ISSUE |
DATE |
NEWSLETTER
TOPICS |
193 |
December
31, 2005 |
2005
Paging Persons of the Year |
192 |
December
25, 2005 |
2005
Christmas Card |
191 |
December
16, 2005 |
Newsletter |
190 |
December
9, 2005 |
Newsletter |
189 |
December
2, 2005 |
Newsletter |
188 |
November
25, 2005 |
Newsletter |
187 |
November
18, 2005 |
Newsletter |
186 |
November
9, 2005 |
Newsletter |
185 |
October
26, 2005 |
Newsletter |
184 |
October
14, 2005 |
Newsletter |
183 |
October
7, 2005 |
Newsletter |
182 |
September
30, 2005 |
Newsletter |
181 |
September
23, 2005 |
Newsletter |
180 |
September
16, 2005 |
Newsletter |
179 |
September
9, 2005 |
Newsletter |
178 |
September
2, 2005 |
Newsletter |
177 |
August
26, 2005 |
Newsletter |
176 |
August
19, 2005 |
Newsletter |
175 |
August
12, 2005 |
Newsletter |
174 |
August
5, 2005 |
Newsletter |
173 |
July
29, 2005 |
Newsletter |
172 |
July
22, 2005 |
Newsletter |
171 |
July
15, 2005 |
Newsletter |
170 |
July
8, 2005 |
Newsletter |
169 |
July
1, 2005 |
Newsletter |
168 |
June
24, 2005 |
Editorial
about the U.S. Patent Office and RIM. RIM's patent woes far
from over. Merged Sprint-Nextel to use Sprint as master brand.
DANIELS Electronics Expands Product Portfolio with Omnitronics
Audio Bridges. Microsoft Unveils Plans for Web-Based Instant
Messaging. In the Philippines, text messaging is cool. Iran
sees red over election text messaging craze. Big text-messaging
bill rings father's bell. Area 'hams' to prove their stuff.
Video clip from the Jay Leno show. Intel Teams To Improve
WiMAX Antenna Technology. |
167 |
June
17, 2005 |
More
news from the AAPC conference. Vic Jackson's presentation
from the conference can be downloaded. Google announces a
new search engine for mobile devices. GlobeTel Signs Formal
Agreement with NASA. USA Mobility, AMDS and Sensus Form Alliance
to Provide Meter Monitoring Services Over Two-Way NPCS Network.
LRS Debuts Latest Curbside Solution at NRA 2005. Text Message
Saves Woman From Kidnapper. Text messaging—the impersonal
touch. Team To Sell Cell Phone Music. Is Voice Mail at Risk
in the Wireless Future? Proxim files for bankruptcy, to sell
company for $21 million. Skype Offers Voicemail. Skype Does
Videoconferencing and More. AT&T Plots WiMax Trial. Eslambolchi:
WiMax Booming. |
166 |
June
10, 2005 |
Report
from the AAPC show in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The founder
and first president of AAPC, Ted McNaught, turned over the
reigns of the association to Bruce Deer at the annual AAPC
meeting. Space Data Forges Roaming Relationship with SkyTel.
RIM hits patent deal impasse. PANGO PARTNERS WITH LEADING
SOLUTIONS PROVIDERS TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR WIFI-BASED
RFID SYSTEMS. Verso Appoints Mark Dunaway to Board of Directors.
GTES INTRODUCES NEW LOCATION SERVICE APPLICATION. TensorComm,
Inc. Secures $7 Million in New Financing Led by Centennial
Ventures. Mexico's Telecommunications Sector Grows 20.6%
In 1Q. NII Appoints New Vice President and Controller. Wireless
LAN phone can survive hospital environment. Tut Deploys MPEG-4
Headend. VoIP Inc.'s Rodriguez Discusses State of Telephony. |
|
June
3, 2005 |
No
issue this week due to the AAPC show in Myrtle Beach. |
165 |
May
27, 2005 |
Location
Services: Is This a Business for You? USA Mobility Announces
Management Reorganization. Multitone Announces “AlarmCentral™” Application
For Wireless Networks. Moto invests in wireless directory.
xMax™ First Long-Range Field Test A Success - New Spectrum
Sharing Technology Uses Micro-Power Levels to Deliver Broadband.
SkyGuard Vehicle Locator system by SkyTel. Barry Kanne retires
from Paging but not from working. Various comments about
USA Mobility. FCC: Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Postpones
Until Fall 2005 Implementation of the Automated Feature in
its Universal Licensing System. SyChip Unveils Syvoice Family
Of Voip Solutions For The Mobile Handset Market. Skype to
be cash-flow positive in 2005. |
164 |
May
20, 2005 |
USA
Mobility Stockholder Presentation. Proposal for a Telelink
User's Group. Carriers Find Their Way to LBS. Sprint Launches
Sprint Business Mobility Framework. USA Mobility Names Scott
B. Tollefsen as General Counsel. Supreme Court Affirms Uzans
Ruling. Wireless carriers partner on Amber Alert text messages.
So, Who Treats Folks The Best? Wireless Leaders & Laggards:
Health Care. You can’t stop IM so learn to love it.
