NEW YORK-Bell Atlantic Nynex Mobile expanded its offering of DigitalChoice to the Philadelphia area.There is no activation fee for DigitalChoice, which employs 13-kilobit per second CDMA technology. Pricing plans start at $25 per month. Bell Atlantic Nynex said it is selling dual-mode phones for...
ACT Communications Inc. developed two personal communications services and cellular protection products. The ACT 452-120-400L is a two-line, single phase surge arrestor that provides all-mode protection. The company said it is ideal for cabinet and PCS applications. It is rated to withstand up to...
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 Sammer, president of Systems/Link.Today RoamEx is rapidly becoming the ticket to global roaming.RoamEx exchanges caller data between different wireless carriers'...
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 values the contract at $80 million.The Qualcomm QCP-1900 and Sony CM-D600 personal communications services phones initially will be available in...
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 after the Japanese standardization body, the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, adopted and modified Interim Standard 95 for the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. has introduced a Code Division Multiple Access repeater, the first to meet the industry standard for CDMA, said the company.Ortel also announced its MirrorCell Select 4-Channel and MirrorCell Max 2-Channel High Power Repeater for Global System for Mobile communications networks.The CDMA...
MINNEAPOLIS-WirelessNorth L.L.C. will use Code Division Multiple Access equipment supplied by Motorola Inc. in its personal communications services network.Motorola has agreed to supply its SC 604 and SC 601 compact CDMA radio base stations and a high-capacity EMX 2500 mobile switch.WirelessNorth said it expects...
Cellular offsets PCS costs for TDSCHICAGO-Telephone and Data Systems Inc. said strong cellular performance was offset by personal communications services development costs to produce a decline in net income for the fourth quarter 1996. Net income was $10.9 million, or 18 cents per share,...
NEW YORK-Qualcomm Financial Trust I, wholly owned by Qualcomm Inc., San Diego, plans to sell a $450 million issue of convertible preferred stock due 2012 to help finance the parent company's expansion.In an announcement Feb. 18, Moody's Investors Service Inc., New York, assigned a...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed an agreement with Alcatel Telecom that allows the companies to distribute each other's telecommunications equipment including Code Division Multiple Access cellular and fixed access radio systems, mobile switching centers and transmission solutions.The agreement gives Alcatel access...
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-"Until a few weeks ago, I was under the impression that the outlook for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) was quite different than it is today," said investment banker Brad Peery at last week's TDMA Global Summit here."Qualcomm (Inc.) has done...
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BURNABY, B.C.-BC TEL Mobility announced plans to launch digital 800 MHz service based on Code Division Multiple Access technology in British Columbia, Canada, early next month.The company completed field trials of Northern Telecom Ltd.'s network in September. Nortel has a five-year $80 million agreement...
Vodafone Group plc agreed to purchase Data Bank of Greece S.A. through its subsidiary Vodafone Europe Holdings Ltd. Vodafone said the principal asset of Data Bank is a 10 percent share in Panafon S.A., one of two Global System for Mobile communications operators in...
RCR missed boat on NextWave storyDear Editor: RCR is a respected wireless trade publication known for its journalistic standards. It inexplicably departed from those standards in its Jan. 13 edition, which contains analysis and commentary on the Federal Communications Commission's recent decision to conditionally grant...
Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license to distribute Midland two-way radio products in Western Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. reported a 478 percent increase in net income in 1996 compared to 1995 figures.World Access develops, manufactures and markets wireless and wireline switching, transmission and access products.Total sales for 1996 were $51 million compared to $30.1 million in 1995, reflecting an...
DSP Communications Inc. expects to see continued growth in 1997 and 1998, when the company may reap rewards from its new product, a wireless branch exchange system.The company reported revenues of $88.9 million for the 12-month period ended Dec. 31, an 118 percent increase...
Some news announcements in this industry have become very low on facts and high on bombastic marketing language.The launch of competing networks throughout the country has led to a marketing war. With technology decisions behind them and buildout underway, wireless carriers are focused on...
The hefty number of strong, new competitors entering the handset market doesn't intimidate longtime terminal supplier Audiovox Communications Corp."Look how many have exited in recent years, like Clarion, Sharp, Panasonic, Sanyo, NovAtel," said Philip Christopher, president and chief executive officer of the Hauppauge, N.Y.-based...
SEATTLE-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced large business customers in western Washington now have access to Code Division Multiple Access cellular service."In the past, we have launched new services to business and retail customers simultaneously," said Julie Dexter Berg, executive vice president and general manager for...
Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. introduced its SCH-1011, a personal communications services handset using Code Division Multiple Access technology, and SCH-110, a cellular dual-mode CDMA handset. The products include menu-driven interfaces to access functions like messaging and memory. Other features include caller ID, call timer,...
Israel's two cellular operators are working hard to sign up as many customers as possible while the government continues to ponder details for licensing a third cellular operator."The (technology) standard of the third license hasn't been determined yet. The ministry has had a lot...
