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With plans to offer commercial tracking services in North America in February, Orbcomm Global L.P. has two satellites in orbit and is beta testing its global data-only communication system. The Dulles, Va.-based company is licensed to create a 34-satellite system …

SAO PAULO, Brazil-Qualcomm Inc., through its Brazilian subsidiary, Qualcomm do Brasil, and NEC do Brasil plan to deliver digital cellular systems based on Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology to Brazil. The two companies plan to jointly bid on tenders …

Several companies are moving into the network planning business, ready to offer computer-based design expertise to new wireless operators and existing operators faced with increasing competition in the cellular and personal communications services markets. Most of these firms use computer …

Cellular One said it introduced FreedomLink Personal Communications System to businesses in western New York. The system operates as an extension to an existing office phone system by using very low power cellular frequencies to communicate with the office’s existing …

DALLAS-PCS PrimeCo L.P. announced it has made the world’s first wireless phone call on a carrier-based personal communications services system using Code Division Multiple Access digital technology at 1900 MHz. The company said the calls, which were made in the …

Short forms are due today for designated entities, marking a giant and-finally-tangible step toward the Federal Communications Commission’s C-block auction of nearly 500 personal communications services licenses set for Dec. 11. About 25 DEs will actually make it to auction, …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. has formed the ASIC Products business unit to provide Application Specific Integrated Circuits for products based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. The unit will be under the direction of Richard Kerr, vice president and general manager, …

Fearing fratricide in the sky, Wall Street is losing its ardor for backing risky telecommunications ventures with junk bonds. In recent weeks, mobile satellite service developers Iridium Inc. and Globalstar L.P. have had to scrap high-yield, high-risk debt offerings after …

WASHINGTON-The wireless telecommunications industry told the Federal Communications Commission it will work with the hearing-impaired community, hearing aid manufacturers and audiologists during the next six months to develop short-term and long-term solutions to hearing aid interference and compatibility problems posed …

Globalstar L.P. has landed three separate agreements to deliver mobile satellite service in 18 African nations. The company expects its global roaming services will benefit intercontinental travelers and rural fixed-site and mobile users in areas lacking landline or mobile coverage. …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids. Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the …

The success of wireless communications presents a double-edged blade for mobile satellite service. On one hand, the continued acceptance of wireless communications and the development of wider applications represents large potential demand. On the other hand, the growth of terrestrial …

AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000’s wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to Peru. AT&T’s Cellular Digital Packet Data system allows subscribers on …

The recent scuffle between Time Warner Inc. and U S West Inc. over the former’s proposed acquisition of Turner Broadcasting System Inc. may terminate yet another much-ballyhooed telecommunications partnership that couldn’t survive changing industry conditions. On Sept. 22, U S …

GENEVA-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has signed a worldwide, royalty-bearing infrastructure license agreement with Fujitsu Ltd. to use Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access technology. The multimillion dollar agreement follows the recent announcement Fujitsu signed with Qualcomm to be a CDMA subscriber …

Sue Cardillo was named manager of public affairs at AT&T Wireless Services. Cardillo will be responsible for media relations, charitable giving, community relations and employee communications. She has 10 years experience in the public relations field, most recently as the …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Superconducting Core Technologies Inc. have completed the first field test of a cryoelectronic base station receiver for personal communications services. The station is designed to enable higher system performance, which could allow carriers to deploy fewer …

SAN DIEGO- Qualcomm Inc. announced that Amtrak signed a contract to purchase 80 OmniTracs mobile satellite communications units. The systems will be used aboard about half of the rail company’s diesel locomotive fleet. Qualcomm said the OmniTracs system will allow …

PCS PrimeCo L.P. has chosen AT&T Network Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. to be equipment manufacturers for its nationwide personal communications services network. AT&T and Motorola will split the contract equally, with Motorola primarily supplying radio transmitters and receivers. The …

Reversing an earlier stance, South Korea is trying to deter infighting among some of its industrial heavyweights by awarding a single personal communications services license to a consortium that includes everybody but gives control to nobody. In early August, the …

BRUSSELS-The European Commission is investigating three consortia building mobile satellite systems to guage the effect those global systems will have on future competition in European Union nations. Globalstar L.P., Iridium Inc. and Inmarsat-P have been asked by Karel Van Miert, …

A new company led by industry veteran Allen Salmasi is poised to bid in the entrepreneurial auction for personal communications services licenses, with plans to build a network based on Code Division Multiple Access technology. NextWave Telecom Inc. is headed …

Convergence shows its colors as cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. charts its course into next-generation wireless telephony, underscored by its announcement last month of plans to use Code Division Multiple Access technology on its personal communications services networks. The …

Sprint Telecommunications Venture-which plans to operate next-generation mobile phone service across much of the nation-is keeping to its cable roots by selecting Code Division Multiple Access technology as the foundation for its network. The Sprint-cable TV consortium last month announced …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. signed a license agreement allowing Comarco Wireless Technologies Inc. to manufacture and sell test equipment using Qualcomm’s Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular technology. The worldwide, royalty-bearing license will allow Comarco to develop CDMA product extensions for …