Utah state representative Ralph Becker said he has withdrawn his bid to ban drivers from using wireless phones. “After careful consideration, I have decided not to introduce legislation limiting the …
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Conductus Inc. reported revenues for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, decreased by 36 percent to $1.3 million, compared with $1.9 million of revenues reported for the same time …
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-CommNet Cellular Inc. reported results for the three months ended Dec. 31, 1998. The company added 36,865 subscribers during the period, 19,622 from increased penetration and 17,243 through certain …
ROGERS, Conn.-Rogers Corp. reported 1998 sales of $216.6 million, an increase of 14 percent over 1997 sales of $189.7 million. The company’s net income for 1998 was $13.7 million, or …
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Watkins-Johnson Co.’s unaudited results for 1998 showed revenue of $212.2 million, down from $291.3 million reported in revenue for 1997. The company experienced a net loss for the …
NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and the GSM North American Alliance announced plans to work to achieve interoperability between TDMA and GSM technology, a move that could facilitate national …
BALTIMORE-At press time Friday, Judge E. Stephen Derby told parties in the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case he would make a decision in the latest round of this convoluted case …
NEW ORLEANS-Imagine you are in a horrible accident on a dark road, late at night. Your airbag deploys but you are unconscious, alone, so how will emergency personnel-or anyone for …
NEW ORLEANS-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, which represents the interests of Time Division Multiple Access technology proponents, demonstrated interoperability between 850 MHz and 1900 MHz networks at the Cellular Telecommunications …
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Lightbridge Inc. announced TMTouch, the digital cellular network service and product of Telekom Cellular Sdn Bhd in Malaysia, deployed Lightbridge’s FraudBuster to detect and reduce impact of fraud. “FraudBuster’s …
While wireless data applications made a big splash at Wireless ’99 last week in New Orleans, a new company quietly slipped into the pool with the introduction of a new …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission’s decision late last year to entertain waiver extensions of the October 2001 date for automatic location identification rollout has mushroomed into a huge controversy that pits …
NEW YORK-The approximately 70 field engineers for PageMart Wireless Inc. feared a St. Valentine’s Day massacre last week after receiving a company Human Resources Department memorandum Feb. 8 advising them …
Canadian controversy, eh While the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and its patrons were whooping it up last week in New Orleans, Canada was working itself into a frenzy over an …
NEW ORLEANS-Nortel Networks announced its wireless Internet Protocol evolution plan at Wireless ’99 and said it aims to reduce a wireless operator’s total cost per megabit for data transmissions from …
NEW ORLEANS-1999 could be a key year for many carriers in determining if wireless users want to access the Internet from mobile devices. Nextel Communications Inc. announced it will begin …
NEW ORLEANS-Following a trend of convergence between the wireless and Internet industries, Motorola Inc. and Cisco Systems Inc. last week announced the first phase of a strategic alliance to develop …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc.’s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector announced it entered into a software alliance agreement with Cerulean Technology Inc. in an effort to beef up its wireless information …
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-PrairieComm Inc. announced Mitsubishi Wireless Communications Inc. selected PrairieComm’s Time Division Multiple Access chipset for use in MWCI’s recently announced T200 tri-mode TDMA handset. PrairieComm said its two-device …
