Wireless Services

WITCHITA, Kan.-IFR Systems Inc. has begun shipping its new Interim Standard 136 Time Division Multiple Access digital cellular radio protocol analyzer. The analyzer is the first test platform available to …

SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc.’s net income for the second quarter increased 58 percent to $61.2 million, or 12 cents per share, from $38.7 million, or 8 cents per share, for …

Not wanting to be elbowed aside by rival new suitors, cellular carriers are beginning to serenade subscribers with their own chorus of “Digital! Digital! Digital!” But unlike emerging personal communications …

Growth, competition, churn and consumer demand for top-notch wireless services are compelling many wireless carriers to narrow their business focus to core network operations and marketing, and engage specialists outside …

MONTREAL-BCE Mobile Communications Inc. announced it is filing an application to list its common shares on the New York Stock Exchange. The company said it expects the shares to begin …

Photocomm Inc. of Scottsdale, Ariz., has been awarded a $3 million contract from Motorola Inc. for 831 solar electric systems to power a wireless communications project in Indonesia. Photocomm said …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration and federal regulators have promised the public safety community a chunk of TV channels 60-69 in exchange for supporting efforts to free up that spectrum soon for …

DALLAS-MobileWare Corp. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced an agreement to participate in joint sales and marketing activities for MobileWare software and wireless data services from AT&T’s Wireless Data Division. …

SEATTLE-McCaw International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Nextel Communications Inc., announced it has purchased a 30 percent interest in Infocom Communications Network Inc., a wireless company in the Philippines. …

SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. is developing enhanced 911 applications that will help wireless carriers and emergency dispatchers determine the location of wireless callers. These groups don’t have to reinvent the wheel, said …

I received a phone call at home one evening from an AT&T long distance salesman. How was I doing, and what long-distance carrier did I use? “Sprint,” I told him. …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said the new telecommunications law does not erase federal jurisdiction of wireless telecommunications, a strong statement aimed at dissuading federal regulators from abandoning a proposed bill-and-keep …

BellSouth Mobility DCS Thursday rolled out the nation’s first multistate personal communications services network, and the country’s fourth PCS system activation. Service was launched in a cluster that involves three …

Lone personal communications services provider Pacific Bell Mobile Systems, regional cellular carriers, paging providers and rental companies will try to leave no stone unturned when it comes to providing wireless …

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, …

In efforts to capture a broad range of consumer users, cellular carriers and equipment providers are stepping up marketing and advertising efforts to include glossy paper and primetime TV. The …

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators and the wireless telecommunications industry appear close to a compromise on a hybrid radiofrequency radiation exposure guideline, marking a major policy and lobbying shift that sources attribute to …

WASHINGTON-In what the U.S. Secret Service said is the largest seizure of stolen cellular telephone numbers ever in the United States, the New York Electronic Crimes Task Force arrested Abraham …

If a 911 Public Safety Answering Point agrees to receive 911 calls from phones that have never been activated on a cellular network, wireless operators are obligated to pass the …

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 …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is offering a 60 percent price reduction for its Packet Data Service, which uses Cellular Digital Packet Data technology, which is optimized for short “bursty” data …

WASHINGTON-Despite Congressional passage of a six-year balanced budget plan last week that assumes $19.2 billion from auctions, telecom policymakers are growing concerned that fiscal and political forces are increasingly driving …

SAN FRANCISCO-Cellular One in San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Services Inc’s. wireless data division announced an agreement to deliver AT&T wireless packet data service to Cellular One customers. Under the …

WASHINGTON-Wide-area specialized mobile radio operators and broadband personal communications services licensees now will be subject to the same resale rules under which cellular carriers have been operating since 1983. The …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched commercial Circuit Data Service in 35 new markets. CDS is now available to more than 70 percent of AT&T’s cellular coverage area, according to …