LISLE, Ill.-Tellabs Inc. and Ericsson Radio Access announced they will extend their collaboration partnership for another seven years. The terms of the new joint development and collaboration agreement were not disclosed.Under the terms of the companies' original agreement signed in October 1994, Ericsson integrated...
Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to the "U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1998."U.S. wireless industry growth projections "are expected to be as good or even better"...
For many cellular carriers, this holiday season marks the first in which more than two wireless carriers in each market will be competing to earn the business of gift givers. As such, cellular carriers are offering a variety of attractive pricing plans and phone...
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 a U.S.-based center will shorten the introduction cycles for new products specifically tailored for the...
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 competition with other major suppliers, will cover radio base stations and AXE switching, and it...
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 corporatealliances as well as developing pre-initial public offering strategies and communications for the privately...
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 1,000 schools in America.The phones can be assigned to school security guards, parking lot...
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 come from and why is it here today?" David Graves, chief executive officer of Broadband...
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 good corporate citizenship and uses the power of advertising to stress the public-safety benefits...
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 Seoul.Believing IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications) is crucial to its success, the Code Division Multiple...
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 with Nokia, Brightpoint will become the sole authorized distributor of Nokia wireless phones in the...
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 diluted basis, indicating its desire to become the leading vendor in the emerging fixed...
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 hired as his assistant vice president. Randy Terman was promoted to marketing manager from...
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., Bethesda, Md., reported revenue of $13.9 million for the latest quarter, compared to no revenue...
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 efficiency by more than 20 percent and maximizes the linear distance that transmissions can travel,...
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...
