Monthly Archives: May, 1998

NTT DOCOMO JOINS GSM SUPPORTERS

OXFORD, England-Japan's largest wireless operator, NTT DoCoMo, has allied itself closely with the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) operator camp.The company signed a...

TEST COMPANIES WAVETEK AND W&G AGREE TO MERGE

HANNOVER, Germany-Test equipment companies Wandel & Goltermann Management Holding GmbH and Wavetek Corp. announced they agreed to merge. The transaction, subject to execution of...

MOTOROLA’S WINGS TO UNIFY PRODUCTS

SCHAUMBURG, Illinois, United States-Motorola Inc. launched a US$100 million global advertising campaign, called Wings, to create unified brand awareness for consumer products produced by...

WESTERN EUROPE BRIEFS

DENMARKMobilix, a France Telecom subsidiary, has begun offering services on its DCS 1800 network.GERMANYLucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group acquired Optimay GmbH, a privately held...

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REVIEWS AMPS RURAL COVERAGE

MELBOURNE, Australia-The Australian government has called an urgent review to end speculation about the future of analog mobile phone coverage in regional and remote...

CHINA AND JAPAN TO FUEL REGION’S GROWTH

BANGKOK, Thailand-Cellular and PCS operators in the Asia-Pacific region have doubled from 56 in 1993 to the current 113, according to the Yankee Group's...

ASIA-PACIFIC BRIEFS

HONG KONGHong Kong's SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. announced agreements with Star Telecom International Holdings Ltd. and Telecom Service Ltd. to acquireP Plus Communications Ltd.,...

EUROPE TUNES IN TO MOBILE-RADIO REVIVAL

OXFORD, England-Trunked radio networks are the poor relations of the European mobile community. PMR (Private Mobile Radio) and PAMR (Public Access Mobile Radio) networks...

NORTH AMERICA BRIEFS

Four of the larger SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) operators in the United States have merged to create what should be the nation's largest 220...

TELESAT, NORTEL FORM SATELLITE VENTURE

OTTAWA-Canadian satellite operator Telesat and Northern Telecom Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop a geostationary satellite system to deliver telephony services to underserved...

LICENSES/TENDERS

Croatia has announced a tender to construct and operate a nationwide GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) network. Bids were due 15 April.A consortium...

BELLSOUTH INKS PACT WITH PAGEMART

DALLAS, United States-BellSouth Cellular Corp. signed an agreement with PageMart Wireless Inc., which will allow the cellular carrier to add paging to a mix...

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

6th Annual Asia GSM Summit18-21 MayHong KongInstitute for International ResearchTel: (+852) 2586-1777Fax: (+852) 2507-5666www.iir.com.hkCanadian Wireless 199820-22 MayToronto, CanadaCanadian WirelessTelecommunications AssociationTel: (+1) 613-233-4888Fax: (+1) 613-233-2032www.cwta.caSupercomm '987-11 JuneAtlanta, United StatesTel: (+1)...

CANADA TO LOOK AT ITS ROLE IN 3G

OTTAWA-The Canadian wireless telecommunications industry is doing some important looking ahead, even though it still is preoccupied with rolling out the four competing national...

C&W AND TELECOM ITALIA CREATE ALLIANCE

OXFORD, England-Both Cable & Wireless plc and Telecom Italia have been searching long and hard for an international partner. Now the search may be...

NTT DOCOMO’S RADIO DARKROOM

Researchers at NTT DoCoMo use this radio darkroom to measure the efficiency of antennas. A variety of signals are transmitted from the top of...

CELLULAR BRIEFS

Qualcomm Inc. and Philips Consumer Communications L.P. entered into a royalty-bearing, cross-license agreement for CDMA technology and products, said Qualcomm. Philips granted Qualcomm a...

THE PROMISE LAND

BEIJING-In the wireless world, China no longer is a forgotten backwater, but is rapidly moving to center stage. According to the new Ministry of...

CHINA BRIEFS

China Telecom (Hong Kong) in late April announced the purchase of Jiangsu Mobile Communication for US$2.9 billion. China Telecom said the purchase gives it...

PAGERS CAUSING HAVOC

Since paging became available in 1983, the number of paging operators in China has mushroomed to more than 2,800, with more than 40 million...

CONTRACTS

MACH India Pvt Ltd. entered into a contract with Bharti Cellular of India to offer cellular clearinghouse services for the country. The agreement includes...

CORRECTION

The product photograph titled, "GSM Network in a Box," published on page 41 of the March/April 1998 issue of Global Wireless actually shows the...

CPPPLUS CHALLENGES CALLING PARTY PAYS IN CHILE

WASHINGTON-While Calling Party Pays (CPP) has become a huge success in most of Latin America, the CPP concept recently took a new twist in...

BUSINESS DRIVES GROWTH IN CENTRAL/EASTERN EUROPE

Aggressive growth rates for cellular in Central and Eastern Europe are predicted in a new report from United Kingdom-based consulting firm Analysys.During the next...

LORAL INCREASES EQUITY STAKE IN GLOBALSTAR

Loral Space & Communications said it will increase its ownership in Globalstar L.P. to 42 percent, establish a US$210 million fund to reinvest in...
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