NEW YORK-Faced with falling cellular phone prices and formidable competition by the four heavyweight handset manufacturers, smaller, Japanese-based players are pursuing other options in the U.S. marketplace."It's going to be a brutal year," said Francis McInerney, a principal of North River Ventures, New York....
L.M. Ericsson said it withdrew a complaint filed in January with the European Commission, which charged that Austria's award of a Global System for Mobile communications license to international consortium Oe-Call, was unfair. Siemens AG Oesterreich of Vienna holds 19.8 percent in Oe-Call. However,...
WASHINGTON-Consumer and industry groups are not expected to offer a clear cut fix to hearing aid interference from digital pocket telephones in the report they submit to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt next month.But even without a magic bullet, engineers have begun to...
Location technology is taking its place in the wireless communications industry as Global Positioning System products begin to mesh with radio and cellular networks, spawning several potentially lucrative businesses.A system of 24 satellites launched by the U.S. Department of Defense beginning in the late...
Pacific Bell Mobile Services and Ericsson Inc., in conjunction with Self Help for Hard of Hearing People Inc., said they are developing and testing interim solutions to hearing aid interference caused by digital phones.If accepted by hearing aid users, the modified phones would be...
WASHINGTON-Despite congressional mandates that have put the Federal Communications Commission on a regulatory timeline, the commission should plan on a long, slow haul on its road to further develop 800 MHz specialized mobile radio systems. Changes in regulatory treatment and implementation of auction procedures...
Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key semiconductor houses worldwide to manufacture and distribute FLEX chip sets. ITRI is the first...
SAN FRANCISCO-AirTouch Communications Inc. announced its net income for the fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, more than tripled to $11 million, increasing 261 percent when compared with the $3 million reported Dec. 31, 1994. The company's net income for the year ended Dec. 31,...
L.M. Ericsson said it has received an order to supply switches and base stations to Westel 900 GSM to expand the carrier's Global System for Mobile communications network in Hungary. The new contract continues the relationship the two companies began in 1990 when Ericsson...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Company Ltd. said it has signed a Global System for Mobile communications digital network expansion contract with Jiangsu Posts and Telecommunications Administration in the Jiangsu province of China. The expansion includes equipment and services, Ericsson said.Ericsson said it also has an ongoing...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. announced it will market turnkey systems based on the new personal air communications technology standard for the narrowband personal communications services market.The company said it signed a multimillion dollar contract to implement the technology for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. AT&T won...
Editor's note: Following are five charts ranking major players in the wireless telecommunications industry according to revenues, net incomes, percent change in revenue from 1994 to 1995, percent change in net income from 1994 to 1995 and two-year total return on investment to shareholders.Nordby International...
The impending liberalization of Brazil's cellular services sector has attracted interest from a host of global carriers clamoring to position themselves in the region's fastest growing telecom services sector.The lucky few that win private cellular operating licenses in Brazil may be jockeying, as well,...
Despite overall slow growth in the Mexican cellular market due to the economic crisis in 1995, Telcel posted a 30.6 percent increase in subscribers for the year.As the largest cellular carrier in Mexico with about 57 percent of the market, Telcel said its subscriber...
Colombia continues to be a top performer in the Latin American cellular arena, with the highest digital growth and high overall cellular penetration.As part of its licensing process, the Colombian government mandated that cellular carriers deploy a certain amount of digital technology in their...
Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V., a cellular provider in Mexico, announced it has registered an average rate increase of 30 percent with the Secretariat of Communications and Transport. The price increase, which takes effect this month, is a result of rising inflation and is...
Having grown weary of competing in the increasingly commoditized market for analog cellular telephones, Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems Inc. is retrenching and restructuring its phone division in hopes of making a comeback with digital.The Richardson, Texas-based company will wind down the production of its...
L.M. Ericsson announced its subsidiary, Ericsson Australia Pty. Ltd., has signed a contract to install a switching system for 4,000 mobile telephones in Rangoon, Burma's capital. Ericsson said it will also build four radio transmitting stations to expand the city's phone network. This is...
ALAMEDA, Calif. - Geoworks and Ericsson Inc. announced an alliance to deliver a range of afforadable "smart phone" next-generation cellular phones combining voice and data transmission capabilities.Under the terms os the agreement, Ericsson has licensed Geoworks' Geos open operating system platform.Ericsson smart phones are...
PLEASONTON, Calif.-Several carriers and manufacturers have joined forces to create application program interface standards for personal communications services networks that use Global System for Mobile communications technology.The companies are Pacific Bell Mobile Services, Ericsson Inc., Nokia Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. and BellSouth Personal...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.-Texas Instruments Inc. said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to manufacture equipment based on Omnipoint Corp.'s IS-661 technology. TI will manufacture certain components of the IS-661 base station including radios, digital controller boards and interface cards.Under the agreement, TI will...
WASHINGTON-In a potential blow to Omnipoint Corp.'s planned initial public offering this week, wireless investor James Valentine has asked federal regulators to investigate whether the small Colorado firm is violating its pioneer's preference for a personal communications services license in New York. Valentine claims...
Motorola Inc. pulled out of equipment negotiations with Sprint Telecommunications Venture last week, saying financial and commercial terms proposed by Sprint were extraordinary."We made every effort to reach an agreement, and put our best and final offer on the table," said Motorola spokesman Scott...
BRUSSELS-L.M. Ericsson filed a complaint with the European Union, charging that Austria's award of a GSM license to international consortium Oe-Call is unfair. Oe-Call is lead by Deutsche Telecom AG and Siemens AG Oesterreich, the latter an equipment provider.Ericsson spokeswoman Kathy Egan said that...
