Ubiquity

Today’s satellite-based data and messaging carriers have found the secret to their success is partnering with those they once considered their primary competitors-terrestrial-based wireless data carriers. At first, satellite data carriers figured their greater coverage range would outdo that of …

MONTEREY, Calif.-Aeris Communications Inc. said its MicroBurst technology now covers the whole of North America and is ready for commercial service. At the WirelessDeveloper ’99 conference last week, Aeris announced coverage pacts with Orbcomm Global L.P., and with cellular carriers, …

NEW YORK-When it comes to getting airtime to the end customer, no distribution issue is captivating carriers like cost reduction. As international competition increases and markets mature, carriers will be even more pressed to trim costs to ensure healthy profit …

Wireless carrier CMS St. Cloud, which is operating a cellular network in St. Cloud, Minn., under the name Cellular 2000, is ahead of many rural carriers in deploying digital technology on its network. Needing to upgrade its switch and other …

NEW YORK-The merger spree in the paging industry during the past few years currently is at a lull, but acquisition activity is not over by any means. “Among the top 10 or even the top seven, there is more consolidation …

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon. While circuit-switched cellular still is the standard for wireless data …

ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. completed field trials using circuit-switched Cellular Digital Packet Data technology. CS-CDPD allows CDPD users to transmit packet data over existing circuit-switched networks and gain nationwide wireless data coverage. …

Pantech Co. Ltd., a telecommunications manufacturer in Seoul, Korea, has entered into the North American market by joining forces with Kansas City, Mo.-based Monark International Corp. to create a company called Pantech America. With headquarters in Kansas City, Pantech America …

Standard Telecom America Inc. introduced a line-up of Nixxo pagers including Nixxo Tutti, Nixxo AirFly and the alphanumeric Nixxo, to American and Latin American markets. The company is a new player in the U.S. paging market but is a leading …

No, I’m not saying personal communications services are here yet. Obviously they’re not. But, by any reasonable standard, Ubiquity-anytime, anywhere communications-is already here, delivered by one network or another or a network of networks to those who are willing to …

SAN DIEGO-Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. said its Ubiquity Cellular Communications Systems support Microsoft’s Windows 95 operating system and off-the-shelf network applications. Windows 95 can operate in wireless networks, including Cellular Digital Packet Data networks, as well as landline local and …

BellSouth Cellular Corp. is marketing cellular phones in Kroger supermarkets. Once purchased, the phnoes can be activated within 10 to 20 minutes in the store. Kiosks and cellular salespeople already are stationed in stores throughout BellSouth’s Indianapolis, Nashville, Huntsville, Ala., …