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 $30 million for the first three years.The agreement is an expansion of Ericsson's existing...
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 plans, the company said.The new facility, arranged by Chase Securities Inc., has a term...
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 signed Friday, BellSouth also will fully acquire Ram Mobile Data Ltd., a United Kingdom-based wireless...
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 city's "Silicon Alley" Internet content creator companies.CyberLab East is scheduled to open early next...
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 Global System for Mobile communications network operator clients. The agreements, effective immediately, allow Ericsson...
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 is for a new 5,000-square-meter plant on the company's existing Sao Jose dos Campos site,...
CTIA clarifies role in standardizationDear 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 (Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association) was presenting a specific commercial implementation to TIA (Telecommunications Industry Association) for...
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 first CDMA system in January 1996, South Korea now has five CDMA operators and about...
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 Forum members seeking other customers for the technology they invested so much in.But it...
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 dual-mode handsets LX 100 and LX 77. Dual-mode handset users can travel between digital wireless...
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 to $36.2 million, or 42 cents per share, from $26.1 million, or 30 cents per...
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 the Guangxi Posts and Telecommunications Administration of Guangxi Province, includes equipment to expand both...
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 Corp. "Global Mobile Handset Conference."Handset sales could reach 250 million units in 2000 compared...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it will establish a research and development center in Japan to focus on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and Japanese personal digital communication systems.Japan is a major market for Ericsson's products, the company said, and the R&D center "reaffirms...
Personal communications services operators Western Wireless and Aerial Communications Inc. each launched a service last week that will allow subscribers to receive e-mail messages using their PCS phones.Western Wireless customers using the company's @Stream e-mail service can have messages sent directly to the phone's...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Triton PCS formed a joint venture agreement that will expand AT&T's digital coverage in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, the Washington-Baltimore corridor and Georgia.The agreement calls for Triton to obtain financing and build out a Time Division Multiple Access...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed its first Global System for Mobile communications contract in Central Asia with Daewoo Central Paging Cooperation, a wholly owned subsidiary of South Korea-based Daewoo, to provide network infrastructure in Uzbekistan.Under the contract, valued at about $8 million, Ericsson...
Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000)1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,0002 NEC Corp. $41,174,0003 Motorola Inc. $27,973,0004 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,0005 Ericsson...
Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000)1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,0002 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,0003 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,1524 NEC Corp. $718,0005 Nokia...
At an unprecedented gathering earlier this month, a number of prominent specialized mobile radio equipment suppliers temporarily set aside competitive interests to draft a historic action plan. Their goal: selecting a single enhanced analog standard for the SMR industry."It is absolutely critical that this happens...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and Wuhan Research Institute established a joint venture company in China to develop, manufacture and market synchronous digital hierarchy transport network systems for the Chinese market. Production will begin in September.Functions of Wuhan Yangtze Ericsson Telecommunications Company Ltd. will include marketing,...
Editor's note: On the previous page are five charts ranking major telecommunications vendors according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenues from 1995 to 1996, percentage change in income from 1995 to 1996 and two-year total return on investment.Nordby International Inc. of Boulder, Colo.,...
