The following Web sites provide information related to cancer research: International EMF Project, www.who.ch/emf International Agency for Research on Cancer, www.iarc.fr Wireless Technology Research L.L.C., www.wtrllc.com EMF-Link (A Biomedical Science and Engineering Clearinghouse on Electric and Magnetic Fields), www.infoventures.com/emf Electromagnetic Fields and Human Health,...
BALTIMORE, United States-The World Health Organization (WHO) is assessing the feasibility of conducting a multi-nation study to determine the connection, if any, between mobile-phone use and cancers in the brain, head and neck.Countries collaborating on the research initiative include Australia, Britain, Canada, France, Israel,...
JOHANNESBURG-Telkom SA, the national telecommunications provider in South Africa, formally has launched the nation's first commercial digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) system at Sandfontein, a village near Rustenburg in the North West Province. It is the first step in providing 145,000 rural South Africans...
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market.Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.'s local multipoint distribution service wireless business, and Nokia Telecommunications said it signed a cooperation agreement with Diamond Lane...
With technology advancing at lightning speed and telecommunications becoming a powerful engine of the global economy, the International Telecommunication Union has found itself learning to cope in a brave new world where private-sector politics are replacing nation-state diplomacy as the driving force in worldwide...
PITTSBURGH, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile announced it is providing wireless technology to People's Cab, allowing it to accept credit cards for payment of cab fares via Cellular Digital Packet Data technology."Until now, we weren't able to accept credit cards because our drivers could not get...
By focusing on technology strengths and weaknesses, industry veteran Kevin Reynolds believes his newly created consulting firm-PCS Maze Inc.-can safely guide a company through the technical labyrinth that causes so many to lose their way.Reynolds has a long history in the communications industry. He...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to expand the global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on telecom and information technology products by 2000.With developing countries increasingly turning to wireless technology for mobile and basic communications, the initiative would further improve the ability...
BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a report by the Yankee Group."The Internet's advantages in terms of ubiquity, simplicity and standardization...
WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration has recommended to Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) that more research be conducted on possible health risks from mobile telephones, but the agency left unclear whether it believes the issue is important enough to warrant funding by the Clinton administration."The...
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short time. A strong economy and cheap pricing plans certainly have contributed to how quickly...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced the acquisition of Aptel Ltd., a developer of wireless technologies and products, owned mainly by DSP Group Inc.Nexus purchased 100 percent of Aptel shares from the current shareholders for a total of 925,000 Nexus shares.The closing of...
As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and force countries to address the far-reaching implications of the Digital Age.What worldly thinkers have...
WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are falling by the wayside.Over the past six months, three cellular cancer claims either have...
WASHINGTON-For the wireless telecom industry, 1998 will be a pivotal year.A continuation next year of this year's policy retreats and defeats at the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill and in the courts could make the wireless industry even more wobbly on Wall Street...
WASHINGTON-While wireless local loop technology is taking off in such countries as South Africa, Great Britain, India and China, the United States continues to lag behind in deploying what could be the most cost-effective, time-sensitive means of providing everyone in this country with dial...
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...
MT. OLIVE, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed its prototype base station that will be used by NTT DoCoMo of Japan in experiments on a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system for third-generation mobile communications systems.The W-CDMA system, proposed by NTT DoCoMo, is part...
DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. announced the completion of its new dispatch system that uses wireless technology to send technicians to customer sites.The new system, called Dispatch.Mgr, is a computerized wireless dispatch system that allows MCI's field technicians to receive work orders via wireless modems in...
WICHITA,Kan.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched VoiceStream personal communications services in Wichita.The VoiceStream Wireless network uses equipment supplied by Northern Telecom Inc. and operates on the Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz technology."Nortel's GSM 1900 digital wireless technology is proven in extensive service...
Holiday shoppers this year will be faced with a variety of choices when it comes to selecting a wireless service, and the average consumer probably will have a difficult time wading through all the alphabet soup.According to a survey commissioned by Ameritech Corp. and...
WASHINGTON-Russia, over U.S. objections, was expected to charge Qualcomm Inc.'s Richard Bliss with espionage on Friday amid new revelations that the 29-year-old field technician reportedly admitted to illegally bringing satellite receivers into the country.Nikolai Kovalev, head of the Federal Security Service, said Bliss has...
NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C.Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of new handsets in North America...
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...
