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BOULDER, Colo.-SCC Communications Corp. reported positive results from the first test of its Automatic Crash Notification system designed to alert Emergency 911 services in the event of an automobile accident. …

Remarkably, protagonists of the ongoing debate over third-generation (3G) spectrum auctions assume operator licensing is an issue to be considered in isolation. It is deemed unnecessary to consider the exercise …

Germany WorldCom, Vivendi and Talkline, an SBC Communications and Tele Danmark joint venture, formally pulled out of the German auction for third-generation licenses, scheduled to begin 31 July. U.K. operator …

LONDON-The fixed wireless market in Israel is set for a period of heightened activity. The Communications Ministry submitted regulations to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in early May that will pave …

TOKYO-Since NTT DoCoMo launched its iMode wireless data service in February 1999, the number of mobile Internet users in Japan-more than 10 million as of the end of May-has taken …

TORONTO-The major Canadian carriers are cautiously laying the groundwork for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. But true, full-blown 3G in Canada is at least three to four years away. “Canadian mobile …

WASHINGTON-Andrew Sukawaty, president and chief operating officer of Sprint PCS and recently installed chairman of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, said Friday he is leaving the nationwide mobile-phone carrier to …

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group last week announced support for Qualcomm Inc.’s High Data Rate technology as a third-generation technology, but agreed to leave room open for other competing technologies …

NEW YORK-Teligent Inc., Vienna, Va., has found a way to bend radio signals around buildings, dramatically enlarging its actual footprint without much additional network infrastructure. The fixed wireless carrier has …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Adaptive Broadband Corp. entered an agreement with Mosley Associates Inc., a privately held manufacturer of digital transmission systems for the telecommunications industry, to sell its Microwave Data Systems division …

MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. said Telinor Television S.A. de C.V., a Mexican wireless pay-TV company, will begin field trials of new technology for business data transmission services. ADC will integrate its …

Tektronix Tektronix Inc. launched a new Global System for Mobile communications cell analysis product, the Cell Analyzer, which combines the key functions of the Actix Abis Analyzer with Tektronix’s K1205 …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday set aside 14 megahertz of radio-frequency spectrum as the Wireless Medical Telemetry Service to help protect wireless health devices from interference, the transition to …

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. released its ThinAirServer 1.1, which permits two-way, real-time information access to a range of out-of-the-box applications from a variety of wireless devices. The new platform is compatible …

MELVILLE, N.Y.-Comtech Telecommunications Corp. said it entered an agreement to acquire EFData, the satellite communications division of Adaptive Broadband Corp., for $61.5 million in cash. Shortly following the acquisition announcement …

SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it installed new wireless equipment adhering to the new third-generation cdma2000 international standard. Clearnet said it will use the new wireless base …

SEOUL, South Korea-Korean operator SK Telecom said it will launch commercial cdma2000 1X service in the fourth-quarter, using equipment from Samsung Electronics. Samsung and SK Telecom said the 1X system …

Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution. For …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed a contract to provide a Global System for Mobile communications network to Nuevatel PCS de Bolivia S.A. The contract, valued at about $25 million, covers the …

WASHINGTON-Maritime Telecommunications Network Inc. last week blasted a public safety-private wireless coalition for making theoretical arguments about potential interference in urging federal regulators not to renew its experimental license. MTN, …

Qualcomm Inc. garnered more support for its High Data Rate solution, announcing Samsung Electronics Ltd.’s support for the technology and technical trials with Japanese operator Nippon Idou Tsushin Corp. (IDO) …

SignalSoft Steven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer …

Nextlink Communications Inc. said it is beginning field trials in Boston and Dallas of consecutive-point broadband wireless access technology that is expected to be used to extend Nextlink’s local fiber …

Wireless high-speed solutions didn’t garner much thought just a year ago. Qualcomm Inc. seemed to be the only company in the industry touting a high-speed megabit solution for the cdmaOne …