NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.-Rockwell Semiconductor Systems last week introduced its first chipset using Code Division Multiple Access technology. The chipset is an integrated radio-frequency subsystem for CDMA that also supports Advanced …
ADC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ADC Telecommunications Inc. released its Soneplex management access point for Simple Network Management Protocol that allows carriers to convert the 1970s vintage TBOS signaling protocol to SNMP. Soneplex …
ATLANTA-Preferred Networks Inc.’s Network Services Division signed agreements with Goldblatt’s and the Farmer Jack’s food-store chains to provide calling-party-pays paging services for their respective Chicago and Detroit retail locations. The …
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week announced it is creating a new membership council to represent local multipoint distribution services operators. PCIA said it plans to represent fixed, broadband …
REDMOND, Wash.-Siemens Medical Systems’ Electromedical Systems Division will market Data Critical Corp.’s MobileView and StatView Wireless Telemedicine systems as part of a joint sales-agent agreement, said Data Critical. The wireless …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-U.S. semiconductor companies maintained their share of the Japanese chip market during the first quarter of 1998 despite the economic slowdown there, said the Semiconductor Industry Association. The …
PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. was chosen by Iowa Wireless Services L.P. to be the exclusive provider of Global System for Mobile communications smart cards for its personal communications services …
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.-Cellemetry L.L.C., which is a joint venture of NumereX Corp. and BellSouth Corp., signed agreements with two new carriers and completed the conversion of AirTouch Cellular to Cellemetry’s …
Bell Atlantic Mobile is expected to announce next month rate plans competitive with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.’s Digital One Rate plan-a move that could trigger price wars for valuable high-end …
A Japanese newspaper reported that AirTouch Communications Inc., Japan Telecom Co. and Nissan Motor Co. plan to form a joint venture next month to bid for one of three third-generation …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is planning to add 82 airports to the airport-frequencies protected list. This list will allow the airports primary access to frequencies specially allocated for airports in …
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc. reportedly has begun negotiations with the incumbent licensees in the 800 MHz band to move them off the network in order for Nextel build out its own …
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said it accepted 38 applications to participate in the upcoming auction of licenses in the 220 MHz band. The auction is scheduled to begin Sept. 15, …
WaveSpan Corp. introduced its WaveSpan 5800, a broadband access solution that offers fiber-like performance in voice-over-Internet protocol, high-speed Internet access and last-mile connectivity applications, said the company. The WaveSpan 5800 …
WASHINGTON-The third-generation wireless debate took a dramatic turn last week as a key Clinton administration official questioned whether the United States should follow Europe’s lead in allocating massive 3G spectrum, …
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced plans to buy the national Global System for Mobile communications network in New Zealand for about $369.1 million. Vodafone Europe Holdings BV reached an agreement to …
DALLAS-Local Multipoint Distribution Service license holder US Unwired and equipment supplier Bosch Telecom Inc. are conducting a commercial LMDS trial in Lake Charles, La. Hospitals, banks, chemical plants and the …
HOLMDEL, N.J.-CommUnique Corp. said it will sell two-thirds of its wireless division in a restructuring agreement aimed at better focusing the company’s two disparate segments on their respective markets. CommUnique …
ATLANTA-TWS Inc. said it formed a subsidiary TWS Ltd., headquartered in London, to provide voice and data messaging to the United Kingdom and the European market. TWS UK will handle …
Omnipoint offers new rate plans CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Personal communications services operator Omnipoint Communications Inc. will announce today new service offerings that include bundled-minute rate plans. The company has long avoided …
