ARLINGTON, Va.-TeleCorp PCS Inc. reported it launched its SunCom digital wireless service in Lake Charles, La.Along with the new launch, TeleCorp also announced the installation of an additional Lucent 5E switch to its New Orleans switch facility to support its expanding network in the...
NEW YORK-For about $2,000 per square mile, MCI WorldCom Inc. expects to launch multichannel multipoint distribution service systems able to give its fixed wireless customers data access at speeds faster than T-1 connections.That is the vision the carrier is working to make a reality,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is inviting and strongly encouraging American Indian leaders to participate in a seminar the agency is planning for this fall that should focus the leaders' attention on wireless as an answer to the lack of telephone service in American Indian...
SAN FRANCISCO-Even as the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock market was spinning out of control and dragging down telecom shares last week, wireless network and marketing managers here were brimming with optimism about a industry whose biggest challenge is keeping up with fast-paced growth and all...
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association is urging the Federal Aviation Administration to review its tower siting reporting rules because current and sometimes-conflicting interpretations "could create a paperwork and processing morass for both the wireless industry and the FAA."The rules in question have, in fact,...
IRVINE, Calif.-Toshiba Corp. has developed a complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor that incorporates an analog-to-digital converter and achieves the industry's lowest power consumption in this class of device, according to Toshiba America Electronics Components Inc.The new sensor, available in both color and black...
Sprint PCS last week announced its first voice call over 1XRTT technology, a third-generation solution for Code Division Multiple Access technology operators.The call is the first phase of a test between Sprint PCS, Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. to evaluate 1X technology...
SINGAPORE-Following its fast-forwarded liberalization plans announced earlier this year, the Singapore government awarded 58 new telecom licenses. The Ministry for Communications and Information Technology awarded five new facilities-based licenses and 24 new services-based licenses. The rest were given to companies currently offering telecom-related services.MCI...
SAN FRANCISCO-RateXchange, San Francisco, is calling its new CustomAuctions service, announced March 27, "the first private sector initiative to develop a secondary market for wireless spectrum."The company said its initiative is in line with Federal Communications Commission Chairman William Kennard's recent remarks articulating the...
TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., a worldwide licensing agent for a broadband wireless location patent, reported it completed the acquisition of PowerLOC Technologies Inc., a global positioning system company.In addition to acquiring all of the outstanding shares of PowerLOC, Paradigm acquired all of the outstanding...
ROME-Telecom Italia Group said it won a $180 million license to operate wireless service in Peru. Telecom Italia's STET Mobile Holding N.V. won the country's third cellular license through an auction.The 20-year renewable nationwide personal communications services license is for the 1900 MHz frequency...
Hoping consumers will continue to think of it as an authority in the emerging wireless Internet space, Motorola Inc. aired an image/branding spot on Oscar night to promote its Mobile Internet Exchange platform by creating a virtual personality for it called Mya.Mya is a...
MapInfo Corp. introduced MapXtend, an extension of MapInfo's Java-based MapXtreme software that will enable organizations to deliver real-time data to workers in the field."Up until now, the vast majority of our clients have run their systems on Windows or Unix platforms. This is the...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Bandai Co. Ltd. of Japan to help service providers stimulate new wireless network services in the United States, such as interactive games and other mobile Internet-based consumer services.Lucent said it plans to collaborate with Bandai...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. launched its new mobile Internet service based on Wireless Application Protocol in the Mexican states of Mexico, Morelos and Hidalgo.The company reported it will offer two versions of the service. The first, Iusacell Mobile Internet 1, will be...
NEW YORK-Telecom Italia Mobile, Europe's largest wireless carrier, sees the Subscriber Identity Module that links each customer to its network as key to its control over an expanding array of wireless and wireline services.SIMs, also known as smart cards, are getting even more intelligent,...
ChinaMotorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector was awarded a $14.5 million contract to install a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network in China. The contract, signed with Shangdong Mobile Communications Corp., calls for Motorola to deploy the new network in four cities in Shangdong...
Led by an executive team that includes a lawyer, a doctor, an analyst and an engineer, GroupServe Inc. offers software applications that allow business customers the ability to organize, collaborate and communicate in an electronic group environment.Based in Washington, D.C., GroupServe introduced its GroupVine...
NEW YORK-During a special conference call March 30, a majority of federal Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce members approved a final report to deliver to Congress April 12.The commission's recommendations will include repeal of the 3-percent federal excise tax on telecommunications, originally levied in...
SAN FRANCISCO-A citizens group plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a recent federal appeals court decision upholding the Federal Communications Commission's mobile-phone radiation safety standard.The Ad Hoc Association of Parties Concerned about FCC Radio-frequency Radiation and Health and Safety rules has...
SCHAUMBERG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it made a strategic equity investment in Centerpost Corp., which is developing technology expected to enhance the way electronic messages are delivered, organized and routed.
A bill to prohibit the interception and dissemination of conversations over wireless technology has been introduced in the United States Senate. "In the Information Era, keeping our personal information private has become very difficult," said Sen. Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), chairman of the Senate communications...
WASHINGTON-There is not any official definition of broadband in law today and policy makers may be trying to apply an old law to the high-speed world, senators said at a hearing on Tuesday."I don't think we have a broadband policy in this country ......
GREENVILLE, S.C.-Bell Atlantic Mobile reported that its digital wireless service is now available in eight counties in western North Carolina.According to Bell Atlantic, the counties include; Haywood, Transylvania, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Macon, Clay and Cherokee counties.
