May 1998

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 cooperation agreement-covering technology developments for …

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

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 its different business sectors. The Wings …

DENMARK Mobilix, a France Telecom subsidiary, has begun offering services on its DCS 1800 network. GERMANY Lucent Technologies Inc.’s Microelectronics Group acquired Optimay GmbH, a privately held software-development company based …

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 areas of the country. The analog …

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 recently released “Asia-Pacific Wireless Series.” The …

HONG KONG Hong Kong’s SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. announced agreements with Star Telecom International Holdings Ltd. and Telecom Service Ltd. to acquire P Plus Communications Ltd., a PCS operator, for …

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 are used widely in public-safety and …

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 MHz SMR provider. The combination of …

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 areas of the world. The next-generation …

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 led by ABN Amro Bank …

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 of bundled services it plans to …

6th Annual Asia GSM Summit 18-21 May Hong Kong Institute for International Research Tel: (+852) 2586-1777 Fax: (+852) 2507-5666 www.iir.com.hk Canadian Wireless 1998 20-22 May Toronto, Canada Canadian Wireless Telecommunications …

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 PCS services. Appearing on the horizon …

OXFORD, England-Both Cable & Wireless plc and Telecom Italia have been searching long and hard for an international partner. Now the search may be over. The two operators intend to …

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

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 license under its patents for its …

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 Information Industry (MII), the country had …

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 close to 4.8 million cellular subscribers …

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 customers. According to the Chinese language …

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

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 complete InterWAVE Communications International Ltd. product …

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 Chile when Startel SA, the wireless …

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 five years, according to “European …

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 the mobile satellite service project and …