The Australian Communications Authority will auction 10 personal communications services licenses totaling 230 megahertz sometime in April, and the Australian Communications Authority is encouraging U.S. companies that currently use digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Code Division Multiple Access technologies to apply. Those companies...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Communications Services Inc. secured a $750 million bank credit facility, enough to replace $516 million in existing vendor financing commitments and to cover its 1998 capital expenditure needs.The eight-year senior secured term loan received speculative grade ratings of B2 and B+ from,...
NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share.The company, a worldwide distributor of wireless handsets and accessories, closed the fourth quarter of its fiscal year Dec. 31 with $373.2 million...
By focusing on technology strengths and weaknesses, industry veteran Kevin Reynolds believes his newly created consulting firm-PCS Maze Inc.-can safely guide a company through the technical labyrinth that causes so many to lose their way.Reynolds has a long history in the communications industry. He...
NEW YORK-While Asian troubles may obscure the big picture for awhile, international growth and the integration of wireless and wireline telephony will mean plenty of opportunities for wireless manufacturers, according to one analyst who tracks those stocks."Mobile is great, but it's getting hard to...
L.M. Ericsson announced it appointed Sven-Christer Nilsson president and chief executive officer of the company, replacing Lars Ramqvist, who will become chairman of the board.Following the company's annual meeting on March 30, Ramqvist is slated to replace Bjorn Svedberg, who is leaving the board...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract valued at $369 million to expand Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp.'s 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network, the company announced.Ericsson said this is the largest contract it has signed in China.The expansion will be implemented during the...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it launched a network function called PrePaid Calling Service for wireless networks that use Advanced Mobile Phone Service and digital-AMPS standards.Ericsson's new service allows for prepayment of value-added features like fax, voice mail and short message service, whereas operators previously...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed two agreements for mobile network expansions, valued at more than $44 million, with Central Japan Digital Phone Co. Ltd.The agreements include expansion of both the base station network and existing mobile switching centers. Ericsson and CDP also signed a new...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a $182 million contract with Jiangsu Post & Telecommunications Administration to expand the Global System for Mobile communications mobile network in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. The contract will be in service by the end of the year.
While not everything is rosy in the PCS world-what with a couple bankruptcies, some layoffs, downgraded and stagnant rollout plans-the industry, in general, has made terrific inroads in a short time. A strong economy and cheap pricing plans certainly have contributed to how quickly...
IRVINE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Subscriber Computing Inc. entered a partnership agreement in which Ericsson plans to market SCI's wireless intelligent network-based prepaid metered billing system for Advanced Mobile Phone Service and digital-AMPS networks, said SCI.Ericsson will handle sales, installation, training and first-line support for...
LAS VEGAS-Manufacturers at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have been hinting at things to come with a handful of launches and plenty of promises of phones that can do more for longer periods of time.Long-awaited dual-mode, dual-band phones-those that work...
NEW YORK-AU-System Mobile AB, a wholly owned division of Stockholm-based software provider AU-System, is making a foray into the U.S. subscriber identity module market, but with a twist.AU-System Mobile offers open software platforms that permit Global System for Mobile communications network operators to integrate...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has received an order for Intelligent Networks services and infrastructure from Euskatel, a fixed telecom operator in Spain, Ericsson announced. Euskatel plans to use Access Screening, one of Ericsson's IN services, to pre-approve calls made on its network. "The Access Screening...
NEW YORK-Promotional activity revved into high gear during the critical December holiday season, which accounts for about 40 percent of carriers' yearly gross customer additions, according to an informal but intensive survey by the wireless research consulting staff at The Yankee Group, Boston.Based on...
InterDigital Technology Corp. made another move in a long-running patent dispute with Ericsson Radio Systems AB.The company's parent, InterDigital Communications Corp., announced ITC has sought a further stay of its patent litigation with Ericsson in federal court, requesting a re-examination by the U.S. Patent...
MEXICOCorsair Communications Inc. recently completed installation of its radio-frequency fingerprinting system for Baja Celular Mexicana in Tijuana, and for Celular de Telefonia in Monterrey, the company announced. Corsair will provide fraud protection for the two companies with its PhonePrint Service Bureau program. Under the...
RICHMOND, England-ADC Metrica and L.M. Ericsson signed an agreement for Ericsson to use Metrica's performance management technology, Network Performance Reporting, in its telecom management solutions for fixed and mobile network operators.The first Metrica/NPR project contract was signed in Finland, where Ericsson will be the...
WASHINGTON-Pocket Communications Inc., which won 42 licenses in the C-block personal communications services auction and then filed for Chapter 11 reorganization last March, may be throwing in the towel and putting its assets on the block.According to a release from Stamford, Conn.-based National Telecom...
Paragon Software Ltd. is approaching wireless consumers with the simple message that its FoneBook Plus product can help organize their lives by putting contact names and phone numbers on their wireless phones.That simple idea is one the company hopes will bridge the gap between...
African Continental Telecommunications Ltd. said it will invest $835 million in a two-phase deal to establish an advanced satellite telecommunications network in Africa. Phase one of the network, which includes repositioning of a geo-stationary satellite leased from American Mobile Satellite Corp., will be completed...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson.The W-CDMA proposal allows for migration from Global System for Mobile communications networks...
