Wireless Technology

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to expand the global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on telecom and information technology products by 2000. With developing countries increasingly turning to wireless technology for mobile and basic communications, the initiative would further …

BOSTON-The combination of an increasingly mobile work force with the growing popularity of the Internet could potentially speed up the adoption of wireless data networks and services, according to a report by the Yankee Group. “The Internet’s advantages in terms …

WASHINGTON-The Food and Drug Administration has recommended to Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) that more research be conducted on possible health risks from mobile telephones, but the agency left unclear whether it believes the issue is important enough to warrant funding …

While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short time. A strong economy and cheap pricing plans certainly have …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Nexus Telecommunication Systems Ltd. announced the acquisition of Aptel Ltd., a developer of wireless technologies and products, owned mainly by DSP Group Inc. Nexus purchased 100 percent of Aptel shares from the current shareholders for a total of …

As 1998 begins and a new century beckons, the wireless industry finds itself riding the wave of landmark free trade agreements that will open telecom and information technology markets and force countries to address the far-reaching implications of the Digital …

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are falling by the wayside. Over the past six months, three …

WASHINGTON-For the wireless telecom industry, 1998 will be a pivotal year. A continuation next year of this year’s policy retreats and defeats at the Federal Communications Commission, on Capitol Hill and in the courts could make the wireless industry even …

WASHINGTON-While wireless local loop technology is taking off in such countries as South Africa, Great Britain, India and China, the United States continues to lag behind in deploying what could be the most cost-effective, time-sensitive means of providing everyone in …

The state of wireless technology and devices is in good shape today, and should continue to stay healthy well into the future, as long as carriers understand the changing dynamics of wireless users, according to a study presented by the …

MT. OLIVE, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed its prototype base station that will be used by NTT DoCoMo of Japan in experiments on a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system for third-generation mobile communications systems. The W-CDMA system, proposed …

Holiday shoppers this year will be faced with a variety of choices when it comes to selecting a wireless service, and the average consumer probably will have a difficult time wading through all the alphabet soup. According to a survey …

WASHINGTON-Russia, over U.S. objections, was expected to charge Qualcomm Inc.’s Richard Bliss with espionage on Friday amid new revelations that the 29-year-old field technician reportedly admitted to illegally bringing satellite receivers into the country. Nikolai Kovalev, head of the Federal …

DALLAS-MCI Communications Corp. announced the completion of its new dispatch system that uses wireless technology to send technicians to customer sites. The new system, called Dispatch.Mgr, is a computerized wireless dispatch system that allows MCI’s field technicians to receive work …

WICHITA,Kan.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched VoiceStream personal communications services in Wichita. The VoiceStream Wireless network uses equipment supplied by Northern Telecom Inc. and operates on the Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz technology. “Nortel’s GSM 1900 digital wireless …

NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C. Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has resumed his probe of the Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of mobile phone safety, requesting the agency respond by Dec. 19 to a new series of questions on the status of government and non-government research …

Dr. Dan Schlager, M.D., president of Zoltar Satellite Alarm Systems, filed an ex parte brief with the Federal Communications Commission urging it to apply Phase II E911 rules on locating emergency callers to new wireless phones only. Schlager said the …

More bad news for the wireless telecom industry on the RF front. The Communications Workers of America is throwing its full weight behind an appeal in the D.C. circuit to overturn the 1996 hybrid RF exposure standard. Organized labor, which …

WASHINGTON-After months of being publicly pounded on antenna siting, health concerns, unsafe cell phone drivers and blocked E-911 calls, the wireless industry is responding with an approach that relies on good corporate citizenship and uses the power of advertising to …

Sitting in a meeting several years ago, Douglas (Bud) Weiser and his staff were oblivious to a tornado touching down not too far from their office. Traditional emergency warning systems-outdoor sirens and television and radio broadcasts-weren’t able to reach them. …

The National Telecommunications Commission in the Philippines announced it will issue one nationwide and four regional permits for new mobile phone operators there. Kari Roe, analyst for Asia and the Pacific Rim for International Technology Consultants in Bethesda, Md., said …

WASHINGTON-In a stunning setback and reversal of fortune for the wireless industry, Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and James Jeffords (R-Vt.) last week introduced legislation to gut antenna siting pre-emption provisions from the 1996 telecom act. “I do not want Vermont …

WASHINGTON-Amid an uproar of protest within an earshot of the White House against China’s human and religious rights record and its sale of nuclear technology to rogue states, President Clinton and Chinese President Jiang Zemin announced China will sign a …

WinStar Communications Inc. last week announced it signed agreements with Siemens Telecom Networks and Broadband Networks Inc., which will allow WinStar to supply digital multipoint local network systems for deployment in the United States. The company, which now provides point-to-point …