Monthly Archives: October, 1999

NMT 450 OPERATORS GET CHOICE IN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

Nordic Mobile Telephone 450 MHz operators can choose to deploy Global System for Mobile communications or Code Division Multiple Access technology as the NMT...

DIGITAL WIRELESS PHONES PROPEL MOTOROLA EARNINGS

NEW YORK-Despite its investments in the troubled Iridium L.L.C. satellite carrier, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., reported strong third-quarter results Oct. 12 that reflected growth...

MOTOROLA, AOL TEAM ON MESSAGING FOR WIRELESS DEVICES

GENEVA-Motorola Inc. and America Online Inc. announced plans to integrate the AOL Instant Messenger application into Motorola wireless devices, including both handsets and two-way...

NEW HP STRATEGY TARGETS WIRELESS CARRIERS

GENEVA-Hewlett-Packard Co. announced at Telecom '99 a new company initiative focused on the mobile electronic services industry that combines products, a subscription- and transaction-based...

NORTEL, TELIA COOPERATE ON INTEROPERABILITY

GENEVA-Nortel Networks and Telia Mobile announced a cooperative development effort to enable subscriber-managed services that can span multiple, dissimilar networks, including traditional wireless and...

D.C. NOTES: DR. WHEELERSTEIN

At precisely what moment did Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association President Tom Wheeler realize he'd created a monster? Was it after the first lawsuit? The...

NOVATEL TO RESELL RICOCHET TECHNOLOGY

LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced it entered into a technology license agreement with Novatel Wireless under which Novatel will sell wireless modems based on...

CARRIERS TO BE ASKED TO VOLUNTARILY REPORT OUTAGES

WASHINGTON-The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council is recommending that wireless carriers voluntarily report when a mobile telephone switching office fails, preventing transmission of new...

MILLICOM POSTS LARGE SUBSCRIBER GAINS

LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. said its worldwide operations added 174,627 new cellular subscribers in the third quarter, bringing its world total to 1.92 million...

SPRINT PCS LAUNCHES SERVICE IN N.M

LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint PCS launched services in Albuquerque, N.M., and offered new customers in the area a special promotion that includes 500 anytime minutes for...

GSM VENDORS SELECT SUN’S JAVA

GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced three manufacturers of Global System for Mobile communications handsets have agreed to incorporate Java technology in their products.First, Motorola Inc....

CELLULAR ONE OFFERS FREE LONG-DISTANCE, ROAMING PLANS

CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago, north central Illinois and northwest Indiana introduced Digital Edge Midwest and Digital Edge USA-new regional and national wireless rate plans...

GLOBALSTAR SERVICE LIFTS OFF

GENEVA-Globalstar officially announced at Telecom '99 a phased launch of its mobile satellite service. The phased launch begins with user trials, followed by a...

GSM ASSOCIATION HEADS EFFORT TO CREATE ROAMING FORUM

GENEVA-The GSM Association announced it plans to establish a roaming forum to address roaming issues among wireless protocols. Approval of the World Roaming Forum...

FCC ASKS FOR RE-HEARING ON CPNI RULES

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission last week asked a federal appeals court in Denver for a rehearing of a recent decision that vacated agency rules...

INTEL ANTES UP FOR PHONE CHIPSETS

News that the world's largest chip maker, Intel Corp., plans to purchase mobile-phone chipset maker DSP Communications Inc. for $1.6 billion in cash left...

WORLD BRIEFS

ScandinaviaAs expected, the European Commission approved the merger of Telia of Sweden and Telenor of Norway. To secure the approval, the two companies have...

CARLO’S HEADSET SUGGESTION DOESN’T MAKE SENSE

Dear Editor,Studies of possible harms to the brain from cell phone use by the Wireless Technology Research Group, meant to be a definitive, industrywide...

D.C. NOTES: STAN THE MAN

Got a scandal? You a friend of Gore? Who ya gonna call? Stan Brand, of course. Stan the Man is the go-to guy for...

ERICSSON CREATES PROGRAM TO SPEED WIRELESS INTERNET USE

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc.'s CyberLab NY introduced a program designed to speed growth of the wireless Internet industry by providing market and technical information, development...

VODAFONE TO BUY CABLE & WIRELESS’ JAPAN INTERESTS

LONDON-Cable & Wireless plc said it agreed to sell its mobile telephony interests in Japan to Vodafone AirTouch plc for $411 million in cash.Cable...

JAPAN OKS TWO STANDARDS FOR 3G

Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications plans to adopt both W-CDMA and cdma2000 technologies for next-generation mobile-phone systems.The ministry said it will make its...

BT, MICROSOFT ANNOUNCE WIRELESS INTERNET TRIAL

LONDON-British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced a wireless Internet trial with about 1,000 mobile phone users in the United Kingdom and Norway. Users...

NORTEL TO BUILD NETWORK FOR MEXICO’S UNEFON

MEXICO CITY-Nortel Networks announced it signed an agreement with Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Unefon, to build a high...

NETRO’S AIRSTAR BROADBAND PRODUCT OPERATES IN NEW FREQUENCIES

Netro Corp., a California-based broadband wireless access systems provider, announced release 2.0 of its AirStar point-to-multipoint system.Release 2.0 adds two new frequency ranges-the 39-GHz...
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