DENVER, United States-Nearly 10 years after the introduction of cellular services in West Africa, the number of mobile subscribers has increased to such an extent that it is rapidly becoming the epicenter of the communications market in the region-the focus shifting from fixed to...
DUBLIN, Ireland-General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) has been dogged by delays and technical problems ever since it emerged as the mobile industry's bridge between GSM and third-generation (3G) technology. But the modest development of other so-called 2.5G platforms should ensure that GPRS becomes more...
LONDON—United Arab Emirates-based mobile satellite service provider, Thuraya, plans to expand its 100-country network as soon as next year. Chief Executive Yousuf Al Sayed anticipates another satellite, built by Boeing under a $960 million deal, to be launched by 2002. The satellite provider launched...
Standard and Poor's has downgraded U.K. telecom equipment maker Marconi to "BBB-" from "BBB+", just on the edge of junk bond status. The credit ratings agency said it could downgrade the company further if sales and profitability did not improve.Rental car company Hertz Corp....
LONDON—Standard and Poor's has downgraded U.K. telecom equipment maker Marconi to "BBB-" from "BBB+", just on the edge of junk bond status.The credit ratings agency said it could downgrade the company further if sales and profitability do not improve.
Analysts wonder whether Motorola Inc. can reconcile its handset and semiconductor businesses in light of its announcement to sell its semiconductor technology to other manufacturers, including its rivals."That's where the confusion comes in," noted Jane Zweig, chief executive officer of The Shostek Group, adding...
It's been almost two months since Glenayre Technologies Inc. said it would discontinue its paging infrastructure operations-a business Glenayre has been an integral part of for nearly 40 years, a business it helped create. It is a move company executives said was inevitable and...
The bad news for Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. continues to mount following the filing of a second complaint by Ericsson Inc. against the mobile satellite communications provider, claiming Globalstar failed to buy the number of phones from Ericsson agreed to under contract.In May, Ericsson accused...
Personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc. released its much-anticipated earnings report last week, showing better-than-expected revenues and a positive outlook for the coming year.Wall Street jumped at the news, sending Palm's stock up about $1 per share. By Friday, the company's stock was selling...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Mobile communications are vital to Israel. The permanent tension, caused by terrorist attacks, compels everyone to be in constant communication. Despite its conflicts and small population, Israel has been able to excel in wireless communications.Similar to several other countries around the world,...
DENVER-A Cingular Wireless executive last week discussed the benefits of EDGE technology as an alternative to true third-generation networks, further evidence that EDGE may still play heavily in future plans for U.S. operators.Anil Doradla, a wireless technology researcher for Cingular, made his comments during...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium announced they disagree with several conclusion in the CDMA Development Group's sponsored June 2001 study "GSM or CDMA: The Commercial and Technology Challenges for TDMA Operators" by The Shosteck Group."The report fails to explain, in an evenhanded manner, the...
HONG KONG-Not even torrential rains around portions of Hong Kong could dampen the spirits of CDMA supporters at the 3G World Congress. Even with the lack of sunshine outside, to go along with the lack of CDMA coverage for roaming, most attendees seemed bright...
As European telecom companies pant under spectrum's debt burden and fret over possible third-generation rewards, a market research firm thinks the future is worthy of the torture."Mobile operators will share in a mobile voice and data market of $1.5 trillion-with cumulative 3G revenues exceeding...
WHEATON, Md.-The Shosteck Group's analysis of the technology alternatives and migration paths facing TDMA/IS-136 operators, "GSM or CDMA: The Commercial and Technology Challenges for TDMA Operators," has been published by the CDMA Development Group."The challenges facing TDMA operators are daunting," said Hershel Shosteck, president and...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. scored a major, $750,000 sale for its @ctiveMessaging unified messaging platform to Edge Wireless Inc., an AT&T Wireless Communications Inc. affiliate.The deal comes shortly after Glenayre announced it would exit the paging infrastructure business and focus solely on its unified...
NEW YORK-To help wireless carriers assess the quality of service as it is delivered to their customers via the Internet, Agilent Technologies Inc., Fort Collins, Colo., introduced at Supercomm its Firehunter/mobile Web monitoring product.It is available now to monitor Wireless Application Protocol, short message...
SAN FRANCISCO-Nextel Communications Inc.'s i85s and i50sx Java-enabled handsets, provided by Motorola Inc., will soon provide support for Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Over-the-air download application and serial port connectivity beginning in August."These enhancements reinforce Motorola's and Nextel's joint commitment to providing developers with leading...
As the nation's two dominant personal digital assistant makers watch their stocks crumble, their revenue expectations halved and the fires of a price war blazing, some in the industry wonder whether the PDA market isn't quite the gold mine many had hoped.Others, however, see...
Wireless networking recently received a boost from the Federal Communications Commission, which said it was proposing new rules regarding frequency hopping spread spectrum systems operating in the 2.4 GHz band that would allow faster data rates than currently available. The move is expected to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks announced it has signed a $100 million contract to expand Beijing Mobile Communications Co.'s GSM 900 and 1800 network.Nokia will supply a range of network infrastructure products, including mobile switching equipment, base stations and base station controllers. Beijing MCC has an...
Nextel Communications Inc. privately sold $1 billion of 10-year convertible senior notes in a "drive-by" sale to capitalize on favorable market conditions. The carrier plans to use the proceeds for network expansion, additional spectrum, strategic investments, working capital, debt service and other corporate purposes....
With four big CDMA infrastructure contracts ramped up last week by China Unicom, the country's second-largest operator, the Asian nation is on pace to race past the United States as the biggest wireless market in the world.The contracts, penned with Lucent Technologies Inc., L.M....
Since technology is almost meaningless without the phones, it also can be lonely to be a phone maker in a market where securing a cutting edge is the only pathway to success.Recently, Sony Corp. and L.M. Ericsson teamed up to produce the Sony Ericsson...
