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CTIA Adds Internet Y2K
Site for Wireless Industry







The Cellular Telecommunications Industry
Association has added a new section to its web site dealing with the Year
2000 computer problem.  The site is designed to be a resource regarding
Y2K and the wireless industry. (WOW-COM)















Audiovox FoneFinder Phone
Will Track Callers' Locations For 911 Centers







Audiovox's new phone to be released in
November will assist 911 centers by dispatching the caller's precise latitude
and longitude by using global positioning satellite service.  The
Audiovox FoneFinder can be used with any wireless service provider without
additional fees for calls that use the GPS feature. (SFGATE)















Virginia Beach Tower
Siting Decision Issued by Federal Appeals Court 







United States Fourth Circuit Court issues
decision supporting city council in a tower dispute. (PILOT)
(EMORY)















The Michigan Technology
Commission's New Survey Reveals That More Than 50 Percent of 1000 People
Surveyed Are Cell Phone Users.







According to the survey, the number of
cell phone users in Michigan well exceeds the national average of 39 percent. 
Participants were selected from within the Detroit City limits and tri-county
suburbs. (FREEPRESS)















Veridian Acquires Datumtech's
North American Operations







Veridian, parent company of Calspan Operations,
announced that the company has acquired Datumtech's North American operations. 
The acquisition creates one of the leading providers of automatic vehicle
location systems and mobile data terminals serving the public safety, commercial
and consumer markets. (WOW-COM)















Spyglass Develops The
"Device Mosaic Web browser" For Portable Devices.







The "Device Mosaic Web browser'' is Spyglass's
new Web browser for Microsoft's Windows CE operating system devices. 
This web browser provides more creativity in development applications.
(FOXNEWS)















Ongoing Internet Battles
Have Made Their Way To Handheld Devices







Handheld computers are the latest in the
battle for internet browsing despite the slow pace of wireless modems. 
Small software companies have begun producing Web access solutions for
use in handheld devices. (BOSTON)
(FOXNEWS)















Telecommunications Merger
Between SNET and SBC Communications







Southern New England Telecommunications
Corporation's merger with SBC Communications Inc. of San Antonio was approved
yesterday by the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control. (BOSTON)















Year 2000 Presents Financial
Worries for Federal Agencies 







Clinton administration officials estimate
the Year 2000 computer problems for federal agencies to cost $5.4 billion
in repairs.  The Clinton Administration is working with Telecommunications
groups to protect companies fearful of sharing data that my later be used
against them in liability lawsuits. (WASHPOST)
























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