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CTIA Daily News from WOW-COM - September 22, 1998

QUALCOMM's 'pdQ' Mobile Device
QUALCOMM introduced its newest creation, the 'pdQ' Smart Phone which combines a digital phone and PalmPilot.  (WIRED) (NEWS.COM) (YAHOO

Nortel Shuts Down Cellular Telephone Plant
Nortel closes its cellular telephone plant in southwest England to concentrate on new growth markets in the Caribbean and South America.  (NANDO) (TECHWEB)

Motorola Announces Intent to Deploy Excel Switching Platform in Wireless Local Loop Applications
Motorola, Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group (CIG) today announced it intends to purchase and deploy Excel Switching Corporation's EXS(tm) infrastructure switching platform as a Network Interface Unit (NIU) in selected wireless local loop markets worldwide. (YAHOO)

Selecting The Right Phone For Home Or Office Is Not Easy
A phone is essential to the success of any home-office or small-office worker.  (DALLAS NEWS)

CellStar Shares Plunge
CellStar, a major wholesale distributor of wireless handsets for manufacturers, does not expect to meet its forecasted profit by end of the year.  (TECHWEB) (DALLAS NEWS)

Ensemble Communications Set To Unveil New Approach To Wireless IP
Company's "adaptive IP" will deliver Internet Protocol-based services over wireless broadband networks.  (ZDNET)

GSM Technology Connects Mobile Work Force
Global System for Mobile Communications provides a worldwide connection for a mobile work force. It's widely used in Europe and Asia and will be readily available in the United States by year's end. (TECHWEB)

Y2K Bug Will Bite Before Year 2000
Although the Year 2000 is closer than we may think, the 'millennium bug' could possibly bite as soon as January 1999.  (MSNBC)

JP Systems' BeamLink Allows Virtual Real-Time Wireless Messaging Between Palm Computing Devices and SkyTel's AccessLink II Two-Way Pager
JP Systems Inc., a leading global software developer, today announced the availability of its flagship software, BeamLink(tm), a wireless-messaging product for PalmPilot(tm) and Palm III(tm) organizer users.  (YAHOO)

Chief of Staff At The FCC Resigns
John Nakahata announced his resignation, effective October 31, 1998, as a decision for family reasons.  (CNNFN) (CHICAGO TRIBUNE)

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