wireless phones

WASHINGTON-The federal government is “poised and waiting to begin a pilot program” of cellular priority access for emergency personnel, the Clinton administration’s senior telecom official recently told the Federal Communications …

SALEM, N.J.-Comcast Cellular Communications Inc. provided 60 wireless phones to Public Service Electric & Gas earlier this month for a nuclear emergency response test. The phones essentially replaced landline communications …

A manufacturer of mobile phone shield devices said business has been booming following the release of a Swedish study that linked mobile phone use with headaches, fatigue and tingling and …

Personal communications services provider PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. signed a roaming agreement with GTE Wireless that will expand its PrimeTravel coverage area to 45 of the country’s top 50 markets, …

Many wireless carriers last week participated in Wireless Safety Week by encouraging subscribers to help out in emergency situations and use their wireless phones responsibly while driving. Carriers used everything …

WASHINGTON-Brad Clark, a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, resident used his cellular phone three times to help people in emergency situations. His actions won him the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s 1997 VITA …

Motorola Motorola Inc. appointed Dennis Roberson vice president and chief technology officer. Roberson reports to Merle L. Gilmore, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa. As president, EMEA, Gilmore also oversees …

NORMAN, Oklahoma, United States-Follow-up research examining the interaction between cardiac pacemakers and certain wireless phones found that an adverse interaction only occurred when the devices were less than three inches …

BALTIMORE, United States-Millions of hearing-aid wearers in Europe and throughout the world could benefit from work underway in the United States on a national standard intended to eliminate interference from …

NORMAN, Okla.-Follow-up research examining the interaction between cardiac pacemakers and certain wireless phones found that an adverse interaction only occurred when the devices were less than three inches apart from …

WASHINGTON-A group that claims mobile phone transmitters pose a public health risk last week asked a federal appeals court in New York to stay the Federal Communications Commission’s implementation of …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission scrapped a plan that would have provided a new area code for wireless phones and pagers only. Citing legal and financial implications, the commission has …

As the popularity and penetration of wireless communications spreads throughout North America, wireless carriers increasingly will use mass-market retail outlets and their own direct channels to distribute handsets and services. …

NORMAN, Okla.-The University of Oklahoma’s EMC Center reported recent findings indicate that interaction may occur between a small number of wireless phones and some implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). ICDs are …

IRVINE, Calif.-AirTouch Southern California said it expanded its “all-Southern California home calling area,” called California Connection, to its digital customers in San Diego. AirTouch customers can talk on their wireless …

Further extending its reach into the wireless industry, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced it has signed an agreement giving L.M. Ericsson license to use and distribute its PersonalJava platform and Java …

Twelve of the carriers featured in RCR’s Top 20 Cellular operators list in 1987 either no longer exist or have substantially changed. It’s not really that surprising since the list …

DENVER-The Colorado Public Utilities Commission is considering a plan to provide a new area code just for wireless phones and pagers despite a 1995 ruling from the Federal Communications Commission …

My head has been full of thoughts about government this week. My husband and I had the opportunity to hear former President George Bush speak last Monday as part of …

While it may be clear that the use of wireless phones is prohibited aboard commercial aircraft, many private pilots in a recent survey indicated they have made calls from their …

Not so long ago, I broached the subject of “goodwill capital” with a wireless industry leader at lunch. A number of things prompted me to do this. First, I’ve come …

Ericsson forms office mobility unit ATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace. Ericsson said the …

More than 83,000 calls were made to 911 from wireless telephones every day last year, according to figures released by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. During 1996, wireless phone calls …

NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc. has put its money where its mouth is to support Internet content providers, whose creativity and innovation it sees as critical for sustaining and expanding the …

Envision an all digital baseball stadium that allows its patrons to use their digital wireless phones to determine which parking lots are full, to order food and have it delivered …