Ericsson

RICHARDSON, Texas-L.M. Ericsson announced it will establish an Energy Systems product design center in the United States. Currently, most power product design takes place in Stockholm, Sweden. The company said …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a framework agreement, estimated at $24 million, with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network. The agreement, won in …

ArrayComm Inc. announced that G. John Gruen III will fill the newly created position of director of corporate development. Gruen will be responsible for building and enhancing strategic partnerships and …

WASHINGTON-In an effort to increase safety for students, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Ericsson Mobile Phones announced their Safe Schools program yesterday, which will provide wireless phones and service to …

NEW YORK-Point-to-multipoint equipment should be available in quantity by mid-1998, bringing the bandwidth on demand promise of last-mile wireless “fiber” closer to widespread deployment. “Where the heck did this market …

WASHINGTON-After months of being publicly pounded on antenna siting, health concerns, unsafe cell phone drivers and blocked E-911 calls, the wireless industry is responding with an approach that relies on …

SK Telecom Co. Ltd., South Korea’s largest cellular operator, has completed test trials of third-generation services, which it expects to offer to the public at the 2002 World Cup in …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. signed a letter of intent with Nokia Corp. and extended an alliance with L.M. Ericsson to distribute wireless phones in the United States. Under terms of the agreement …

Northern Telecom Ltd. won a $780 million contract with Teligent Corp. and offered to purchase all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Broadband Networks Inc. on a fully …

Astronet Corp. announced the promotions and additions of several employees. Dave Segbers was promoted to vice president of sales and marketing, from director of the same division. Max Ohyama was …

NEW YORK-Despite losses associated with ongoing construction of a personal communications services network, the third-quarter financial performance of Omnipoint Corp. was ahead of analysts’ expectations, company executives said. Omnipoint Corp., …

NEW YORK-Working with Ericsson Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc., Powertel Inc. has just completed a successful “beam firing antenna” trial. The beam firing antenna array, tested in Auburn, Ala., increases …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a framework agreement with Telenor Mobile AS of Norway to expand its Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network, valued at about …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Wireless phone distributor CellStar Corp. completed a $135 million multiple currency revolving credit facility, giving it the ability to borrow in various currencies for meeting capital needs and growth …

BellSouth Corp. announced it will buy Ram Broadcasting Corp., thereby gaining complete control of Ram Mobile Data USA’s wireless data network, which the two companies co-own. Under a definitive agreement …

NEW YORK-The New York City Investment Fund and Ericsson Inc. announced plans to establish CyberLab East, the first collaborative laboratory for testing the commercial potential of ideas conceived by the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed agreements with voice processing specialists Brite Voice Systems Inc. and Vocalis Group plc to integrate voice-activated dialing services into Ericsson’s total solutions for its …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to expand its existing production plant in Brazil to manufacture base stations for analog and digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service networks. The $11 million investment …

CTIA clarifies role in standardization Dear Editor: As initiator of the CTIA Ad-Hoc Group on Phone-to-Vehicle Interfaces (VIF), I was disturbed to read in your Sept. 22 edition that CTIA …

SEOUL-It was only fitting that the future of Code Division Multiple Access technology was discussed in South Korea at the 2nd CDMA International Conference. Since SK Telecom launched the country’s …

Although it has been months since AT&T Wireless Services Inc. dropped all plans for services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol, some talk remained about pACT Vendor …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced Digital PCS service at 1900 MHz in the metropolitan areas surrounding Philadelphia, Washington, D.C./Baltimore and Charlotte, N.C. The carrier is offering Ericsson Inc.’s dual-band …

United States Cellular Corp. was once again the cash cow in Telephone and Data Systems Inc.’s family of wireless businesses during the third quarter. USCC’s net income increased 38.6 percent …

L.M. Ericsson signed three contracts valued at $223 million to expand Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications System mobile networks in China. The first contract, signed with …

NEW YORK-Established and new entrants to the wireless handset manufacturing sector are sitting pretty on the crest of a wave of growing worldwide demand, said participants in the NatWest Securities …