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...
Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones.Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi has licensed the upgraded system, the GEOS-SC, to manufacture and ship next year a new...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world's first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands from a common physical infrastructure.The system will be...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Synacom signed a letter of intent to distribute cloning fraud prevention systems for digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service networks that provide authentication capability.Synacom's secure A-key management system is based on protecting the integrity of the A-keys used in authentication...
L.M. Ericsson signed two joint venture agreements to produce equipment in Russia. The pacts were established in conjunction with Russian President Boris Yeltsin's recent visit to Sweden.Under the first agreement, with financial company Sistema, Ericsson will produce AXE equipment at a new plant in...
What, you haven't had enough paparazzi already?Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods and the man who might have been father-in-law to the late Princess Di, is back in the news. He's in court challenging a 70-foot mobile phone tower near his estate at Oxted,...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Ericsson Inc. recently announced that shipments of its smallest personal communications services phone are under way this month.The CF 788 weighs 4.7 ounces and stands four inches tall. It provides three hours and 20 minutes of talk time and 60 hours...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Saying "profitability is not satisfactory," the Business Area Infocom Systems division of L.M. Ericsson plans to lay off another 10,000 employees worldwide in 1998, bringing the number of displaced workers in that sector to 20,000 during the past two years. The downsizing is...
While PCS carriers aren't slashing airtime rates for the holidays, handset prices are dropping to ranges that may persuade the reluctant customer to make a purchase.Omnipoint Communications Services in New York is pushing Ericsson Inc.'s 388 Global System for Mobile communications handset for $50,...
NEW YORK-For handset manufacturers, next year likely will be a transition period as new entrants gear up to enter the rapidly expanding wireless marketplace, said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Securities L.L.C.Brightpoint Inc. projects that sales of new handsets in North America...
