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THREE CHARGED WITH DISTRIBUTING ILLEGAL CLONING FRAUD EQUIPMENT

A cellular phone containing a scanner, into which new numbers can be programmed using the phone keypad, was just one of the sophisticated cloning devices acquired by the U.S. Secret Service in a recent New York City arrest."This looks like a cellular phone, but...

TEMPORARY END IN SIGHT TO GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

The Federal Communications Commission and the rest of the federal government could re-open this week but close again later this month if the GOP-led Congress and the Clinton administration fail to agree on a seven-year balanced budget plan.A House Republican proposal, which Congress was...

EXPERT IS DISMISSED IN BRAIN TU MOR CASE

WASHINGTON-An Illinois circuit court judge has dismissed scientist Dr. George Carlo as a defendant in a civil lawsuit filed by a former Bell Atlantic Mobile manager against Motorola Inc. and the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association.On March 2, Debbra K. Wright filed charges against Motorola,...

ADC FORMS VENTURE TO BUILD RADS AND RASPS WITH PCS WIRELESS

ADC Telecommunications Inc. is forming a joint venture with PCS Wireless Inc. to manufacture, market and sell remote antenna drivers and remote antenna signal processors to be used in hybrid fiber/coax networks.By incorporating the RAD/RASP architecture into HFC networks, ADC said the joint venture...

CRIMINAL CHARGES FILED AGAINST MAN IN CELLULAR EMULATION CASE

A federal case against a Kentucky man accused of creating cellular extension phones is expected to go to trial in what may be the first U.S. criminal case attacking the emulation business.A four-count indictment was issued against Don Billy Yates by a federal grand...

PRODUCTS

Zues Phonstuff has introduced its Always-in-Touch unit, a device that plugs into a home or office phone line and notifies a pager of a call when the phone user is away. The pager displays the caller's phone number and indicates when there is a...

SPRINT SPECTRUM PCS PREMIERE GARNERS EARLY, WARM RECEPTION

WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword.But it is this sword that Sprint Spectrum, the personal communications service joint venture between...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

Palmer Wireless Inc. said it signed up its 200,000th cellular phone customer. Eight years ago, Palmer began operating its first cellular system in Fort Myers, Fla., and now owns and operates 15 nonwireline cellular telephone systems in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, covering...

SHARED TECHNOLOGIES WILL PURCHASE IN-CAR PHONES

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.-Shared Technologies Cellular Inc. announced it will purchase 15,000 in-car phones, patents pending and a highly advanced computer operating system from PTC Cellular Inc., a wireless reseller that provides in-car cellular phone service to travelers in the U.S. car rental marketplace.PTC Cellular currently...

TURNKEY MESSAGE CENTER INTRODUCED BY RADIOMAIL FOR CELLULAR CARRIER USE

SAN MATEO, Calif.-RadioMail Corp. said it is taking new initiatives to extend and enhance its two-way gateway messaging service for both cellular carriers and its own subscribers.The San Mateo, Calif.-based company announced a new suite of Message Center services to enable cellular carriers to...

HE SAYS EMULATION IS FAIR GAME, BUT CARRIERS CRY FRAUD

Michael Snitz of Phoenix-based Cell Phone Extensions says his business is a part of the new "emulation industry," but cellular carriers call his work illegal cloning and fraud."This is a thorn in the paw of the cellular industry," said U S West NewVector Group...

PUBLIC HEALTH QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT EMI IN CANADA, EUROPE

WASHINGTON-Even as the nation's first broadband personal communications services system began commercial operations here last week, questions continue to be raised in the United States and abroad about the potential public health risk from highly popular pocket telephones.The Canadian government earlier this month alerted...

MOTOROLA EXPANDS SYSTEM WITH CDMA IN GUATEMALA

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares' cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced.The contract, valued at $20 million, calls for Motorola to add 12 SC 9600 digital base stations that support Advanced Mobile...

THE WORLD

Unitech Industries Inc. said it has agreed to manufacture private label cellular phone accessories for Caudwell Communication & Technology, a European distributor of cellular products. Unitech will manufacture batteries, power supplies, vehicle adapters, desk-top chargers and hands-free kits under the Dextra name, Caudwell's private...

TOSHIBA TO HALT CELLULAR HANDSET BUSINESS IN U.S.

WAYNE, N.J.-Toshiba America Consumer Products said it will suspend Toshiba-brand cellular phone operations in the United States due to dropping phone prices and the appreciation of the yen.The company said it will monitor the situation and may re-enter the market when conditions improve. Toshiba...

U.S., JAPAN REMAIN AT IMPASSE OVER PHS EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to press Japan on the Personal Handyphone System issue before returning home this week from Tokyo, where the United States participated in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Osaka.The United States and Japanese trade negotiators are at an impasse...

FRESHMAN CONGRESSMAN WHITE SHAPING ROAD TO TELECOM REFORM

WASHINGTON-The Republican revolution two years ago that forced Democrats to relinquish control of Congress for the first time in 40 years may have produced one of the next top telecommunications policymakers on Capitol Hill.Rick White is a 42-year-old freshman from Washington's 1st District, home...

PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS REQUEST OPEN ACCESS TO E-911 SERVICE

WASHINGTON-A broad-based public interest coalition has asked federal regulators to require that mobile telephones provide unrestricted access to emergency 911 service.The Ad Hoc Alliance for Public Access to 911 asserted that cellular emergency calls may be blocked if made outside of the area served...

MOTOROLA WINS PROJECT FOR THAILAND EXPANSION

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division will expand and upgrade cellular phone service in Thailand under a contract valued at $160 million.Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd. ordered the expansion to increase overall network capacity and extend geographic coverage in the capital...

IN-BUILDING COVERAGE IS BREAKING NEW GROUND IN CELLULAR INDUSTRY

Two kinds of private, in-building wireless systems are seeking the attention of today's large business customers-stand-alone systems that provide portable extensions of employee desk phones, and stand-alone systems that provide portable extensions but also can hand off calls to the external, macro wireless network.Both...

FIRMS MUST GUARD USER RECORDS TO PROTECT PRIVACY ON INFOBAHN

WASHINGTON-Every time a paging or cellular phone signal is sent over the airwaves what happens with the transactional information-the subscriber's name, address, billing information and eventual usage patterns-collected by the carrier?Truth is, the customer typically doesn't know. One thing is for sure, companies are...

PRODUCTS

Datum Inc.'s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed for applications that require not only high performance but small physical size and low price. The clock consists of an...

PREPAID CELLULAR PHONE TARGETS PEOPLE WITH POOR CREDIT HISTORY

These days cellular phones are sold just about everywhere you turn, even the drug store. However, it may not be so easy to buy one. One company said it has designed a solution for people whose credit history has inhibited them from buying a...

CHEAPER CELL PHONE PRICES A FACTOR IN SLOWER GROWTH

The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States.Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that led to the slower growth...