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GoAmerica Communications Corp., a wireless Internet and intranet service provider, hopes to enter the consumer market in the next couple of years and is preparing by beginning to build network partnerships with Global System for Mobile communications and Code Division …

OAKLAND, Calif.-Telamon, which makes notification, interactive response and data communications products, announced that its flagship TelAlert product has been integrated with two-way pagers and touch-tone phones. The TelAlert product automates the process of notifying support personnel of problems on their …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Microcell Solutions Inc. announced it will provide Nokia Mobile Phones’ 9000i Communicator smart phone to its subscribers in Canada. Microcell is a Canadian personal communications services provider using Global System for Mobile communications technology at 1900 MHz. The wholly …

Jato Communications Corp., a small Denver-based company, has big plans in the Local Multipoint Distribution Services market. “We think that there is going to be a bandwidth scarcity and LMDS is the ideal technology and spectrum for high-speed data transport,” …

Smartalk Teleservices Inc. rocketed into the prepaid calling card big leagues last week, virtually doubling in size with the acquisitions of GTI Telecom Inc. and SmarTel Communications Inc. “The purchase of these two companies demonstrates that Smartalk is executing on …

Contactless smart cards are becoming hot business. Motorola Inc. announced last month its plans to be a leader in the business of contactless smart cards. Meanwhile, the France-based Gemplus Group claims to have already achieved “world leadership in the area …

After contemplating the matter for years, Motorola Inc. has decided to jump feet first into the global smart card business. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based manufacturer has created a new business unit to take advantage of the enormous potential it sees for …

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-Laissez-faire capitalists repeatedly faced off with supporters of de facto or government-mandated high-technology standards during last week’s Mobile Insights ’97 conference on mobile computing. The three-day meeting, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel here and hosted by industry consultant …

NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel Nov. 20 on wireless technology. “No intelligent network platform is …

WASHINGTON-President Clinton has threatened to repeal a key provision of the administration’s new encryption policy if it determines that legislation undercuts security safeguards, a move one prominent Republican telecom lawmaker believes is intended to derail his bill to liberalize scrambling …

NEW YORK-TTI Team Telecom International Ltd., an Israeli developer of operations support and network management systems for telecommunications providers, was slated to go public Nov. 22. The initial public offering was expected to comprise 2.5 million shares of common stock …

Using the existing Ardis two-way data network, ConectUS Wireless Communications of Thousand Oaks, Calif., plans to launch two-way nationwide messaging services next month, initially targeting business users. ConectUS is a subsidiary of Executive Page, which is an Ardis master reseller …

NEW YORK-Cellnet Data Systems Inc., which provides wireless monitoring networks to utilities, was expected to go public late last week or early this week. The planned initial public offering of 5 million shares of common stock is lead managed by …

Open standards must be developed so smart cards can integrate with personal computers, according to a group of PC manufacturers and smart card developers that have banded together to make sure that happens. “Standards will drive the development of the …

NEW YORK-Metricom Inc. will mark its second commercial launch within a month when it begins offering its data-only wireless Internet access services in late September in the Washington, D.C., area. The company, headquartered in Los Gatos, Calif., has provided wireless …

In three years, SilverLake Communications Inc. has pushed itself into the forefront of the paging software market. Last year, the privately held Calabasas, Calif., company won a contract to provide its software to Paging Network Inc., defeating 25 other companies, …

Allen Telecom Group’s Telecom Systems Division introduced NanoLite, a fiber optic microcell system the company said allows service providers to select locations for optimum cell site coverage while reducing site-related costs. The NanoLite remote unit can be mounted on utility …

NEW YORK-Component manufacturers like Spectrian Corp. are the ones to watch for a sneak preview of developments in deployment of digital cellular and personal communications services, according to Eric C. Buck, senior telecommunications analyst for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities …

The introduction of fully digital wireless networks means that marginal readings by portable test equipment are no longer acceptable. “It’s all ones and zeros now, so you have to be precisely tuned,” said Jan Whitacre, spokeswoman for Hewlett-Packard Co. That …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, having shuffled around key leadership in the aftermath of the plane crash that killed Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others during a Balkan trade mission, is aggressively moving ahead to reach a global telecommunications liberalization accord …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is believed to be leaning toward radio frequency radiation exposure guidelines that incorporate Environmental Protection Agency recommendations, a policy shift the wireless telecommunications industry and others oppose and believe is politically driven by FCC Chairman Reed …

ISELIN, N.J.-Dusting off patents shelved by Bell Laboratories due to commercialization prohibitions, Telecommunications Premium Services Inc. hopes to gain competitive advantage in the frontier of anywhere, anytime communications. Founded less than two years ago by David L. Turock, a Bell …

Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price increase, which takes effect this month, is a result of …

PLEASONTON, Calif.-Several carriers and manufacturers have joined forces to create application program interface standards for personal communications services networks that use Global System for Mobile communications technology. The companies are Pacific Bell Mobile Services, Ericsson Inc., Nokia Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., …

MORRISTOWN, N.J.-AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. have signed an agreement to build an open software platform they will jointly market to telephone companies and cable operators. The two companies intend to cooperate in creating an intelligent network software …