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ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association announced the formation of the PCIA Mobile Computing Advisory Group with Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Oracle and Philips Consumer Communications. The PCIA MCAG’s main goal will be to promote wireless mobile computing. The …

MONTREAL-Telet S.A., the B-band affiliate of Telesystem International Wireless Inc., said it awarded L.M. Ericsson a three-year contract to supply its cellular network in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which initially will support 500,000 subscribers, said TIW. The contract is …

AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile devices that are compatible with their existing network and technology infrastructures. The solution, called AvantGo 2.0, …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-California Microwave Inc. announced it acquired Adaptive Broadband Ltd., gaining Time Division Multiple Access and asynchronous transfer mode technology to improve the data rates of its narrowband radio products and to allow point-to-multipoint applications. California Microwave bought United Kingdom-based …

CITEL Citel Inc. unveiled a new line of coaxial surge protectors that provide protection against lightning surges and electrical transients. They use gas tube technology, making them suitable for broadband applications. The new line includes: N, BNC, TNC, SMA and …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.’s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG’s paging infrastructure products. Metasys’ software includes Oracle Corp.’s ERP application and Syntra’s import/export management software. Motorola will …

NEW YORK-After receiving “Big Daddy” T-shirts from BT Alex. Brown Inc. telecommunications analyst Jeffrey L. Hines June 10, top executives of four of the world’s largest wireless carriers offered an expansive vision of their companies and their industry. “There are …

IRVINE, Calif.-Subscriber Computing Inc. introduced a wireless intelligent network-based prepaid billing solution, which uses Oracle Corp.’s scalable RDBMS technology on a Sun Microsystems Inc. Sun Solaris platform. SCI’s first installation of the PrePay Metered Billing solution, for “one of the …

NEW YORK-Several billing and customer-care providers have announced new products in recent weeks, among them, American Management Systems Inc., International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc., Kenan Systems Corp. and Subscriber Computing Inc. AMS Tapestry from AMS, Fairfax, Va., is the company’s …

BearCom Inc. acquired Fidelcomm Service Co., a two-way radio equipment dealer serving the greater Los Angeles area, said BearCom. The dealership, which has been in business since 1988, will assume the BearCom name. Brightpoint Inc. agreed to sell Merrill Lynch …

STAMFORD, Conn.-International Telecommunications Data Systems Inc. introduced its next generation of billing, customer care and management information solutions, including a new authentication-key management system. The new solutions are designed for the HP/Unix server platform environment, using an Oracle Corp. database. …

EDISON, N.J.-Call Sciences, an international provider of call management applications, announced it will team with Oracle Corp. to offer a unified call management solution. The service will integrate Call Sciences’ Personal Assistant with a messaging solution based on Oracle’s database …

Cellular phones, pagers, faxes and e-mail all are tools that help us function in today’s fast-paced society. But how many times have you answered the phone, only to find yourself in the middle of a conversation that you really don’t …

Nettech Systems Inc. formed an alliance with Racotek Inc. to deliver mobile computing solutions leveraging Racotek’s Systems Integration and production support services with Nettech’s InstantRF middleware product family. Racotek said it will integrate its applications, interface tools and network management …

RF Connectors, a division of RF Industries, released several BNC, N and UHF connectors for use with RG-8/U type plenum cable having .108 solid center conductors and .355 outer jacket dimensions. The cable can be used in computer, instrumentation or …

The cellular telecommunications industry is making steady progress introducing advanced mobile data services as it works to overcome its own fragmented nature as well as the competition. According to the most recent “Report Card” issued by the CDPD Forum, carriers …

Like parallel rails that run straight into the distance but seem to touch at the horizon, wireless telecommunications and mobile computing have each made great strides into the future. Now leading companies from both sectors are working together to make …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-PageMart Inc. has selected Sun servers, from Sun Microsystems Co., as the network computing platform for a new corporate information system that will automate many company operations, announced Mountain View, Calif.-based Sun. PageMart will use Sun’s SPARCcenter 2000 …

Horizon Cellular Group has acquired the Georgia 2 rural service area in northeast Georgia from Southern Cellular Inc. This addition brings Horizon’s total population equivalents up to approximately 2.9 million in 14 markets. It expands Horizon’s presence around Atlanta to …

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-Wireless access of information on an Oracle database is available more quickly now due to a new mobile client/server system with built-in support for RAM Mobile Data Ltd.’s new wireless data communications service. Oracle in Motion is the first …