VLSI Technology Inc. is bolstering its modem chipset offerings with a complete reference design solution to enable developers to quickly enter the market for Cellular Digital Packet Data applications.VLSI designs and manufactures semiconductors for the computer, consumer entertainment and communications industries. With nearly $600...
Allen Telecom Group Inc. announced it has reached a purchase agreement with Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The three-year, non-exclusive agreement allows Pac Bell to purchase Allen's omni-directional and panel antennas and accessories in preparation for building its personal communications services infrastructure for its base...
SEOUL, South Korea-The Republic of Korea has postponed selection of licensees for seven new telecommunications services including personal communications services, second-generation cordless telephony and trunked radio services until after the general election for members of the National Assembly-scheduled for April..The selection of 30 new...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services is introducing AT&T wireless circuit data service in New York and New Jersey.Circuit data service allows cellular customers with portable computing devices to access corporate databases and e-mail with throughput comparable to landline connections, according to AT&T.The company is conducting...
DALLAS-PageMart Inc. is marketing a new roaming service, infoRoam, which allows paging subscribers to change their coverage area on a short-term basis using an interactive voice response platform, announced the company.Users can phone in and immediately transfer their local numeric or alphanumeric coverage to...
AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000's wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to Peru. AT&T's Cellular Digital Packet Data system allows subscribers on the network to send...
On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the industry in the United States. Of course I spoke of the great advancements we...
20-21 Wireless Telecom Values & Finance, by Kagan Seminars. Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York. For information call Kristen Roelofs at (408) 624-1536.20-23 PCS '95, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Fla. For information call (800) 680-7242.21-23 CelluComm '95 Cellular Data...
With the dramatic changes that are occurring in every sector of the telecommunications industry, analysts and investors on Wall Street and elsewhere are re-evaluating the industry, its sectors and its participants. Their conclusions will determine the capital available to your company. Exactly how will...
Air Communications Inc. has unveiled an all-in-one cellular voice-data-facsimile telephone called the AirCommunicator that uses a proprietary protocol to transmit on circuit-switched analog cellular networks."We've pioneered a product that works as a fully featured data communications tool-in essence, replicating the user's desktop environment," said...
Padcom Inc. has developed a point-to-multipoint, transparent wireless data transfer system that the company says can overcome technical incompatibilities in wireless data systems and establish pathways between any remote device and land-based wireline networks."Transparent technology is a major breakthrough for the wireless data industry...
Westlink Paging has acquired the assets of Telecomm Systems Inc., a paging firm based in Portland, Ore., representing 85,000 additional paging units in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and Colorado. The purchase of Telecomm Systems brings Westlink's total subscribers to 430,000, said Daniels &...
If you were one of the many who stood in line to buy a copy of Windows 95 at midnight Aug. 24, (or even if you're not one of them), you'll appreciate this look at what happened to the great "cellular data rush" of...
SEPTEMBER12-13 Marketing in the Age of Convergence, by TeleStrategies. Sheraton Crystal City Hotel, Washington, D.C. For information call (703) 734-7050.14 Women in Cable and Communications Seminar, by Women in Cable and Communications. Viacom Conference Center, New York. For information call Carol Bensky at (201)...
M.W.M. announced the Wave Shadow 1000, a product that automatically mutes or shuts down any vehicle radio when a portable or fixed cellular phone rings, or when outgoing calls are placed. The units require no physical connection to the cellular phone, according to the...
Two-and-a-half years ago Bryan Eagle III left France Telecom to wager his ambitions in the wireless data market. Today, he can count Coca-Cola as his premiere client.Skywire L.P., led by Eagle and backed by Columbia Capital Corp. and Pittway Corp., last month announced signing...
AUGUST21-22 Cyberspace and the American Dream II, by The Progress & Freedom Foundation. Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Aspen, Colo. For information call Katherine Epler at (202) 484-2312.22 The Telecom Act of 1995: What it Means to Wall Street and Main Street, by Kagan Seminars. The Park Lane...
PriCellular Corp. has appointed Mary Tavernini as director of sales and marketing for Cellular One of the upper peninsula of Michigan. She formerly worked for BellSouth Cellular Corp. in Milwaukee as manager of major accounts. Tavernini will help PriCellular grow its upper Midwest cluster,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has won a contract with Korea Telecom to provide the first phase of a mobile data network based on Mobitex technology.Korea Telecom, a government-run telecommunications company, intends to launch its wireless data service early in 1996, initially in the Seoul metropolitan...
BellSouth Wireless Inc. unveiled a new cellular technology application called Cellemetry, which makes it possible to send short data messages over existing cellular networks.Currently undergoing system trials, applications for the patent-pending technology include remote utility meter reading, alarm, copier and vending machine monitoring and...
MIAMI-The Systems Consulting Group of Miami announced it was selected by the Wireless Data Division of AT&T Corp.'s McCaw Cellular Communications unit as the first systems integrator in the country to offer McCaw's AirData Business Service.SCG said it will offer the cellular digital packet...
JULY30-4 UTC, Minneapolis. For information call (202) 872-0300.AUGUST1-2 New Business and Investment Opportunities in Latin American Telecommunications, by Alacel (Latin American Wireless Industry Association) and CSIS (The Center for Strategic and International Studies). New York Marriott Hotel, New York City. For information call (202)...
BellSouth Cellular Corp. is marketing cellular phones in Kroger supermarkets. Once purchased, the phnoes can be activated within 10 to 20 minutes in the store. Kiosks and cellular salespeople already are stationed in stores throughout BellSouth's Indianapolis, Nashville, Huntsville, Ala., and Clarksville, Tenn., markets....
PURCHASE, N.Y.-Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. signed an agreement to sell its AXCELL cellular interface business along with its rights from a related patent license agreement back to Telular Corp.Telular originally licensed the patent rights to Spectrum in an agreement dated March 23, 1992. Spectrum...