Proxim warns of bankruptcy prospects. FCC 911 VoIP Ruling
Could Hit Consumers in the Pocketbook. IDC: Microsoft Readies
VoIP Push. |
163 |
May
13, 2005 |
Editorial comments
about USA Mobility's first quarter results. AAPC getting
ready for the conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. Motley Fool
article about USA Mobility. New Amber Alert initiative coming.
South Koreans monitor their dogs" status via cellphones.
Blackberry touts productivity gains by using their device.
Google buys social networking service. Article on Location
Based Services. Glenayre (formerly a big name in Paging)
buy CD, DVD manufacturing assets. Microsoft announces Windows
Mobile 5.0. US Senate approves electronic ID card bill. Florida
removes VoIP tax from books. Vonage gets major financing.
Skype Wins 2005 Webby Award for Telecommunications. |
162 |
May
6, 2005 |
Todd
Buchanan of Verizon Wireless Messaging Services appointed
to board of AAPC. Special white paper by Brooks Marsden on
Location Service Business opportunity. RIM Takes PDA Top
Spot From palmOne. USA Mobility Sets Date To Report First
Quarter Results. Govt. body in India quashes paging operators'
plea. Teletouch Reports Financial Results for Third Quarter
2005. BlackBerries for breakfast. Short messaging catches
on in U.S. BellSouth launches new communication service.
Leap Offers International Text Messaging to Mexico. Endless
messaging rots brain worse than pot, study finds. China government
uses text messaging to quell demonstrations. AOL Rebuilds
Messaging Client from the Ground Up. Will Free VoIP Change
the Game? UAE authorities clamp down on Skype. Intel, Sprint
connect on WiMax. FCC rejects SBC petition on new Internet
services. |
161 |
April
29, 2005 |
NTT
DoCoMo in Japan to terminate Pager service. Rogers Communications
reports Q1 results. Nokia to launch new multimedia phone.
Verizon profit surges on record wireless subscribers. Wireless
secures and tracks postal vans. iCom and Kenwood demonstrate
very narrowband communications technology. Voice and Data
Convergence—a Vendor’s Perspective. A "close" photo
of Saturn's small moon. Skype reaches out to mobile users. "Don't
Take My Skype Away." Cisco Acquires Sipura Technology. |
160 |
April
22, 2005 |
Making
plans for the AAPC Wireless Forum to be held in Myrtle Beach,
South Carolina, June 1-3. RIM forges ahead with more innovations
and industry alliances. DOJ requests more on Verizon/MCI
union. Axcess RFID installed at JFK airport. Stratellite
Strategy replaces cell towers with airship. Microsoft/BlackBerry
deal. AOL launches more wireless IM. Glenayre announces briefing
about Q1. Adobe buys Macromedia. Gordon Moore looks back,
and forward. Intel ships first WiMAX chipset. Skype launches
Skypein and Voicemail. |
159 |
April
15, 2005 |
Comments
on USA Mobility. SkyTel provides free Paging service for
transplant patient. Trace Technologies announces new wireless
assisted-GPS solution. Carlos Slim sells his 13.7% stake
in MCI. InnerWireless gets $15M in funding. Cell phones exonerated
in new Danish brain cancer study. Motorola unveils new products
at IWCE. Did RIM pay too soon (for patients)? Reader question
about jamming cell phones. EasyTel announces new free web-based
paging service. Apple reports record Q2 earnings. Photos
from the AAPC trade show in Las Vegas. Intel wildly optimistic
about WiMAX. Motorola goes with mesh networks. |
|
April
8, 2005 |
No
issue this week due to the IWCE show in Las Vegas. |
158 |
April
1, 2005 |
SkyTel
founder, John Palmer in the news. Daniels Electronics announces
new product. Sun Microsystems releases Java Instant Messaging.
Generation "Y" embraces text messaging. Wireless
remote BBQ thermometer pager. Bulldog Technologies granted
patent for wireless cargo security technology. Amber Alerts
expand to 50 states. RIM beating palmOne in wireless war.
MCI accepts Verizon's $7.6 B bid. PTC agenda updated for
meeting in Las Vegas. E-mail has become the world's favorite
form of business communication. US Supreme Court hears important
case on peer-to-peer Internet services. FCC commissioner
comments on new 3.6 GHz band for rural wireless broadband
services. SkyTel gets into Wi-Fi with Pronto Networks. |
157 |
March
25, 2005 |
Feature
on Amber Alert. USA Mobility shows promising performance.
eGOware introduces secure medical information delivery. Contact
Wireless gives traffic reports with text messages. Detailed
technical paper released on Microsoft's SPOT. News from the
CTIA show. US Wireless growth forecasted. Charles Sirois
gets payout from sale of TIW. PTC Las Vegas meeting agenda.
Crisis notification system from AmCom. InnerWireless has
in-building wireless distribution solution for multiple users.
