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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - August 27, 1998
For Wireless Users Dialing 9-1-1, Help Is on the Way
About 130 cellular service providers, location technology firms and public safety experts from around the country are meeting in San Francisco to discuss deploying location-tracking systems. (SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER)

Texas Instruments Announces New Technology Based 
on Tiny Transistors
Wireless telephones will be able to handle data and video as well as voice. The chips feature an effective channel length - the working part inside a transistor - of .07 micron, which is 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. They are designed for analog and digital operations. (BOSTON GLOBE) - (YAHOO) - (NEWSBYTES) - (USA TODAY) - (SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS)

WinStar Expands Switched Services to Columbus, Kansas City and Minneapolis
WinStar is on schedule to deploy its telecommunications network in the top 30 U.S. markets by the end of the year and has targeted three additional markets for the introduction of switched services: Miami, St. Louis, and Cleveland. (YAHOO)

Chicago Area School District Wins Grant for Wireless Technology Laboratory
Community Unit School District 300 has been awarded a $225,000 competitive technology grant from the Illinois State Board of Education to buy computer equipment and establish a wireless-technology laboratory. (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

NYSERDA Awards Contract to Calspan to Develop System 
to Improve Truck Safety and Fleet Management
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded Calspan, an operation of Veridian, a research contract worth $141,000 to develop and demonstrate a technology for on-board, real-time monitoring and reporting of safety systems for trucks.  Commercial trucks will be equipped with a communications device capable of monitoring the performance of systems such as brakes and steering to determine when those systems need repair or replacement.  (WOW-COM)

Montana Workers May Strike U S WEST
In Montana, U S WEST and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers remain at odds over wages, pensions, health-care benefits and a company plan to install a performance-based pay plan for about 165 field technicians. (DENVER POST)

Telxon, Wyser-Pratte Mark Agreement to End Lawsuits
Telxon, a maker of hand-held computers and mobile information devices, agreed to consider future takeover bids in exchange for shareholder Guy Wyser-Pratte's agreement to drop proposals to amend the company's by-laws. (YAHOO)

Mobile Phones Disabled By Jamming Devices
Japanese firm, Medic, one of the first companies to market small-range jammers for private use, markets a device called Wave Wall, which sends out powerful signals on the same frequencies as those used for both incoming and outgoing calls, rendering mobile phones mute.  No calls can be made or received.  The company has sold 6,000 of the devices. (NANDO NET) - (ABC NEWS)

Microsoft Challenges PalmPilot with Chinese Product
Microsoft will launch a Chinese version of Windows CE later this year in an effort to preempt the entry of the PalmPilot into China's hand-held computing market. Microsoft's release of the second version of Windows CE has turned up the heat on handheld market leader 3Com Corp, which has sold some two million of its PalmPilot computers in the United States and Europe. (YAHOO)

VimpelCom Reports 60% Increase in EBITDA for 2nd Quarter 1998
VimpelCom is the largest provider of cellular telecommunications in Russia. (YAHOO)

ALACEL Announces Workshop on Pre-Paid Cellular Service
In order to promote the growth and development of wireless communication systems in Latin America - ALACEL, the Latin American Wireless Industry Association, has announced its first workshop on pre-paid cellular service, September 28-29, Miami Beach, Florida at the Fountainebleau Hilton Hotel.  Participating companies include: CTI, Argentina; Movicom, Argentina; Tele 2000, Peru; Telcel, Venezuela; Grupo Iusacell, Mexico; Celumóvil, Colombia; BellSouth, Chile; Telefónica del Perú, Perú; Tricom, Rep. Dominicana; Conecel, Ecuador; and IT & S, Brazil. (ALACEL)
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