SINGAPORE-Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson are submitting a statement to the Association of Radio Industries and Business, the Japanese standardization body, backing the proposal of NTT DoCoMo in support of the wideband Code Division Multiple Access air interface at 5 MHz bandwidth."Together, our companies...
Lucent Technologies Inc., the equipment division spun off by AT&T Corp. last year, and Netherlands-based Philips Electronics N.V., one of the world's largest electronic companies, announced plans to combine their consumer phone equipment operations in a joint venture sure to create the largest phone...
BALTIMORE-Major investor and creditor Pacific Eagle Investments Ltd. has pledged another $5 million infusion to Pocket Communications Inc. to keep the C-block personal communications services licensee going until mid-December. This new deal supersedes a $5 million loan contract that was pending between Pocket and...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless infrastructure market grew 63 percent to $5.3 billion last year, driven largely by the increased spending of personal communications services companies, according to research compiled by Dataquest Inc. in its report "Personal Communications Services and Equipment Market Share."PCS spending increased...
L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a Digital Cellular System 1800 network in Denmark for Telia Mobile AB. Ericsson values the first phase of the project at $49 million, with options for deliveries totaling $152 million, said the company. Bo Stokholm, vice president...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Ericsson Inc. settled one of several lawsuits pending between the two companies.The agreement, filed June 6 in federal court, resolves the patent infringement lawsuit Qualcomm filed against Ericsson in March.For the seven-month term of the agreement, Ericsson and its affiliates...
In a number of "hot" markets around the country, a tidal wave of demand for new personal communications services is swamping some companies' customer service departments-forcing scores of would-be customers to spend as much as an hour on hold as they try to activate...
NEW YORK-Competition from personal communications services companies in the United States is proving to be good news for wireless carriers and their stocks, David A. Freedman, managing director of Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., New York, said June 4."If you look at a graph...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s plan for a digital personal communications services nationwide network has finally kicked off.After receiving its long-awaited shipment of dual-band, dual-mode handsets from Ericsson Inc. last month, AT&T began offering its Digital PCS service at 1900 MHz last week in Phoenix...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. will conduct the first disaster recovery test of its Emergency Response Unit, an emergency replacement vehicle designed to ensure continuous, high-quality communications in adverse conditions.The unit can become a temporary Mobile Switching Center and handle up to 100 cell sites. Ericsson...
NEC America Inc. in June will demonstrate its total network solution for utility network applications at the Utilities Telecommunications Council national convention in Portland, Ore. The demonstration will include four interoperable network products-NEC's 2000 and 2600 series digital microwave radios, IMT-150 Sonet multiplexer and...
CLARKSBURG, Md.-Ericsson Ltd. awarded a contract to Comsat Laboratories to develop a high penetration notification subsystem for ICO Global Communications Ltd., which is developing a handheld satellite phone service. Comsat values the contract at $14.4 million.The subsystems will be located at each of ICO's...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it received an order from Russia's Vimpel Communications for equipment to expand the operator's Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service network.Ericsson values the contract at $54 million.The seventh expansion of the VimpelCom network will allow the operator to provide service in regions...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. said they will develop a prototype digital handset for NTT DoCoMo in Japan based on wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology.NTT recently announced it plans to implement wideband CDMA technology by 2000. L.M. Ericsson and Lucent Technologies Inc....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a contract to supply a telecommunications network including radio in the local loop to Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. The network will be installed in eastern Poland.The agreement includes base stations and subscriber access equipment, with the first connections scheduled to be...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson demonstrated a two-way hyperband hand-off between 1900 MHz and 800 MHz radio frequencies at the Universal Wireless Communications conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.The demonstration means network operators using the Digital-Advanced Mobile Phone Service Interim Standard-136 digital wireless standard will be able...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Pacific Bell Mobile Services launched its personal communications services network in San Francisco using Global System for Mobile communications technology. Ericsson Inc. supplied the GSM equipment and phones.Bo Hedfors, president and chief executive officer of Ericsson Inc., said the launch is Pac Bell's...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. only now is receiving the dual-band handsets necessary to make its vision of a Digital PCS nationwide network a reality."Things will start happening pretty quickly," said AT&T Wireless spokesman Ken Woo. AT&T has not launched any of its 1900 MHz...
Ericsson Inc. won a victory of sorts recently when the interim standard for the common air interface of Project 25 was taken off IS status and sent back to committee."They tried to jam through this standard without giving consideration to our comments," said Steve...
This week Southwestern Bell telephone company will be the first company to launch a Time Division Multiple Access network at 1900 MHz when it turns on service in Tulsa, Okla.The nation's other TDMA proponent, AT&T Wireless Services Inc., has not launched its 1900 MHz...
Telecel-Zambia announced plans to launch a Code Division Multiple Access system next week in Lusaka, the capital city of Zambia. The initial launch will cover 450 customers, and a broader launch a month later will provide service to the general public. The company said...
NEW YORK-Through an add-on offering of American Depository Shares, FGI Wireless Ltd., an Illinois corporation, is looking to reduce substantially its ownership in Vimpel-Communications, a Russian cellular carrier that went public on the New York Stock Exchange in November.FGI Wireless is a privately held...
WASHINGTON-An Illinois judge last week ruled that personal injury claims in product liability lawsuits against cellular telephone manufacturers can proceed, but dismissed conspiracy charges against the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, former CTIA spokesman Ron Nessen and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C.The ruling involves four cases...
Swedish telecommunications giant L.M. Ericsson is promoting the application of wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, and recently announced a partnership with Nippon Telephone and Telegraph Corp. of Japan to develop commercial uses for W-CDMA.The announcement has raised a few eyebrows for a number...
