CanadaEricsson announced trials for Wireless Application Protocol technology over a TDMA network with Rogers Cantel, a Canadian wireless provider. The announcement is the first WAP 1.1 system on a TDMA network, said Ericsson. The system being delivered is based on a scalable, fault-tolerant Jambala...
LAS VEGAS-Whether we like it or not, most of us are plugged in, turned on or otherwise connected to everyone else on this planet. But in spite of these universal ties, there is growing interest in maintaining individuality, or so it seemed at the...
Secure with 50 converts and confident of its quality, the torch bearers of the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology believe that telecom companies are heeding their call to make it a global standard.The association, known as the OFDM Forum, seeks to foster a...
WASHINGTON-Commerce Secretary-designate Donald Evans said he will stress spectrum management in the next administration and told Senate Commerce Committee members he realizes the international implications of third-generation mobile-phone development in the United States."We need to put a lot more emphasis on management of the...
Refinery Inc., a six-year-old Web development company, identified the wireless industry as something it "definitely needed to be involved in," the company's director of marketing said.However, Refinery isn't planning on chasing wireless applications like some corporate holy grail-an illusion other Web development companies have...
NEW DELHI, India-Several leading GSM operators in the Asian region have announced plans for migration to 2.5-generation (2.5G) services during 2001. Many of them hope to roll out commercial General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services during the year, but mass expansion of the new...
In a trinity aimed to reinvent itself, mobile applications provider Mobilelogic changed its name, hugged a new partner and closed a deal last week.It now wishes to be called Vaultus, a name chosen to reflect its marriage with Sieglegale, an Internet consulting firm.Vaultus President...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems further staked its position in the wireless technology market by buying Exi0 Communications for $155 million in stock.The deal which is Cisco's 22nd this year will close in its third fiscal quarter ending April 28.With offices in San Jose, Calif.,...
WASHINGTON-A new book describes top cellular lobbyist Thomas Wheeler as obsessed with controlling public relations for industry-funded mobile phone-cancer research conducted in the 1990s and claims he attempted extraordinary measures to downplay suspected health risks.In "Cell Phones: Invisible Hazards in the Wireless Age," Dr. George...
The frenzy to find more spectrum for encroaching third-generation services is mostly unwarranted if wireless technology keeps progressing as it has, according to Marty Cooper, chief technology officer of ArrayComm Inc.Spurred by an Oct. 13 directive from President Clinton, wireless industry officials and players...
Isn't it ironic that German and Japanese interests are planning to take significant stakes in U.S. wireless telephony-countries that were sworn enemies of the United States nearly 60 years ago this week, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, catapulting the United States into World War...
WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court this week will hear arguments in a case that could go a long way to determining how much privacy mobile-phone subscribers will have in the future.The case, set for oral argument on Tuesday, pits wireless privacy against free speech. For the...
PARIS-Matsushita Communications Industrial Co., Ltd. and Nortel Networks moved to push the standards set by 3G Partnership Projects and their own products and services.Under a new agreement, the two companies plan to test the interoperability of third-generation mobile terminals and network infrastructure.The testing, which...
NEW YORK-Despite the hope and hype around consumer and corporate use, vertical applications remain today's stronghold for wireless data, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Warburg.Recognizing this fact, many large and small companies have made a foray into the field-force automation arena,...
NEW DELHI, India-Five companies and groups have submitted bids for supply of infrastructure for the proposed GSM network of the state-owned company ACT Mobile in Thailand.Those in the fray are Nokia, Lucent Technologies, IEC/Nortel Networks, Alcatel, and a consortium of Siemens, Ericsson and Mitsubishi....
WASHINGTON-A major personal injury lawsuit is expected to be filed this week in Illinois against Motorola Inc. and possibly others by a former technician with the company who claims his brain tumor was caused by mobile-phone radiation.The suit, the second in the past four...
Qualcomm Inc. announced it will form a venture arm to invest in start-up companies in an effort to proliferate the use of CDMA technology.Qualcomm is making a $500 million commitment to the new venture company, Qualcomm Ventures."The convergence of wireless technology and the Internet...
NEW YORK-Tokyo-based NEC Corp. has ambitious expansion plans for its wireless handsets and infrastructure business, but the plans do not target North America, said Koji Nishigaki, president.In Asia, the company sees a big opportunity to supply third-generation mobile networks and terminals. In Europe, it...
WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court, in a major blow to the wireless industry, last week said it would not hear an appeal of a lower court's antenna-siting ruling favoring a Pennsylvania town."It would appear that it gives towns again the opportunity to say the burden of...
Not one operator around the world has rolled out third-generation services yet, but discussion of fourth-generation technology is already under way. An industry that began offering a basic communications tool is evolving into something much flashier, much more futuristic and certainly more exciting.Japan, the...
SAN DIEGO-Integrated circuits producer Philips Semiconductors formed a strategic alliance with Widcomm Inc. to speed up the development of its Bluetooth wireless technology products and to provide customers with a complete range of Bluetooth solutions and support."Widcomm is a pioneer in Bluetooth software, while...
The business of stealing cars is a $7 billion game that every year saps the resources of law enforcement and results in a financial and personal loss for car owners. A wireless technology exists, however, that can track the location of a stolen car...
NEW YORK-The 2.4 GHz unlicensed radio-frequency band is getting a bit crowded these days, with cordless phones, microwave ovens and the new guest, Bluetooth, all tapping into it.By contrast, the 5 GHz band is wide open territory. The HiperLAN2 Global Forum is at work...
SpirentSpirent Communications, which provides performance analysis solutions, announced the InfoDM v2.0 release, which is part of the company's acquisition of InfoSoft Technologies, will supplement Spirent's CDMA test solution with high-speed, over-the-air data logging and a data playback feature. The InfoDM v2.0 improves message logging...
