WASHINGTON-Major reshuffling at the Federal Communications Commission last week has Dan Phythyon succeeding Michele Farquhar next month as chief of the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission and …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc. and NEC Corp. The consortium will …
WALTHAM, Mass.-EDS Personal Communications said Century Cellunet Inc. and Radiofone Inc. will be the first U.S. carriers to use new enhancements of EDS’ core clearinghouse service. The Air Rate Edit …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc., announced they have signed a worldwide strategic agreement for Interim Standard 95 and J-STD-008-based …
NEW YORK-Dialing and talking while driving are getting a closer look in state capitols lately, as legislatures in at least three states-California, Illinois and New York-consider bills that would impose …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The digital handset market saw significant growth in 1996, an indication that this market is developing into a formidable one, says a study by Dataquest. The digital handset …
Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on Time Division Multiple Access or Code …
SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced a small, integrated wireless pay phone for Global System for Mobile communications networks in the United States. The Nokia pay phone allows public pay …
When a large company like the Matsushita Electric Corp. pools its creative resources, it can produce revolutionary products like the new Telenium product. Telenium is the joint effort of the …
After a year of sweeping talented executives away from competing companies and setting the stage for strongly anticipated success, Philips Consumer Communications doesn’t blink when it says it expects to …
SAN FRANCISCO- In two weeks, Japanese cellular customers will gain the ability to roam internationally for the first time, using their own phone. GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., …
Now for some straight talk. Clinton II is over. Gore I may never come to pass. And the Gingrich GOP revolution has gone down in flames. So what. Big deal. …
SAN FRANCISCO-Cellcom and Northern Telecom Ltd. are working together to prove the commercial viability of delivering Internet access to desktop computers over cellular networks using Cellular Digital Packet Data technology. …
SAN FRANCISCO-Saying the timing is right to pursue the Code Division Multiple Access technology-based handset market, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. announced it plans to build phones for the CDMA market. …
SAN FRANCISCO-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, announced a joint public/private partnership to address the importance of …
SAN FRANCISCO-LGC Wireless announced its distributed in-building antenna system, LGCell, at Wireless ’97 last week. Using a system of hubs and active antennas connecting an architecture modeled after an ethernet …
Motorola Inc. said it intends to file a patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc., claiming Qualcomm’s new Code Division Multiple Access “Q” phone copies the basic look and functions as …
WASHINGTON-Southern California specialized mobile radio entrepreneur James Kay Jr. last week won a partial victory at the Federal Communications Commission regarding the FCC ordered take back of his Part 90 …
NEW YORK-ICG Communications Inc. was expected to place privately last week $100 million in senior unsecured discount notes and $100 million in exchangeable preferred stock. ICG, based in Englewood, Colo., …
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.-International Billing Services will continue to provide statement production services to Cincinnati Bell Information Systems Inc. A new contract extends the companies’ original agreement by five years. …
