Monthly Archives: March, 1997

PRODUCTS

Siemens Components Inc. introduced its Model CMY210, a GaAs MMIC that can be used for designing cellular or personal communications services handsets based on...

ICO GLOBAL DEAL GOES TO ERICSSON, HUGHES, NEC

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-ICO Global Communications, a global mobile satellite communications company, awarded a contract to a consortium consisting of L.M. Ericsson, Hughes Network Systems Inc....

EDS PRODUCT STOPS ROAMING OVER-BILLS

WALTHAM, Mass.-EDS Personal Communications said Century Cellunet Inc. and Radiofone Inc. will be the first U.S. carriers to use new enhancements of EDS' core...

DSP FORMS ALLIANCE WITH SIEMENS BCS

CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. and Siemens Wireless Terminals, a division of Siemens Business Communications Systems Inc., announced they have signed a worldwide strategic agreement...

STATES STUDY DRIVING AND DIALING BILLS

NEW YORK-Dialing and talking while driving are getting a closer look in state capitols lately, as legislatures in at least three states-California, Illinois and...

DATAQUEST STUDY SHOWS SHAKEUP IN HANDSET RANK

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The digital handset market saw significant growth in 1996, an indication that this market is developing into a formidable one, says a...

WORLD BRIEFS

Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes,...

TMS STUDY CONCLUDES INTELLIGENT NETWORKS TO BE LARGER CONCERN

Wireless service providers' uncertainty about wireless intelligent network revenues and their focus on switching and radiofrequency infrastructure means intelligent network spending has taken a...

ERICSSON PROVIDES TRUNKED SYSTEM TO LAS CRUCES, N.M.

LYNCHBURG, Va.-L.M. Ericsson recently supplied a digital trunked radio system to the city of Las Cruces, N.M.The 800 MHz system provides the city's police...

LUCENT TO COMBINE AGILE DATA PRODUCT

WARREN, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. will use Agile Networks' data networking products to allow telecommunications service providers to combine voice and data services over a...

SIEMENS, IDG TEAM FOR DUMMIES GUIDE

RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals reached an agreement with IDG Books Worldwide to publish a user guide for its new personal communications services handset. IDG...

ICG HOLDINGS SEEKS $200M IN FUNDING

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-ICG Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of ICG Communications Inc., is offering $100 million of senior discount notes and $100 million of exchangeable preferred...

WINSTAR MAKES $450M PLACEMENT

NEW YORK-WinStar Communications Inc. announced an offering of $450 million of debt securities in a 144A institutional private placement. There is no equity associated...

WILDFIRE TO INCLUDE NATURAL’S PRODUCTS

NATICK, Mass.-Natural MicroSystems Corp. said Wildfire Communications Inc. will use its voice and call processing products as well as its TX data communications processors...

BELLSOUTH MOBILITY ANNOUNCES SIMPLIFIED RATES, NEW SPOKESMAN

BellSouth Mobility Inc. has introduced a simplified per-minute rate plan for digital wireless customers making calls in their home state.Digital customers in BellSouth Mobility's...

INTERNET SOFTWARE AVAILABLE FROM IBM

SAN JOSE, Calif.-IBM Corp. announced the availability of software that allows access to World Wide Web and Internet applications using wireless radio frequency networks...

ITRON SELLS METERS TO SWISS DISTRIBUTOR

SPOKANE, Wash.-Itron, a provider of automatic meter reading (AMR) equipment and services to the utility industry, announced the sale of 50,000 Genesis Meter Modules...

ROBOTIC MODULE IS AVAILABLE NOW

TUSTIN, Calif.-Activator Systems Inc. said its robotics-controlled automated phone programming module now is available.The A-Key uses ASI's patented programming process, using only encrypted data.Accuracy...

ROAMEX HELPS CARRIERS SAFELY FACILITATE NORTH AMERICAN ROAMING

Four years ago Systems/Link Corp. introduced RoamEx, which "allowed carriers with fraud problems in big cities access to what was going on," said Diane...

OMNIPOINT SIGNS UP FOR GSM ROAMING

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. signed international roaming agreements with 26 Global System for Mobile communications carriers, mainly in Europe and the Pacific Rim.The...

SEATTLE FIRM PROMOTES CREATIVE ADD-ON REVENUE SCHEMES FOR CARRIERS

Operators with new 1900 MHz personal communications services networks need add-on services that are meaningful revenue generators and offer something customers repeatedly need, says...

READYCOM PLANS TO LAUNCH TWO-WAY VOICE PAGING OVER CELLULAR

ReadyCom Inc. is in line to launch two-way voice paging services over networks already built, offering nationwide coverage and roaming capability. Its secret is...

QUALCOMM LANDS U S WEST CONTRACT

SAN DIEGO-Sony/Qualcomm CDMA Sales, a division of Qualcomm Personal Electronics, will provide Code Division Multiple Access handsets to U S West Communications Inc. Sony/Qualcomm...

SIMOCO TO SUPPLY GEAR TO GRAND PRIX

CAMBRIDGE, England-Simoco International Ltd. will supply radio communications equipment to the 1997 Qantas Australian Grand Prix.The company will provide a radio communications trunking system,...

JAPAN STRIKES BLOW TO GSM BACKERS BY PICKING CDMA STANDARD

The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes...
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