Mobile Phones

Australia ACCC, Australia’s corporate regulator, rejected Telstra Corp.’s proposed terms and conditions for other carriers to interconnect with its analog and digital mobile networks. The decision followed another decision by ACCC to reject Telstra’ proposed terms and conditions for interconnect …

Several global telecommunications players announced alliances or considerations for mergers during the last few weeks. AT&T and British Telecom announced a strategic alliance designed to create seamless mobile communications services worldwide. AT&T’s and BT’s new alliance, named Advance, will provide …

Just four years ago, no one knew the Web’s popularity would be so explosive. Today, vendors and carriers are realizing its power and are crafting networks around it as they move into the third generation and beyond. “Even in 1995, …

United Kingdom BulletIN.net Ltd., a TWS Inc. subsidiary, formed a strategic partnership with Project Telecom, a U.K. wireless service provider, that will allow users to transform their phones into handheld mobile offices, according to BulletIN.net. Project Telecom will market the …

ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems Inc. introduced an enhancement to its Mobile Originated Short Message Service solution that allows mobile phone users to send short text messages to Internet Protocol-based applications and devices, said the company. TCS also announced the addition of …

NEW ORLEANS-BellSouth Cellular Corp. announced it will begin a Wireless Application Protocol trial with customers in some of its Global System for Mobile communications markets next month in a partnership with Saraide.com and InfoSpace.com. Several hundred BellSouth customers in Raleigh, …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week reaffirmed resale rules for most commercial wireless carriers, but carved out exemptions for rank-and-file dispatch operators and start-up mobile phone firms not owned by incumbent wireless carriers. The ruling was generally well-received, but got …

TIRANA, Albania-Albania initiated the country’s largest privatization project so far by inviting foreign investors to bid for a majority stake in state mobile phone monopoly Albanian Mobile Communications Sh.A., Reuters reported. The Privatization Ministry said it was prepared to sell …

After months of denying any plans to sell its wireless handset division, Qualcomm Inc. is publicly relenting to the pressures of severe competition from Asia and the likes of Nokia Mobile Phones and Motorola Inc. “With increased competition, parts shortages …

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration this week is expected to respond again to the European Commission’s plan to deploy third-generation mobile phone service in all 15 member states, using technology favored by Finland’s Nokia Corp. and Sweden’s L.M. Ericsson. The White House …

WASHINGTON-After last year’s PCS show was largely disrupted by Hurricane Georges, Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association, said he’s been assured this year’s show will not be a repeat performance. The list of speakers at Personal Communications …

In an Aug. 23 column, I wistfully told of my pending upgrade from Sprint Spectrum to Sprint PCS. At that time, I hoped all would go well. All has not gone well. I might be in the minority-Sprint PCS’ Larry …

WASHINGTON-Millions of cellular telephones may be getting safety approvals by the Federal Communications Commission despite possibly exceeding the agency’s radio-frequency radiation exposure guidelines. Professor Om P. Gandhi, a prominent RF scientist at the University of Utah, contends some testing of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week largely kept in place rules that restrict how much spectrum a carrier can control in any geographic area to no more than 45 megahertz. The FCC relaxed the cap to 55 megahertz in rural …

WASHINGTON-Key lawsuits are set to go forward next month involving claims of fraudulent auditing and privacy violations against Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. and an allegation that a prototype mobile phone antenna caused brain cancer to a Motorola Inc. engineer in …

WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association last week attempted to neutralize legislation to curb antenna siting by telling Congress that consolidation in the tower business will reduce the number of wireless facilities in communities across the country in the future. John …

WASHINGTON-With lawmakers back at work, the wireless industry will shift gears to push for passage of pending bills and try to position other legislation for congressional approval in 2000. Before the House and Senate recessed in August, the industry was …

NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd. Venture capital investments in this sector totaled $1.59 billion during the second quarter of the year, …

WASHINGTON-Telesta Inc. said it will offer mobile text phone service in the United States later this year, a development that will enable hearing- and speech-impaired people to use small wireless communicators. Telesta, of Andover, Mass., said the service has been …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is expected this week to consider rules for the deployment of enhanced 911 automatic location identification technologies. The rules will come at an FCC Open Meeting on Wednesday, when the commissioners also will vote on whether …

LONDON-Orange plc in its results for the first half of 1999, ended June 30, said its loss before tax dropped 35 percent to $52.2 million (

MELBOURNE, Australia-Someone is just settling into a film or play, conversing intimately in a restaurant or addressing the ball at the first hole-and a mobile phone ring interrupts. While usually a fine tool for keeping in touch, the mobile phone …

NEW YORK-Deutsche Telekom, which bought England’s One-2-One last month, considers its 10-percent stake in Sprint Corp. too minuscule a toehold in the burgeoning and beckoning American market, company executives said at a press conference Sept. 9. Make no mistake, the …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission ruled analog specialized mobile radio operators must comply with the digital wiretap act, even though there are no technical guides for them to follow. Currently, when law enforcement wants to tap an analog interconnected SMR, officers …

WASHINGTON-A Canadian press report identifying a mobile phone as the cause of a gas-station explosion cannot be confirmed by Canadian authorities, but federal officials in British Columbia and some in the United States are treating phones as potential dangers. Richard …