Following is a laundry list of current and future cellular technologies: Circuit-switched networkThe most widespread option for transmitting cellular data is over the circuit-switched network, which is the existing analog cellular network, technically known as the AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone Services) network. The circuit-switched network...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. said it will procure products from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group to test its VoiceNow technology next year in three cities-Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco and New York City.Under the contract, valued at more than $250 million, PageNet will have a first...
Motorola Inc. has teamed with NewsPager Corporation of America to introduce its Inflo information receiver, which is an alphanumeric pager that acts as an information device, constantly updating its display with news, sports, financial news, world headlines and more. The compact Motorola information receiver...
Two-way communications on devices the size of a pager will likely be the first service offered on recently purchased nationwide narrowband PCS frequencies."We're just starting down the path of what will be a whole array of new devices. Three years from now, there will...
Saying it wants to make wireless information systems affordable to everyone, Seiko Corp. announced it has formed a new business unit and dumped $57 million into a project to implement the plan.Japanese watchmaker Seiko, based in Tokyo, said it will deploy a high-speed global...
Currently, massive investments are being planned for the next boom in wireless communications. Spurred by the prospect of personal communications services, the race is on to secure a position of leadership.More wireless sites will be built in the next few years than were built...
While some paging providers are spending a great deal of money for the prospect of providing two-way messaging services, a Minnesota company says it doesn't need to purchase expensive spectrum or wait on future technology to provide two-way paging.American Paging Inc. says it has...
Frank McGillivray has been promoted to vice president of Transaction Billing Resources, a provider of credit card processing for the telecommunications industry.Also, Donna Tucker has been appointed TBR's accounting supervisor, responsible for account management. The 7-year-old company has recently expanded its offices to make...
ATLANTA - Dataradio Corp. will provide its Vehicular Information Solutions products for the National Crime Information Center's modernization plans.The NCIC data system provides the nation's 74,000 law enforcement agencies with up-to-the-minute, 24-hour information on stolen property, fugitives, criminal history, missing persons and other recorded...
SEPTEMBER22-24 Personal Communications Showcase, by the Personal Communications Industry Association. Washington State Convention Center, Seattle. For information call (202) 467-4770.27-1 1994 International Conference on Universal Personal Communications, by the Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers Communications Society. Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Diego. For information...
The revolution in wireless communications, already well underway, will dramatically reshape the way we work, play, shop and travel. Which technologies survive and flourish depends not only upon their consumer acceptance in the marketplace, but also, on a more basic level, their ability to...
LONDON-Mercury One-2-One is touting a new mobile telephone tariff option for business customers that the company says "dramatically undercuts BT (plc) by between 10 percent and 25 percent on daytime local, national or international calls."Mercury One-2-One said its Inside Option plan is being marketed...
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said it has urged the Federal Communications Commission to adopt a microwave relocation cost-sharing plan to ease the deployment of personal communications services networks.PCIA's proposal calls for all PCS licensees that benefit from a specific microwave system's relocation to...
A Boulder, Colo.-based company has teamed up with several North American cellular operators to develop standards that could lead to the development of so-called intelligent vehicle products.CellPort Labs Inc. plans to create, develop and license technology and products to expand wireless voice and data...
The International Maritime Satellite Organization has announced more detailed investment plans for "corporatizing" its Inmarsat-P handheld mobile satellite service, stating it hopes to raise an initial $1 billion from its signatories to launch an affiliate company. While significant by itself, this effort also would...
WASHINGTON-Congress will attempt to pass telecommunications reform and digital wiretap legislation this fall, and lawmakers also plan to put the Federal Communications Commission's auction program under the microscope before adjourning the 103rd session next month.With any luck, telecommunications reform legislation could hit the Senate...
GTE Corp. has opted to spend $224 million to purchase the remaining shares of Contel Cellular Inc. it doesn't already own.As part of the deal, GTE will spend $22.50 for each of the 9.95 million Class A Contel shares remaining, according to GTE spokesman...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-A group of investors looking to form alliances among personal communications services providers have changed the name of their company in hopes of appealing to a broader consumer market.Columbia PCS Inc., of Alexandria, Va., recently changed its name to Go Communications Corp. The...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. posted record net revenue for the second quarter of 1994, ended June 30, and increased its number of pagers in service by more than 43 percent compared with last year.PageNet said it experienced net losses of nearly $5.47 million, or 11...
WASHINGTON-The number of people who use cellular telephones in the United States is nearing the 20 million mark, with more than 17,000 new cellular customers added daily.In its semi-annual survey of industry growth, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association said the number of subscribers in...
ClarificationA story on page 6 of the Aug. 1 issue of RCR should have stated that Sprint Cellular Co. will be a distributor for American Mobile Satellite Corp.
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-A subsidiary of California Microwave Inc. recently won a $2.2 million contract to provide satellite communications technology to China's Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.The subsidiary, Satellite Transmission Systems Inc., will supply a new satellite earth station, as well as upgrade an older one,...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has completed its merger with FirstPAGE USA Inc., increasing the company's total pagers in service to more than 585,000.During the company's initial public offering in July 1993, Metrocall had fewer than 220,000 pagers in service.The company also announced a $125 million...
WASHINGTON-Jay Kitchen will head the new wireless trade group created by the anticipated merger of the National Association of Business and Educational Radio and the Personal Communications Industry Association.The boards of both associations are expected to approve the proposed merger this month.While Kitchen, president...
