WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed updating wiretap laws for the Internet Age, despite concerns that federal law enforcement already may be exceeding constitutional privacy rights with a new system …
The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has reduced by one penny the amount of regulatory fees commercial mobile radio services carriers must pay to 30 cents per unit. “Clearly the FCC is …
RICHARDSON, Texas-Integrated communications services provider CenturyTel selected Ericsson Inc. to supply a wireless broadband point-to-multipoint access system solution based on next-generation Time Division Multiple Access architecture with Fast Dynamic Capacity …
Motorola Inc. posted net income of $515 million on sales of $9.25 billion in the second quarter, up from $269 million on $7.59 billion a year earlier. Earnings per share …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net introduced its Global Market Pro wireless data application which was developed with Chase Manhattan Bank. It is designed to provide real-time, custom financial data to users. Chase …
LONDON-Digital cellular location technology provider CellPoint Inc. reported its application to list its common stock on the Nasdaq National Market was approved and is expected to begin trading July 12 …
WASHINGTON-Metrocall Inc. and Aether Systems Inc. have teamed to provide interactive news alerts and other information services from Congressional Quarterly to journalists and party officials at the Republican and Democratic …
NEW YORK-Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., Mineola, N.Y., is on a mission to turn the problem of poor reception inside public facilities into a business opportunity that will benefit wireless carriers …
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions supplier i3 Mobile selected Student Advantage’s U-Wire to provide college-related news to wireless phones, pagers and other mobile devices. According to i3 Mobile, the U-Wire service …
An article in RCR’s April 28 issue about community alert systems should have stated that the term “reverse 911” is a registered trademark of Sigma/Micro Corp.
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced the spinoff of its TimesThree network and services division, allowing the division to sell wireless location services to business partners and consumers. TimesThree is also conducting …
Cities trying to ban the use of cell phones while driving were dealt a setback when a Bucks County, Pa., judge ruled Hilltown Township’s ordinance restricting cell-phone use while operating …
DENVER-Global communications development and operating company Callahan Associates International L.L.C. launched Callahan Broadband Wireless Inc. to run Callahan’s existing wireless broadband operations in Switzerland and Finland. Callahan said the new …
NEW ORLEANS-Sprint Corp.’s Broadband Wireless Group and WorldCom Inc. revealed the first details of the Breckenridge Agreement, a document established to ensure the cooperation of wireless broadband carriers building systems …
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Carrier Networks L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Information and Communications Networks Inc., introduced Quickstream, an end-to-end broadband access network solution for wireless carriers. Siemens said by …
MINNEAPOLIS-Broadband network equipment supplier ADC Telecommunications Inc. and Australian pay television operator Austar United Communications announced a strategic program to develop and deploy a multichannel multipoint distribution service broadband wireless …
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Nextel Partners Inc. reported signing its 100,000th Nextel digital services customers during the company’s second quarter ended June 30. “The Nextel brand has proven to be a tremendous asset …
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. created a new corporate structure under which it will carry on a national Universal Mobile Telecommunications System business in the United Kingdom. As part of the …
WASHINGTON-Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, has begun preparing for the likelihood that many mobile-phone carriers will not meet upcoming deadlines governing location-based 911 wireless emergency service …
