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These two methods of electronic communication are expected to complement, not compete against, each other. Both beeper and mobile-phone messages are carried on radio frequencies. The companies that operate on those frequencies, known as common carriers, often transmit both kinds of signals. Growing familiarity with cheaper beepers is expected to enhance the demand for mobile phones. Another radio-transmitted telephone service, cordless phones, which only have a range of up to 700 ft., got a boost from the Government last week when the FCC proposed to double the number of frequencies available...
Even in this technology-driven business, there is big money to be made by companies that merely rent beepers and by the common carriers that transmit the signals. The Li'l Bugger, for instance, costs Metromedia $150, but will generate $600 in income from rentals and broadcast charges over its six-year life...
...After some diplomatic skirmishing with the Israeli Defense Minister, Weinberger last November dispatched Andrew Marshall, the Pentagon's chief intelligence analyst, to Israel to seek a full report on how U.S. and Israeli weapons systems had performed during the invasion of Lebanon. Sharon demanded that the U.S. not transmit any of the information given by Israel to any ally, including NATO countries, without specific permission from Jerusalem. Moreover, if the data led to the development of any new U.S. defense systems, Israel would share in their production as well as the profits. Finally, Sharon demanded full details on certain...
...five years. But Moscow has made significant advances in electronic eavesdropping. Operatives from the KGB routinely monitor Western communications from embassy outposts bristling with antennas or from offshore spy trawlers. Ironically, the Soviets have benefited from the telecommunications revolution in the West. The use of satellites and microwaves to transmit telephone conversations has made it easier for KGB eavesdroppers to intercept highly confidential Government and business information...
...bosons, known as W¯ and W+ and Z°, are carriers of the weak force, just as photons transmit the electromagnetic force. But bosons are more elusive than photons. Although nearly 100 times as heavy as protons, they could not be forged in any existing accelerator. While physicists in the U.S. and elsewhere began designing new machines, Rubbia, who divides his time between Harvard and CERN, the French acronym for the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research, decided that there must be an easier, cheaper way. He persuaded CERN to let him modify its major accelerator, the Super...