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Wireless carriers are about to get an education, one that San Francisco-based Telephia Inc. believes is long overdue. Founded in February 1998, by Tom Frangione and John Oyler--both with extensive [...]

WASHINGTON--The Federal Communications Commission has been deluged with a slew of special-interest requests for 36 megahertz of prime spectrum that Congress wants sold this year, a scenario with logistical and [...]

The popularity of prepaid wireless services has skyrocketed in the United States, but carriers are experiencing a not-so-pleasant side effect--high churn--and many are challenged by the need to expand prepaid [...]

Group calling plans seem to have emerged as the latest cellular and PCS operator weapon in the battle for the valued business customer, but are they enough to stave off [...]

NEW YORK--'One thing in billing and customer care is particularly clear. Supply is not keeping up with demand,' stated Douglas C. Ashton, the Boston-based senior vice president of equity research [...]

For virtually all players in the telecommunications industry, the multivendor infrastructure has become a fact of life. With consortiums forming and reforming to make the most of deregulated markets and […]

WASHINGTON--Telecommunications regulations, such as those governing billing, rate integration and the use of customer privacy information, need to be tailored to fit the wireless industry, that industry told the FCC'S [...]

Euro issue proves a hit The government sold Eur 138.7 million ($151 million) worth of five-year bonds on 22 March. They carried a 3.95 per cent coupon (MEED 19:3:99). 'The [...]

Technically, integrating wireless and IP shouldn't be hard for companies not wedded to the centralized intelligence paradigm. Basically, a wireless network is a fancy computer network with RF capability. It […]

By Andrew J. Schlidt III Rapid growth in the wireless industry has created a wealth of opportunities for businesses and investors, particularly in build-to-suit transactions. But not all build-to-suit ventures […]

How to minimize and manage risks and costs that are associated with wireless devices is discussed. Firms for example, are advised to tap the services of technology specialists in order to maximize the potential of using wireless devices while minimizing the risks that are involved with such devices. Firms can also consider automating systems and processes.

IT WOULD BE GREAT to have a unified architecture for mobile digital content, applications and devices, an architecture that would let me link my efforts at work with my content […]

Nine yardsticks for evaluating the performance of the U.S. telecommunication industry are introduced. Among these, names of market leaders, statistics for gross domestic product, average revenue per unit (ARPU), and churn, and other general indicators of growth are discussed.

A study conducted on the U.S. wireless telecommunication industry reveals a sustained growth in its revenues. Some of the contributory factors for generating $87.6 billion from 11 major national carriers, are stated to be roaming services, increase in subscribers, and duration of wireless use, and cumulative investments since the 1980s.

Wireless operators currently offer services via the 850 MHz band of cellular spectrum and the 1900 MHz band of PCS. The amount of spectrum an operator can own in a […]

To meet the demands of roaming mobile customers in the very large province of Alberta, Canada, Mobile Communications, a competitive division of Alberta Government Telephones, has rapidly progressed from approximately [...]

Globalstar Telecommunications may succeed with a mobile satellite system that sends telephone calls, messages and data from one satellite to another across the Earth where there are no land-based networks. The likely of early returns on the risky and costly investments of the company are questionable. Other have failed, but Globalstar has a better chance of succeeding because of the leadership by Bernard Schwartz. It will also be able to profit from the mistakes made by the bankrupt Iridium.

A survivability plan can reroute and restore a normal traffic flow in the event of a service interruption. Like the interstate highway system, cellular networks crisscross the nation, providing a [...]

It will be a gathering of mostly old friends and foes at the FCC's 900 MHz specialized mobile radio (SMR) auction scheduled to begin tomorrow (Dec. 5). Of the approximately [...]

With cellular having observed its tenth commercial anniversary and digital technology leading the way into the next decade of wireless, a massive network of wireless communications systems dots the continental [...]

The trucking firm CRST Inc is deploying a satellite-based mobile communications system for its fleet of 925 tractor-trailers to enhance the efficiency of its dispatching operations. CRST's system is based on the Rockwell Link2000 satellite communications system and will be in place by the middle of 1994, and is supported by a global positioning system that tracks the location of the trucks. In the future, the mobile communications system may be equipped with satellite voice communications that will connect drivers directly with dispatchers.

United Parcel Service (UPS) uses a private cellular data network to support mobile communications for its fleet of 50,000 delivery vans in order to provide timely delivery information to its customers. The UPS mobile communications system that was developed over a six-year period at a cost of over $150 million allows transmission of data while UPS drivers are en route. UPS drivers are equipped with a hand-held computer and an electronic device that collects signatures, and information is transmitted immediately after delivery via a cellular telephone service. The new system allows UPS to tell customers when a package was delivered and who signed for it.

The trucking firm TMC Transportation has decided to use American Mobile Satellite Corp's satellite mobile communications system to support its fleet of approximately 500 tractor-trailers. TMC already is using a global positioning system to collect information from the trucks to track their positions, and is deploying new dispatching and message management computer software to support routing and dispatching. The new satellite mobile communications system also is expected to improve the efficiency of billing by automating the process at truck-level.

Mobile communication is vital to the success of the materials-handling equipment rental company High Reach Equipment. High Reach maintains high customer service by equipping its sale personnel, delivery drivers and field mechanics with cellular telephones and pagers that improve routing and dispatching. The company's two-way private mobile communications system is based on CenCall Communications mobile radio integrated network.

Galaxy Cablevision, a multi-systems cable television system operator that serves small rural communities, has decided to implement a satellite mobile communication system to support its fleet of 50 truck-based technicians. The satellite system will replace an inefficient and time-consuming two-radio system that used telephone check-ins. Galaxy will use Qualcomm Inc's OmniTRACS system for two-way communications and vehicle tracking.

Guaranteed Overnight Delivery Inc (G.O.D.), a palletized, high-density freight company, has decided to integrate a mobile radio communications system with its PC-based scheduling and routing system to enhance the efficiency of its deliveries. The mobile radio communications system that will support G.O.D.'s just-in-time delivery system is expected to reduce paperwork and and rationalize dispatching. The mobile radio communications system will be purchased from RAM Mobile Data, and the total cost of implementing the system and training employees is forecasted at $500,000.

First requirement: transcending boundaries Mobile data communications is a fledgling industry about which much has been written but little actually is known. Some feel there is a great deal of [...]

Lately I've been a keen participant on Foursquare, a mobile GPS-enabled social network that launched last year at SXSW. I was late to the game and downloaded the mobile app [...]

Bill Hilsman looks up angrily from a letter on his desk, throws off his glasses and shouts: 'No, he's not getting the point.' A retired lieutenant general in the U.S. [...]

Horizon draws $30 million in a bid to build cellular firm A Los Angeles management buyout firm has invested $30 million in Horizon Cellular Telephone Co., which has been acquiring [...]