MAY12-16 International Symposium on Integrated Network Management '97, by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego. Call Andrea Erickson at (301) 913-9338, ext. 341.12-16 DB/EXPO '97 and I2 Internet/Intranet Expo, by Miller Freeman. Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco....
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Coded Communications Corp. and Racom Corp. partnered to provide wireless data access to Iowa public safety fleets, which allows them to access various law enforcement databases, broadcast their positions and file reports.The firms will share revenues made on the system.
IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones introduced a service that allows direct Internet access from standard Global System for Mobile communications cellular phones."The main idea behind Smart Messaging is to combine Internet access with wireless telephony in a seamless manner," said Mikko Terho, vice president of...
More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon.While circuit-switched cellular still is the standard for wireless data connectivity-offering near-universal access for dial-up...
DENVER-Personal communications services operator Western Wireless Corp. launched its VoiceStream service last Thursday in Denver, promising rates at least 20 percent lower than AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s digital cellular rates.The company said it's Global System for Mobile communications network, supplied by Northern Telecom Inc.,...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Bloomberg Financial Markets announced they will begin offering financial news and market updates to users of AT&T's PocketNet phone this summer.Information available from Bloomberg will include daily financial, general and company news and market index performance including percentage change,...
China will have more than 20 million cellular subscribers by 2000, predicts a report released by International Technology Consultants Inc., titled Wireless Communications Markets: China. By 2000, China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications plans to install 150 million switching lines and only 105 million main...
APRIL27-30 Rural Cellular Association's Fifth Annual Convention and Exhibition, by the Rural Cellular Association. The Luxor, Las Vegas. (800) 722-1872.28-29 New Wireless Spectrum Opportunities, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. Sheraton Washington Hotel, Washington. (800) 608-9641.28-29 Prepaid Wireless Services, by the Institute for International...
SAN ANTONIO-ATX Technologies Inc. selected AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Wireless Data Division to provide the wireless communications for its OnGuard product.OnGuard uses wireless communications and Global Positioning System technology to provide vehicle tracking and directional assistance, the company said. New OnGuard products will use...
Anadigics Inc. said it began volume production and shipments of its AWT919D dual-band/dual-mode power amplifier. The product is designed for use in dual-band cellular and personal communications services transmitter applications, the company said. It consists of two amplifier chains, one to operate in the...
CHICAGO-Ameritech Cellular Services said it recently deployed its Wireless Monitoring Solution to support real-time, on-line automated meter reading for Commonwealth Edison of Illinois. Approximately 1,600 meters have been equipped for wireless data monitoring so far, the company said.Commonwealth Edison said it selected Ameritech's product...
RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries, released several BNC, N and UHF connectors for use with RG-8/U type plenum cable having .108 solid center conductors and .355 outer jacket dimensions. The cable can be used in computer, instrumentation or broadcast installations. (800) 233-1728.Two...
WASHINGTON-Key wireless initiatives are caught in the grip of legislative inertia that has paralyzed Congress and the White House and shaken the foundations of both institutions in the aftermath of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's (R-Ga.) ethics violations and the Clinton administration's link to the...
Cellemetry Data Service has signed eight new contracts since it was launched almost a year ago, and now provides total coverage to 125 million pops in North America.The service was developed by BellSouth Corp. in the early 1990s, and launched commercially 10 months ago....
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol.AT&T Wireless said it still supports the technology development of pACT, but the turnabout could affect pACT vendors and the...
Geotek Technologies Inc. said it will supply trunked mobile radio equipment and services based on its Frequency Hopping Multiple Access technology to Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. The company values the purchase order at $18 million. The agreement calls for Geotek to provide an...
Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with Beijing Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Beijing. Nokia values the agreement at $50 million. Nokia said it will provide its DX 200 mobile switching centers, base station controllers, base stations and...
LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.-Ardis extended its nationwide wireless data network to include 13 new cities. The company also extended 19.2 kilobits per second coverage to five new cities and added PowerSave capabilities to the network.The new coverage areas include Panama City, Fla., Ottawa, Ill., Hamlet, N.C.,...
Since unveiling its MobileWeb Internet Web server/controller technology one year ago, CellPort Labs Inc. reports a diverse group of innovators are using the platform to develop wireless data applications.The Boulder, Colo.-based company developed MobileWeb from its patented wireless phone interface technology designed for hands-free...
Metawave Communications Corp. named Vito Palermo senior vice president and chief financial officer, with responsibility for the company's financial and administrative operations including accounting, treasury, financial planning, investor relations and human resources. Most recently, Palermo served as vice president and corporate controller for Bay...
LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Laissez-faire capitalists repeatedly faced off with supporters of de facto or government-mandated high-technology standards during last week's Mobile Insights '97 conference on mobile computing.The three-day meeting, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here and hosted by industry consultant Gerry Purdy and his Mountain...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Standard Communications Corp.'s Wireless Datacom Division announced it will show its new cellular modem module and cellular radiofrequency module at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '97 trade show in San Francisco this week.The CMM7600 is designed for use with Cellemetry Data...
ESSEX, Vt.-Huber+Suhner AG realigned its Radio Transmission Product division to focus on personal communications services, cellular, wireless local loop, wireless data and other wireless access markets.The wireless division will be headed by Eugen Buchmann.A similar wireless division has been formed to focus on North...
Teklogix International Inc. received a contract from Samson Transport A/S, a third-party warehouse and transport company with worldwide locations. Under the agreement, Teklogix will provide Samson with a narrowband wireless data communications network with Ethernet TCP/IP connectivity to an IBM AS/400 host platform, the...
