Ericsson

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus ’99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year …

WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm a carrier compromise on harmonizing competing …

Last week proved a significantly productive one for wireless data service bureau provider Saraide.com as the company acquired a value-added service provider in Europe and received a $5.5 million investment …

Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, entered the public realm with a bang last Friday with an initial public offering that proved exceptionally successful in a market where technology stocks don’t …

The future is convergence. The future is data. The future is 3G. Now that the Operators Harmonization Group has approved a plan to harmonize wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology …

HONG KONG-The CDMA Development Group said Ericsson Inc. has joined the association as a member. “The CDG welcomes the addition of Ericsson into the organization and looks forward to their …

NCR NCR Corp. introduced a software product that allows carriers to perform event-driven marketing by analyzing customer behavior and predicting a customer’s readiness to respond to particular marketing efforts. Called …

Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, has been tied to several announcements in the weeks preceding its impending initial public offering that have served to elevate the company to new levels …

LUTON, England-A study published by Strategy Analytics reports almost half of all cellular users in Europe can name Nokia Oy as a manufacturer of cellular phones. L.M. Ericsson (45 percent) …

WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in Beijing last week approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European Code Division Multiple Access technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, …

Andrew Andrew Corp. elected Guy Campbell group president of wireless products and distributed communications systems. Campbell joined Andrew from Ericsson Inc., where most recently he was vice president of wireless …

LOS ANGELES (AP)-Motorola Inc.’s StarTac cellular phones have been plagued by severe technical glitches, prompting Pacific Bell Wireless to quietly stop selling the popular phones for several months. Motorola said …

The Operators Harmonization Group, an ad hoc assembly of mobile phone operators from around the world, sent its third-generation technology harmonization proposal to the International Telecommunication Union, which meets in …

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-To move device interconnectivity from enticing theory to practical reality, the new Wireless Research Center of the University of California at Berkeley has formed a bi-coastal collaboration with …

Xircom Xircom Inc. announced a new product line called CompactCard, which it said extends wireless connectivity for Windows CE handheld computers. CompactCard is a series of Type II CompactFlash cards …

UNITED KINGDOM ICO Global Communications Ltd. said it has commenced a rights offering that will permit shareholders to purchase up to approximately 207.6 million ordinary shares of ICO at $5 …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson has been awarded contracts valued in excess of $175 million to expand and upgrade the personal digital cellular mobile networks of the Japanese Digital Phone Group. Ericsson said …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson announced it is supplying a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access system to Hong Kong-based SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd. The experimental third-generation system could support wireless Internet protocol and …

Industry executives in February hailed the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue agreement as a major breakthrough in the 3G debate, but today it appears standards bodies have made little progress to pursue …

WASHINGTON-The cost of complying with law enforcement’s demands for implementing the digital wiretap act is substantial, said the wireless industry last week. Responding to revenue estimates from five telecommunications manufacturers, …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has delivered the first Bluetooth Development Kit, which it said will enable early Bluetooth adopters to more quickly and cheaply develop applications using the technology. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said the U.S. Justice Department has reviewed L.M. Ericsson’s pending acquisition of the company’s infrastructure division and the two company’s intellectual-property-right settlement. Qualcomm said it expects the …

STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Telular Corp. formalized an agreement for worldwide product development and marketing of the Telular Time Division Multiple Access fixed cellular terminals. Under terms of the agreement, Ericsson …

NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. said it now is selling its Zinc-Air disposable batteries for cellular phones through the company’s Web site. The Motorola Inc. MicroTAC series 2900 mAh disposable battery …

GENEVA-As any one of the tens of thousands of visitors who thronged the halls of February’s GSM World Congress knows, the latest word in GSM services is Wireless Application Protocol …