More discussion about cities offering Wi-Fi. |
156 |
March
18, 2005 |
First
issue of AAPC newsletter included. USA Mobility
reports 2004 Q4 results. FCC terminates many Paging
licenses because they are not being used. Kevin Martin
named chairman of FCC. RIM stock up after patent issues
settled. Bernie Ebbers convicted by federal jury for
manipulating WorldCom's books. Siemens and Wherify to
bring GPS phone to Wal-Mart. Link to article about location-based
services. Modulation/protocol debate. RIM to bring AOL,
Yahoo IMs to BlackBerry. Inmarsat launch 3G satellite.
More rumors about Motorola's iTunes phone. AT&T
to try WiMax. FCC opens 3650 MHz band for wireless broadband. |
155 |
March
11, 2005 |
New
font for newsletter. Motorola continues to tease
over the iTunes phone. Another virus attacks mobile
phones. Mobile TV coming for cellphone users. Tower
companies postpone earnings releases for second time.
Half of US kids have cellphones. Mobile device preferences.
AAPC announces new vendor benefits packages. Article
on Texas barbecue. Zigbee Alliance announces Adopter
Class membership. Wireless USB to kill off Bluetooth.
Intel goes for mesh on 802.11s. FCC gives some slack
on UWB transmitter testing. |
154 |
March
4, 2005 |
Editorial:
Is Paging Dead? NO, absolutely not! Going through
a major realignment yes, but not dead or even dying. Jef
Raskin, creator of the Macintosh computer dies. Tower operators
putting off quarterly results. SEC uncovers wide-scale lease
accounting errors. Intel demonstrates voice recognition.
WakeMed Hospital (NC) deploys in-building wireless network.
FBI says Taiwanese man stole chip designs. Bank of America
sites to be available for hidden antennas. AAPC Wireless
Forum to be held in Myrtle Beach again this year. PTC to
have meeting at IWCE in Las Vegas. FCC loosens restrictions
on mobile satellite services. ZigBee-based wireless energy
meter reading announced. Wireless sensor networks expected
to grow in spite of obstacles. More about Vonage VoIP service
being blocked by some ISPs. |
153 |
February
25, 2005 |
MCI
Q4 results and possible buyout from Verizon, Iridium cites
favorable trends for mobile satellite service, Rogers Q4
results, Motorola plans low-cost phones in emerging markets,
Wherify has new GPS locator phone, Frost & Sullivan selects
Diabetech for award, Special report on Daniels Electronics,
FCC moves to replace outmoded rules governing intercarrier
compensation, FCC proposes additional flexibility in the
900 MHz band, ZigBee forecasted to hit 400,000 units in 2005,
and Skype targets wireless market. |
152 |
February
18, 2005 |
Watch
out for the "MyDoom" Internet Worm, Grant
Defrays Pager Pricetag (Homeland Security), Trying to
Tax Pagers in Virginia, More Amber Alert News, New Products
and Services for the Hearing Impaired, Vonage (VoIP)
Complains to the FCC about Blocking, Motorola and Skype
(VoIP) form Alliance, Jai Bhagat's AIR2LAN to Merge
with U.S. Wireless Online, and WiMax and Internet Phone
Service soon to become a Big Deal according to new research
report. |
151 |
February
11, 2005 |
New
Multitone PowerPage 750 pager with stored voice and alphanumeric
display. A paging company in Arkansas for sale. A guest editorial
from Vic Jackson, the president of Interconnection Services
Inc., about the FCC issuing a precedent-setting "Numbering
Order" allowing VoIP providers to obtain numbering resources
directly from the North American Numbering Plan. |
150 |
February
4, 2005 |
The
AAPC has a new executive director—Linda Hoover. There
is a nice article about S3 and their vehicle
tracking service using ReFLEX (and other means) with GPS.
Looks like SBC really wants to Buy AT&T for $16 billion
bucks, and Alan Carle at UCOM needs a good paging field engineer.
There are two very interesting articles about this exciting
new technology that is going to blow wireless data wide open. |
149 |
January
28, 2005 |
FCC
Chairman Michael Powell will leave the Commission in March.
Ofcom, the communications regulatory agency in the UK, plans
to liberalize the regulation of the use of radio frequencies
in Britain. 23 million people are now using Skype, the free
VoIP service, to talk over the Internet. TAPS—Texas
Association of Paging Services is looking for partners on
their 152.480 MHz co-op paging network. SBC is in acquisition
discussions with AT&T. |
|
January
21, 2005 |
Sorry—no
newsletter this week due to travel and relocation. |
148 |
January
14, 2005 |
Satellite
Security Systems to help track engine usage in Sacramento.
Nortel execs have to pay back bonuses. President of Motorola
resigns. FCC authorizes new South American satellite. SMS@ctive™ Technologies
announces SMS product. Pocket PC with GPS and lots more.
Wireless tracking and monitoring: Watchdog systems pack a
bite. Intel will now lobby in support of municipal Wi-Fi
projects. |
147 |
January
7, 2005 |
National
Institute of Standards and Technology puts new time standard
on line. Wireless, Telecom Industry Answer Relief Call or
Tsunami victims. Samsung Shows Voice-To-Text Phone For Messaging.
Global carriers, vendors unite on 'Super 3G' standard. More
on FCC Paging license audit. Vonage Goes WiFi, and Wayport
Hits 6,300 Wi-Fi Locations. |