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MOTOROLA’S TELEDENSITY PRODUCT CAN REPLACE WIRELINE TELEPHONE
Motorola Inc.'s Personal Communications Systems formally introduced its Teledensity product, a wireless system designed for local loop and personal communications services applications, at the recent Personal Communications Industry Association Showcase in Seattle.Earlier in September, Motorola announced its first customer for Teledensity would be Southwestern...
DATA OVER CELLULAR BRINGS ABOUT A NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ERA
As a product, cellular voice has been a spectacular exception to the current slow growth rate for most industries. In fact, some experts claim that cellular's coming of age is unparalleled in consumer electronics."I think it's terribly significant that this industry has gone out...
IRIDIUM FINISHES EQUITY FUNDING WITH $310M FROM NEW BUSINESS
With three new investors injecting a fresh $310 million into its low-earth-orbiting satellite project, Iridium Inc. said it has completed its planned equity financing.That means the Motorola Inc.-led international group now can make debt financing arrangements to fund the remainder of its commitments.Iridium seeks...
PCIA SHOW HIGHLIGHTS GROWTH, OBSTACLES OF WIRELESS INDUSTRY
SEATTLE-The Personal Communications Industry Association's annual meeting started here last Wednesday with a bang but ended with a bust.About 7,000 people attended the three-day Personal Communications Showcase, more than double the attendance of last year's event. Exhibit and hotel space sold out early. About...
NEXTEL TRYING TO CALM INVESTORS AFTER MCI QUITS ALLIANCE PLANS
Nextel Communications Inc. is in search of a strategic partner to help finance its nationwide wireless communications network. But since MCI Communications Corp. backed out of its relationship with Nextel, the wireless operator has spent considerable time trying to calm Wall Street.Analysts dialed into...
EIGHT CELLULAR OPERATORS TAKING PART IN CDMA TEST
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Eight cellular operators are participating in a Seattle trial of Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular technology.Four participants actively involved in tests with U S West NewVector Group Inc. and Motorola Inc. are AirTouch Cellular, formerly PacTel Corp., Alltel Mobile Communications, Sprint Cellular...
MOTOROLA TO CONDUCT TEST WITH AR GENTINE OPERATOR
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced it will conduct its first Code Division Multiple Access digital technology trials outside of the United States with Compania de Radiocomunicationes Moviles of Argentina.Installation of the initial CDMA cellular test system will be in Buenos Aires. Motorola is installing...
D.C. NOTEBOOK
Nothing can replace the World Series, which was canceled last week along with the remainder of the major league baseball season after millionaire players and owners failed to agree who among them was neediest.Maybe Reed Hundt, a lawyer with antitrust expertise who now chairs...
INMARSAT AIMING FOR $1 BILLION TO FINANCE ITS HANDHELD SYSTEM
The International Maritime Satellite Organization has announced more detailed investment plans for "corporatizing" its Inmarsat-P handheld mobile satellite service, stating it hopes to raise an initial $1 billion from its signatories to launch an affiliate company. While significant by itself, this effort also would...
INTRONIX CORP.
Itronix Corp. has introduced two mobile work stations that provide a complete portable computing platform for users in the trucking industry. The new Transportation Computing and Communications System has cellular digital packet data-based communications capability. Itronix's TCCS I consists of a T3500 mobile work...
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