WASHINGTON-National League of Cities President Mark Schwartz vowed last week to defy federal regulatory and wireless industry efforts to pre-empt local regulation of wireless antenna siting and to litigate the …
NEW YORK-As unlikely as it may seem at first glance today, an affinity marketing company and an airline reservation system offer a glimpse into the future landscape of the wireless …
NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. became a licensee of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. March 13, joining 200 other companies that pay the nonprofit organization to recycle nickel cadmium batteries, a mainstay …
NEW YORK-RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. is gearing up for a national rollout, starting in the New York City metropolitan area, of an interactive, two-way messaging service designed to compete …
SAN FRANCISCO-A Code Division Multiple Access digital/analog dual-mode, dual-band telephone has been introduced by Qualcomm Inc., along with two other new CDMA portable phones in its QCP series. The manufacturer …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. completed a $660 million private placement offering of Trust convertible preferred securities. The amount raised includes $550 million in gross proceeds, which was previously closed, and $110 …
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. today kicked off a hefty advertising campaign-expected to cost more than $20 million by the end of 1997-for its VoiceNow voice paging service, which started commercially in …
SANTA ANA, Calif.-PageStar Inc. entered an agreement with Paging Network Inc. for nationwide paging services to be used in conjunction with its StarTrak vehicle tracking and recovery system. StarTrak allows …
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its Global System for Mobile communications personal communications services network in Sacramento, Calif. The company said as part of the introduction it is offering …
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Subscribers of Omnipoint Communications Inc.’s personal communications services network now can send and receive e-mail messages directly from their handsets. Messages with as many as 160 characters can …
So I’m standing at my Metro station last week, waiting for the train. It’s rush hour, it’s cold and the platform is crowded with everyone else who has one thing …
WASHINGTON-House Commerce appropriations subcommittee Chairman Harold Rogers (R-Ken.) blasted Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt last week for not informing that panel of the FCC’s deal to secure alternative $30 …
NEW YORK-Digital Microwave Corp., a California-based designer and manufacturer of wireless telecommunications interconnection and access products, was expected to sell a secondary common stock offering of 2.2 million shares late …
Western Wireless Corp. launched its personal communications services network in El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, N.M. The system is branded VoiceStream. The new PCS markets are part of the …
BellSouth Mobility is not offering a 15 cents per minute long-distance charge with its new 59 cents per-minute plan, as was reported in a story in the March 3 edition …
Motorola Inc. has signed another contract with a Chinese company that has been manufacturing and selling Motorola-labeled cellular infrastructure equipment in China since 1991. “These arrangements aren’t OEM (original equipment …
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry-funded cancer research will last longer and cost millions of dollars more than originally planned and the Food and Drug Administration will assume a bigger role in establishing the …
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Motorola Inc.’s Messaging Systems Products Group announced it plans to introduce two-way data and voice paging products in Brazil. The announcement was made at the group’s first regional …
NEW YORK-A bill that would mandate hands-free cellular phone use while driving cleared the Executive Committee of the Illinois General Assembly March 12 and now goes to the full house. …
HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and its two manufacturing partners say their B-CDMA wireless local loop equipment will be commercially available during the first half of 1998. InterDigital is in an …
