BALTIMORE-Pacific Eagle Investments Ltd., Masa Telecom Inc., Ericsson Inc. and Siemens Telecom Networks-collective creditors to bankrupt C-block personal communications services licensee Pocket Communications Inc.-have withdrawn a lawsuit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy court here Feb. 18 that was crafted to block any government efforts to...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH signed contracts totaling $165 million for Ericsson to continue supplying infrastructure to expand further Mannesmann's network, said Ericsson.The contracts cover base stations, operation and maintenance systems, AXE switching systems and microwave transmission for the Global System for...
A new group consisting of personal computer, telecommunications and consumer electronics companies is developing a protocol for wirelessly connecting home appliances to PCs.The Home Radio Frequency Working Group's mission is "to enable the existence of a broad range of interoperable consumer devices by establishing...
Due to an editing error, the comments of an unidentified California paging reseller in the Feb. 23 "WireLink extensions benefit resellers" story were incorrectly attributed to WireLink Communications Inc. President Steve Lan.Lan did not make those comments. They were instead the opinions of a...
NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, is the solution to network capacity expansion in areas where high customer use warrants...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was awarded a contract to provide turn-key solutions for a second expansion phase of the Global System for Mobile communications network in Morocco, said the company. The network expansion will be implemented primarily by Ericsson's local company in Morocco, Ericsson Maroc...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace.Ericsson said the new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
OXFORD, England-The European Commission has threatened five European countries with legal action over their failure to award DCS 1800 licenses. Belgium, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain all missed the commission's 1 January 1998 deadline for issuing at least one DCS 1800 digital cellular...
The new GSM licensee in Israel, Partner Communications Co., signed a letter of intent with L.M. Ericsson for the supply of equipment for the operator, a joint venture between Hutchison Telecommunications, Matav Cable Systems Media and Elbit, reported The Financial Times. The newspaper quoted...
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) now accounts for 31 percent of the world's wireless market, and the GSM industry is well on course for the `"early achievement" of 100 million customers during 1998, said Adriana Nugter, chairman of the GSM MoU Association, in...
JOHANNESBURG-Telkom SA, the national telecommunications provider in South Africa, formally has launched the nation's first commercial digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) system at Sandfontein, a village near Rustenburg in the North West Province. It is the first step in providing 145,000 rural South Africans...
Moffet, Larson & JohnsonMoffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies' Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration provides the capability to transmit data from the GEN II series to the PathPro, the...
RICHARDSON, Texas- Ericsson Inc. has created the Network Solutions division to develop products, solutions and services for the Internet, and has named Jan-Anders Dalenstam its executive vice president and general manager. Howard "Skip" Speaks was promoted to Dalenstam's former position as executive vice president...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced a $100 million agreement with Optimus to supply switching and radio equipment for its Global System for Mobile communications dual-band wireless telephony network in Portugal.Optimus was awarded Portugal's third mobile license in November 1997, and plans to start commercial operations...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. demonstrated the capability of its local number portability database solution to provide range updates of up to 1,000 location routing number records and 2,000 global title translation types in one second or less, said the company.Ericsson's LNP database solution contains both...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a wireless local loop contract with Estonia Telephone Co. Ltd., valued at $18 million.The contract includes turnkey deliveries of Ericsson's RAS 1000 system, as well as operation and maintenance systems.The RAS 1000 connects subscribers to a fixed...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $200 million framework agreement with Telecommunicaciones Movilnet in Venezuela to expand its wireless network using Time Division Multiple Access Interim-136 technology. Movilnet is the only operator in the country offering digital wireless services. The carrier already has introduced digital...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. signed an agreement to supply Qualcomm Inc. with its patented interface card for Qualcomm's fixed wireless terminals.Telular's Borscht Daughter Card will enable Qualcomm's fixed wireless users to access 800 MHz and 1900 MHz Code Division Multiple Access networks from a...
Multinational Automated Clearing House U.S.A. said it signed agreements to provide roamer call data clearing services to Global System for Mobile service providers American Personal Communications, Powertel Inc., Microcell Connexions Inc., Aerial Communications, Airadigm Communications, DigiPH PCS, Conestoga Wireless and NPI Wireless. A subsidiary...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to install a 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications system for Tatarian-American Investment in Finance, a mobile operator in Tatarstan, Russia.Ericsson values the contract at $50 million.When fully operational, the system is expected to support 100,000 subscribers.Ericsson...
BALTIMORE-A judge handling the Pocket Communications Inc. bankruptcy case ruled Feb. 11 that a $1-billion lawsuit against Pocket principles Dan and Janis Riker filed by National Telecom PCS Inc. can move forward, and that the Rikers cannot seek either protection or damages through the...
Companies in the wireless industry know good help is hard to find.As the industry continues to grow at an accelerated rate to keep pace with competition, the demand for all workers-radio-frequency engineers, technicians, customer-service representatives and marketing professionals-will remain for several years, say most...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson built the first phase of Cable & Wireless Panama's digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network infrastructure as part of a projected five-year investment in that company, said Ericsson. To support the expanding business in Panama, Ericsson has established Ericsson de Panama...
ITALYBusiness customers of Omnitel Pronto Italia now can call from Italy to Europe, the United States and Canada for the same price as local calls, announced Omnitel. "Italian telecommunications is evolving into a hyper-market, with multiple global players and a strong `customer pull' for...
