wireless data

Preferred Networks Inc. said it has signed an agreement with NationsBank for a $20 million revolving credit facility. The money will be used primarily to finance the acquisition of paging …

Comsat RSI Mark Antennas signed agreements with several contractors to supply antennas for Sprint Spectrum L.P.’s personal communications services network. The contractors include Black & Veatch and MFS Network Technologies, …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Mobile Phones K.K. (Japan) has introduced the Nokia Digital Data/Fax Card to the Japanese digital cellular networks. The card enables wireless data transmission linking Nokia’s digital mobile phones …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and GTE Mobilnet Inc. signed an agreement to interconnect their wireless data networks. Both networks use Cellular Digital Packet Data technology and combined can provide data …

Enhanced services deliver greater convenience, mobility and security to cellular customers, but how much value these “value-adds” provide carriers is uncertain. Depending on the sophistication and expandability of the platform, …

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

ATLANTA-BellSouth Corp. has signed agreements with Vanguard Cellular and Uplink Technologies Inc. to deploy Cellemetry. Cellemetry is BellSouth’s wireless data technology that enables alarm equipment to use the existing cellular …

After rescuing one of its core patents from bankruptcy court, Telular Corp. is charging back into the wireless data market with a new strategic alliance. The Buffalo Grove, Ill.-based company’s …

Software developer Unwired Planet Inc. introduced an Internet access solution that promises to be a “Killer App” for wireless data services, beginning with Cellular Digital Packet Data. The Redwood Shores, …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Wireless Data Group has launched a business unit that will develop and test market limited-edition wireless hardware and software to customers. The Air Ventures unit’s objective is …

U.S. Robotics is mounting a three-pronged campaign for the emerging wireless data industry. The Skokie, Ill.-based company’s Mobile Communications division is a leader in PC Card modem technology with its …

Preferred Networks Inc. announced Victor L. Jackson has joined the company as vice president of interconnection. Prior to joining PNI, Jackson was director of interconnection for Paging Network Inc. His …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is offering a 60 percent price reduction for its Packet Data Service, which uses Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, which is optimized for short “bursty” data …

BOSTON-The typical cellular phone user now makes 10 calls every week but only 15 percent of subscribers would increase usage significantly if prices were cut by 10 percent, according to …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Services Inc’s. wireless data division announced an agreement to deliver AT&T wireless packet data service to Cellular One customers. Under the …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched commercial Circuit Data Service in 35 new markets. CDS is now available to more than 70 percent of AT&T’s cellular coverage area, according to …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile said it has introduced new AirBridge Cellular Digital Packet Data price plans, reducing usage charges by more than 70 percent from previously published rates. Bell …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging, Information and Media Sector is forming a new Platform Software Division. The Atlanta-based division is chartered to develop and deliver an open software platform, including an operating …

WASHINGTON-The best near-term opportunities for cellular and personal communications services carriers to sell data services are in the utilities and transportation industries, according to a new study from Economic and …

SKOKIE, Ill.-U.S. Robotics is entering the wireless data communications infrastructure market with its new Wireless Access System for the company’s Total Control Enterprise Network Hub high-speed access platform. The platform …

The cellular telecommunications industry is making steady progress introducing advanced mobile data services as it works to overcome its own fragmented nature as well as the competition. According to the …

Motorola Inc.’s Advanced Messaging Group announced that PacLink has become the first to launch Motorola’s FLEX paging protocol and distribute FLEX protocol-based pagers in Thailand. PacLink is investing more than …

NEW YORK-If the trend in communications is bundling services to customers, then the key to exploiting the trend is in combined billing for those multiple services. “Most of the research …

MAY 6 The Emerging Market for Wireless Location-based Products and Services, by Telestrategies Inc. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Arlington, Va. (703) 734-7050. 6-9 Inside Washington: Business and Public Policy Focus …

APRIL 28-1 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference ’96, by IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. The Westin Peach-tree Plaza, Atlanta. (908) 562-3870. 30 The Telecom Act of 1996: Myths and Markets, by Creamer …