SnapTrack Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is attracting attention from some industry heavyweights with its Global Positioning System-based method for providing location-based services, including enhanced 911 service. Seven Code …
NEW YORK-Moody’s Investors Service Inc. confirmed the speculative grade rating of Ba1 on $1.8 billion in outstanding debt of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., including Samsung Electronics America Inc. and other …
I discovered writing about high-tech wireless hasn’t prepared me for the real world. On spring vacation with my family in central Florida, I got an early taste of the coming …
CHANDLER, Ariz.-Motorola Inc. completed its third Iridium launch
Responding to concerns by radio astronomers that its transmission signals will overpower those from the distant celestial objects they track, Iridium L.L.C. has moved forward with a series of compromise …
To the Editor: I am a cellular phone user and I am also an average consumer of cellular accessories. My main concern is the way the retail side of the …
WASHINGTON-Despite all the hoopla surrounding antenna siting legislation, wireless anti-fraud, privacy and tax-repeal bills stand a far better chance of being passed by Congress and enacted into law this year. …
NEW YORK-CTI Holdings S.A., a pure play wireless carrier serving the interior region of Argentina, plans to place privately up to $150 million to help finance its network construction. By …
The March 16 article on Justice Department probes involving lobbyist Peter Knight should have stated that $230,000 was contributed by Portals Developer Franklin Haney to the Democratic Party and $300,000 …
April 7-8 IGI Consulting. Holiday Inn, Washington, D.C. (800) 323-1088 or (617) 232-3111. Asian Consumer Electronics Show April 9-11 Kenfair International Ltd. Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong. …
FORT LEE, N.J.-Beginning this month, MobileMedia Corp., dba MobileComm, no longer is charging a 50-cent fee to deliver an e-mail message to a subscriber’s pager. E-mail messages will count against …
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced wireless intelligent network software applications designed to lower costs and increase revenues for network service providers, as well as provide a solution for meeting …
To the editor: In response to Kristen Beckman’s story “Pilots break no cell phone use” in RCR, March 16, 1998: I wonder if the fears of reduced revenue for cellular …
To the Editor: I felt compelled to write after your recently published guest article by Reed Hundt (RCR, Feb. 23). Mr. Hundt, now unencumbered from tempering his personal beliefs and …
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Bill Kennard responded March 30 to a congressional letter questioning the commission on its recent C-block personal communications services financial-restructuring reconsideration order and on its pending …
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Technology Corp. will keep its patent on the Time Division Multiple Access wireless radio communications system used in Germany, said the company, after an appeal before …
WASHINGTON-Iridium LLC launched a Delta II rocket carrying five more Iridium satellites into orbit March 30, bringing its total number of operational satellites to 56. The launch of the satellites …
HANNOVER, Germany-Groupe Sagem licensed Unwired Planet Inc.’s UP.Browser to provide Internet access for its wireless handsets. Sagem is a French group of high-technology companies employing about 14,000 people. Sagem’s Mobile …
NEW YORK-In late March, the logjam finally broke on the long-stalled liberalization of the Brazilian telecommunications market through the introduction of second wireless carriers. One forecast predicted the number of …
