A new Phantom low profile antenna was introduced by Antenex. The antenna has a wide bandwidth and low angle radiation pattern. It also has an element that reduces dropped calls and dead spots, the company said. It comes with Antenex's standard NMO style mounting...
WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry is leery of a new budget-driven, flexible-use auction proposal that could create more competition for carriers on Main Street and Wall Street.The auction of the 2305-2320 MHz and 2345-2360 MHz bands has to begin by April 15 and must be...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt has signaled concerns to the industry about potential disruptions to public telecommunications networks as a result of the Internet's growing popularity.The FCC said Ivan Seidenberg, chairman of Nynex Corp. and head of the Network Reliability and Interoperability Council-a...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission this week is expected to unveil a new plan to auction $3 billion of spectrum for wireless Internet access and other applications, according to officials.Bidding is set to begin next spring.MCI Communications Corp. and Microsoft Corp., according to a published...
RadioMail Corp. introduced the Mobile Communicator, a wireless Internet product tailored for deaf and hard of hearing people. Data conversations take place using e-mail, and other features are available including fax, paging, news, sports, stock quotes and text information from Internet web pages.The Mobile...
Korean telephone service provider Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. awarded Lucent Technologies Inc. a contract to supply and install a Code Division Multiple Access-technology based cellular network in the southern cities of Pusan and Kyungnam. Lucent said it immediately will begin installing its 5ESS-2000 switch-based mobile...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration's free Internet plan would discriminate against wireless carriers by forcing them to pay extra into the universal service fund without the likelihood of gaining access to monies to connect schools and libraries, say wireless industry executives.While policymakers say they want to...
RadioMail Corp. announced the availability of its RadioMailer wireless Internet access solution for Cellular Digital Packet Data networks. Service previously was limited to Mobitex and DataTAC packet radio systems."By extending our service to operate on CDPD and cellular networks, we are the only company...
NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. will mark its second commercial launch within a month when it begins offering its data-only wireless Internet access services in late September in the Washington, D.C., area.The company, headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has provided wireless data applications to the utilities...
REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. announced it will make its directory services available via Unwired Planet Inc.'s wireless Internet access software platform.InfoSpace said it developed a patent-pending technology to fully integrate white pages, yellow pages, maps and e-mail directories into one comprehensive solution.Unwired Planet's software enables...
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, said Comsat.Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile has signed intercarrier agreements with Southwestco, its wholly owned...
SAN DIEGO-Supporters of personal Air Communications Technology have created a pACT Vendor Forum to "enable, support and promote the adoption of the pACT two-way narrowband standard worldwide," announced Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. of San Diego.To date, 24 companies have joined the not-for-profit association.The...
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, Calif.-based company said its UP.Link open software platform will enable cellular phone and two-way pager...
AirTouch Communications Inc. announced it has officially opened its European headquarters in the Netherlands. The company said it opened the office because its cellular operations in Europe are becoming an increasingly important part of AirTouch's overall business strategy.L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a...
"The Internet is the killer app!" declared futurist George Gilder at the Wireless Apps '95 show hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last fall in Las Vegas.He was referring to the long-sought application for wireless data-a Holy Grail of sorts-that would be so...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced its cast of wireless applications that enable cellular phone users to access information directly from the Internet.Motorola Wireless Internet Services will provide cellular and personal communications services subscribers with the ability to retrieve information including e-mail...
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