Paging Network Inc. will be the primary network provider for a remote automotive vehicle security system developed by Adaptive Vehicle Systems, according to an agreement signed between the two companies. Using PageNet's network, motorists can "page" their automobiles with messages to lock and unlock...
NEW YORK-Noting there is inadequate data available about the impact of cellular phone use on car crashes, a federal agency nevertheless said cell phone use does play a role in auto accidents, one that is likely to grow as more people use wireless phones...
DALLAS-In response to a recent study finding that nearly half of potential wireless users want to purchase phones from more familiar retail outlets, Southwestern Bell has introduced a complete wireless phone package, called Go-Kit.Go-Kits include a Motorola Profile 300 handset, a battery, a charger/transformer...
Paragon Software Ltd. is approaching wireless consumers with the simple message that its FoneBook Plus product can help organize their lives by putting contact names and phone numbers on their wireless phones.That simple idea is one the company hopes will bridge the gap between...
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,...
Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones.Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi has licensed the upgraded system, the GEOS-SC, to manufacture and ship next year a new...
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...
One month from now, the holiday gift-giving frenzy will have subsided and holiday gift recipients will be well entrenched in the traditional return and exchange of gifts. With wireless service touted this season as the perfect holiday gift, will wireless phones be on the...
'Tis the season to buy!And with some wireless carriers estimating that between 30 percent and 40 percent of their business takes place this quarter, the industry should be as giddy about the coming month as a turkey that is still pecking dirt at the...
WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has resumed his probe of the Food and Drug Administration's oversight of mobile phone safety, requesting the agency respond by Dec. 19 to a new series of questions on the status of government and non-government research on radio-frequency radiation from...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. announced it is now offering dual-mode digital wireless phone service in central Arkansas.The new service will allow customers with digital wireless phones, which have the ability to operate on either a digital or analog network, to continue using them outside...
WASHINGTON-In an effort to increase safety for students, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson Mobile Phones announced their Safe Schools program yesterday, which will provide wireless phones and service to 1,000 schools in America.The phones can be assigned to school security guards, parking lot...
WASHINGTON-After months of being publicly pounded on antenna siting, health concerns, unsafe cell phone drivers and blocked E-911 calls, the wireless industry is responding with an approach that relies on good corporate citizenship and uses the power of advertising to stress the public-safety benefits...
Dr. Dan Schlager, M.D., president of Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, filed an ex parte brief with the Federal Communications Commission urging it to apply Phase II E911 rules on locating emergency callers to new wireless phones only.Schlager said the wireless industry should follow the...
The holiday season is just around the corner, and wireless carriers will be looking to cash in by marketing their products and services as gifts to consumers enjoying a strong economy.But another group is waiting to capitalize on wireless service during the season-fraudsters.In the...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. signed a letter of intent with Nokia Corp. and extended an alliance with L.M. Ericsson to distribute wireless phones in the United States.Under terms of the agreement with Nokia, Brightpoint will become the sole authorized distributor of Nokia wireless phones in the...
Pre-Paid Solutions said it introduced a new debit conversion technology for the prepaid cellular market. The technology will be available this month under the name Pre-Cell Technology and Pre-Cell Chip. Pre-Cell Technology offers prepaid cellular through chip-based phone conversions. Pre-Cell Chip allows customers to...
Even though Powertel Inc. added 21,000 subscribers during the third quarter, the company was stung with a 42-percent increase in churn from the previous quarter.The carrier, which closed the three-month period ended Sept. 30 with 66,000 total PCS subscribers, said its PCS churn increased...
CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless phone distributor CellStar Corp. completed a $135 million multiple currency revolving credit facility, giving it the ability to borrow in various currencies for meeting capital needs and growth plans, the company said.The new facility, arranged by Chase Securities Inc., has a term...
Could this be the year for wireless data?Although proponents of wireless data are no doubt tired of being asked that question, some announcements this week certainly have to cause their hearts to race, if just a little.Lucent Technologies Inc. and NEO Networks, and Sun...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments Inc, and Sun Microsystems Inc. want to keep things comparatively simple within the handset as demands on its capabilities grow more complex.With that goal in mind, the two companies announced an agreement last week that will permit delivery of Sun's Java...
With so many wireless carriers competing for potential customers, marketing techniques have become an important tool to attract clients.One of the more recent marketing trends seems to be the phenomenon of corporate sponsorships-companies donating money and products to community organizations-all in an attempt to...
NEW YORK-Established and new entrants to the wireless handset manufacturing sector are sitting pretty on the crest of a wave of growing worldwide demand, said participants in the NatWest Securities Corp. "Global Mobile Handset Conference."Handset sales could reach 250 million units in 2000 compared...
NEW ORLEANS-The integration of wireline and wireless capabilities into the local loop "may not happen the way we all envision it," said John Woodward, director of program implementation for GTE Wireless Corp. in Atlanta. Rather, he added, "it may be taken over by such...
