GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network partnerships with Global System for Mobile communications and Code Division Multiple Access carriers.For now,...
The state of wireless technology and devices is in good shape today, and should continue to stay healthy well into the future, as long as carriers understand the changing dynamics of wireless users, according to a study presented by the Personal Communications Industry Association.Titled...
NEW YORK-U.S. Digital Communications Inc., Calabasas, Calif., is a classic example in action of the old saying, "when the going gets tough, the tough get going."After seven years of bad luck trying to develop and market Web TV under the name of VisCorp, the...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. opened its wireless data service center for wireless network operators.The center provides carriers with a single source for marketing end-to-end wireless data solutions over their network and in markets outside their territory, said the company. Offering turnkey wireless web services...
The wireless data industry has long been considered the most optimistic bunch in the world of wireless. Each year, it seemed, was going to be "the year" the technology would rocket into mass acceptance.This upcoming year is again touted as having the potential for...
SEATTLE-Some 1,900 wireless data professionals gathered in Seattle last week to determine what future their long-struggling industry might have at Wireless APPS '97.In this muggy Emerald City, they found the yellow brick road to the future of wireless data is indeed changing. Attendees left...
SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference.Since SK Telecom launched the country's first CDMA system in January 1996, South Korea now has five CDMA operators and about...
With all the focus on enhanced messaging services allowed by both broadband and narrowband personal communications services lately, the last several months have seen a number of technologies introduced that make it possible to access the Internet, receive e-mail and receive personalized text-based information...
Union Electric Co., Honeywell Inc. and CellNet Data Systems teamed up to develop a wireless interactive home management system, which will begin a pilot program in more than 100 St. Louis homes this summer. CellNet's network provides a link between the home system and...
WASHINGTON-Most of the 24 bidders who made the cut to participate in tomorrow's start of the Wireless Communications Services auction remain mum regarding how they plan to use their frequencies if any are gained. Those who aren't holding their cards close to the vest...
WASHINGTON-More than half of wireless subscribers and 40 percent of non-users expressed an interest in two-way wireless e-mail, representing a potential market of 44.3 million users, according to a study conducted by The Strategis Group.The study, Wireless Internet and E-mail Markets: 1997, predicted the market...
SAN FRANCISCO-A Code Division Multiple Access digital/analog dual-mode, dual-band telephone has been introduced by Qualcomm Inc., along with two other new CDMA portable phones in its QCP series.The manufacturer expects the three phones will be commercially available this summer: the QCP-2700 800 MHz MHz dual-band...
WASHINGTON-"This is an exciting wireless opportunity for businesses with clear vision and a good business plan," commented Michele Farquhar, chief of the Federal Communications Commission's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, at a bureau-sanctioned wireless communications services auction forum held Feb. 28. "There will be no commercial...
ACT Communications Inc. developed two personal communications services and cellular protection products. The ACT 452-120-400L is a two-line, single phase surge arrestor that provides all-mode protection. The company said it is ideal for cabinet and PCS applications. It is rated to withstand up to...
The laws of physics cannot be persuaded by politics, pricing or PR. And some economic principles are equally unyielding.Hence, economics and engineering considerations are both important to a sound U.S. spectrum policy.The Federal Communications Commission last week voted to auction spectrum at 2.3 GHz...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, bowing to congressional and wireless industry pressure, scaled back a budget-driven proposal to raise $3 billion this year from the sale of flexible 2.3 GHz wireless licenses.The FCC decided against auctioning a nationwide license, opting instead to sell two 10...
Washington-The wireless telecom industry opposes funding proposals for the Clinton administration's plan to link all schools and libraries to the Internet by 2000, a component of a sweeping $51 billion education package in the five-year balanced budget plan that the president calls his top...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division signed an agreement with GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. to jointly offer cellular and personal communications services providers Intelligent Network features and applications at wholesale rates.The companies will lease out IN features-including voice mail with notification,...
NEW YORK-Depending on who wins the battle of wills at the May 1 annual shareholders meeting of Metricom Inc., the public company might be sold.Metricom, headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has provided wireless data applications to utilities for more than a decade. Last year,...
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WASHINGTON-Sprint Spectrum L.P., which began offering personal communications service in Washington a year ago through partner American Personal Communications, has converted its marketing from a big-bang effort to one resembling a continuous rumble.During the last 13 months, the carrier has attracted more than 100,000...
Investee Company Investors Amount Raised Type of Financing Nature of BusinessSignalSoft Corp. Olympic Venture Partners $1.9 million First Wireless location software & servicesBoulder, COPathnet Inc. ...
WASHINGTON-Incoming House telecommunications subcommittee head Billy Tauzin (R-La.) said he's irked by the Federal Communications Commission's 2.3 GHz auction plan."It's a real serious problem," said Tauzin, in an interview with RCR.Tauzin has met with FCC Chairman Reed Hundt to relay wireless telecom industry fears...
L.M. Ericsson on Jan. 1 plans to reorganize its five business areas into three: Telephones & Terminals, Mobile Systems and Infocom Systems. Telephones & Terminals will be responsible for consumer products, including mobile phones and cordless phones. Mobile Systems will be responsible for network solutions,...
