Ericsson

Lucent Technologies Inc. charged ahead during the first half of the year, recording a substantial jump in profit growth and edging ahead of Nokia Corp. as the major players’ leader …

REDMOND, Wash.-InfoSpace.com introduced its person-to-person instant messaging service for mobile wireless devices. The company said the server-based service will allow users on different networks and devices to send instant text-messages …

About 10 years ago Qualcomm Inc. had a goal-to ensure CDMA technology’s success by heavily promoting it, investing in companies that would deploy it and entering the equipment supplier business. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Visa International signed an agreement last week to develop secure wireless e-commerce solutions. The partnership is designed to develop mobile e-commerce and drive open standards for …

LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson introduced the R280LX quad-mode wireless phone, which covers the 800 MHz Time Division Multiple Access, 800 MHz analog and 800 MHz packet data frequencies, and supports data …

LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson announced its first consumer product incorporating Bluetooth technology at Comdex/Fall ’99. The cellular phone headset connects to a mobile phone by a radio link instead of a …

LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless trade shows, the issue remains somewhat …

United Kingdom British Telecommunications plc is close to a deal with Viag, the German utility, that would give it access to the Austrian telecom market and more control in Switzerland, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it received orders from three European mobile operators for its GSM Pro system. GSM Pro enables mobile phones to operate like two-way radios, adding group communications …

It could have been an isolated path for TDMA operators going forward as they struggled for economies of scale in their businesses, but with a new agreement with the GSM …

Qualcomm Inc. stock jumped more than $35 last week after the Code Division Multiple Access technology innovator reported rising profits for the fiscal fourth quarter, which included a steady increase …

Tessco Tessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce, product management, strategic planning and …

NEW YORK-A key component of the IMT-2000 global wireless third-generation standard that the International Telecommunication Union evaluated this month comes from the kind of small, entrepreneurial company whose voice is …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile telephony in Latin America rapidly is evolving into a viable substitute for inefficient and expensive landline services, according to Dataquest Inc. During the first half of this …

Some confusion exists in the wireless industry over whether mobile-phone-component shortages are affecting the handset supply in the United States. Major handset suppliers say they aren’t struggling with component shortages, …

“Long live Global Wireless newspaper.” That’s what one of our readers wrote to me in a letter recently (see facing page), and I liked it so much I decided to …

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 soft launch that will allow the …

BUCHAREST, Romania-A subsidiary of Canada’s Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) won the third Czech Republic mobile telephone license in September. The price tag for the GSM 1800 license was fixed at …

BUCHAREST, Romania-The recent licensing of a third mobile operator in the Czech Republic has established more competition in the country’s wireless market than in the wireline arena. In addition to …

Finland. Sonera began offering High Speed Circuit Switched Data services to its data customers 6 September, but without available handsets. Sonera said it wanted to be ready when handsets are …

Low-earth-orbit satellite voice provider Globalstar L.P. has reduced the number of handsets expected to be available at the end of the year from 70,000, as announced in September, to between …

Telstreet.com announced it offers wireless phones, service and accessories online. “Telstreet.com takes responsibility for the entire customer experience from buying to fulfillment to delivery of the order,” said Terry Dwyer, …

Hungary Motorola Inc. said it is providing Hungarian mobile operator Westel 900 its Mobile Internet Exchange communications platform. The trial is Hungary’s first deployment of the Wireless Application Protocol. It …

TORONTO-Ericsson Australia and Solect Technology Group signed a partnership to jointly provide a range of wireless Internet Protocol solutions to the Australian market. Under the agreement, Ericsson will sub-license Solect’s …

RCR’s Oct. 25 story reporting Ericsson AB’s third-quarter financial results should have indicated the company’s third-quarter net income was more than expected by analysts.