editor: This letter is in response to Tracy Ford's May 4 Viewpoint column. It's good to see someone who recognizes the value of non-voice services, and I've got some good news for you: Several North American carriers have begun offering the kind of services you...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced it has signed a three-year contract extension with IBM Corp. to provide the computer company with wireless data network services over its Ardis network through 2001. IBM uses the Ardis network for its field-service support personnel using a national...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. demonstrated cdmaOne wireless data capabilities on JSC Personal Communications' Code Division Multiple Access network at the ExpoComm Moscow '98 Show, said the company.Qualcomm has supplied Russia with four CDMA wireless local loop networks in Moscow, Chelyabinsk, Rostov and Krasnodar."Qualcomm is pleased...
MONTREAL-Microcell Labs-a wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.-and Northern Telecom Ltd. announced they plan to create a joint venture to offer wireless data applications globally.The venture will provide operators with the necessary bureau services, software and hardware to offer customers wireless Internet access,...
MARLBOROUGH, Mass.-Cerulean Technology Inc. and BellSouth Wireless Data teamed up to give public-safety agencies access to BellSouth's nationwide wireless data network using Cerulean's PacketCluster Patrol software, BellSouth said.PacketCluster software gives officers instant access to local, state and national law-enforcement databases from laptop computers in...
DALLAS-Aeris Communications Inc. and Orbcomm Canada Inc. announced an agreement to integrate their respective MicroBurst and Orbcomm services for hybrid wireless data and messaging products and services in Canada.The combined solution will combine MicroBurst's coverage in the Rogers Cantel cellular network in Canada with...
RESTON, Va.-American Mobile Satellite Corp. announced JS Express Inc. has signed a three-year contract extension for its Ardis wireless data network.JS Express, a one-hour, on-demand delivery service, uses the network for its wireless dispatch application that coordinates logistics for the 285 JS Express' drivers...
