Telecom

NEW YORK-Electric power companies have seen the future and it is wireless. The Electric Power Research Institute, a 700-plus member organization based in Palo Alto, Calif., recently established a Wireless …

After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has created a new business unit …

NEW YORK-The National Police Agency of Japan announced March 14 that nine people were killed in the last six months of 1996 as a result of accidents involving drivers using …

NEW YORK-Iridium L.L.C., which plans to launch a satellite-based global telephone service, last week registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an application to take the company public. Iridium, …

A Minnesota cryptographer said the cellular industry knows the cryptographic algorithms used in U.S. cellular digital systems are inadequate and were watered down by U.S. military pressure-and the industry is …

WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration, citing industry funding limitations, recommended the struggling wireless industry-funded bioeffects research program be redirected to give lifetime animal exposure studies highest priority and to expand …