Specialized aftermarket products and new marketing strategies have kept the decline in U.S. cellular telephone sales from affecting accessory product sales, according to several cellular accessory manufacturers and distributors.There has been a slight decline in point-of-purchase accessory sales in recent years, said Gershon Cooper,...
L.M. Ericsson and Telia Mobitel have signed a two-year general purchasing agreement covering delivery and installation of Global System for Mobile communications systems to expand the capacity and radio coverage of Telia Mobitel's digital mobile network in Sweden, Ericsson announced. The agreement includes deliveries...
Despite Motorola Inc.'s initial $10.62 loss on Wall Street after posting a 16 percent plunge in fourth quarter earnings, its stock started to forge a quick recovery. But while Wall Street may be forgiving Motorola, there are significant signs that cellular phone manufacturing is...
WASHINGTON-The recently completed summit on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket telephones was hailed a success by the wireless telecommunications industry and hearing disability advocates, but controversy simmering beneath the surface could thwart further progress.An undercurrent of mistrust between the two sides still exists,...
Just months after AT&T Corp. stated it would split into three separate companies, Chairman Robert Allen announced 40,000 people will be displaced or laid off during the next three years. Meanwhile, AT&T Wireless Services is actively recruiting.Experts say downsizing is necessary for AT&T to...
AirTouch Communications Inc. announced that its cellular venture in Kyushu, Japan, has launched commercial service. Digital TU-KA Kyushu Co. Ltd. initially will serve the capital city, major highways and the railway line in the Kyushu area, reaching 80 percent of the region's 14 million...
WASHINGTON-Hearing disability advocates are privately furious with the wireless telecommunications industry over the agenda for this week's conference on hearing aid interference from next-generation pocket phones and with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt for suggesting the problem can be solved by the marketplace.Publicly,...
The quickening pace of competition and regulatory liberalization in global telecommunications markets is increasing demand for wireless local loop technology, with annual equipment expenditures expected to reach $7.6 billion by the year 2000, according to a new report from Northern Business Information.In "Global Wireless...
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services has launched its commercial rollout of Interim Standard-136 service with a Dallas in-office system, using L.M. Ericsson microcells and Nokia Corp. handsets.The office system installed at Perot Systems uses a distributed antenna strategy, and allows handoffs to the public cellular network....
WASHINGTON-Stores are crowded. Literature is disappearing. Customer service is forced to beef up. Product is in short supply. The holidays are around the corner. Overwhelming success is a double-edged sword.But it is this sword that Sprint Spectrum, the personal communications service joint venture between...
Zues Phonstuff has introduced its Always-in-Touch unit, a device that plugs into a home or office phone line and notifies a pager of a call when the phone user is away. The pager displays the caller's phone number and indicates when there is a...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Equipment manufacturer L.M. Ericsson and Omnipoint Corp. have signed an agreement valued at $250 million for Ericsson to supply Omnipoint with Interim Standard-661 and PCS 1900 network equipment and services.The memorandum of understanding includes $40 million for IS-661 and PCS 1900 phones and...
It's hard to tell whether the first session of the 104th Congress is winding down or whether Washington is just all wound up.The GOP-led Congress was scrambling to pass the remaining appropriations bills, arguing with itself and the Clinton administration about approving another stop-gap...
Large markets in Latin America are serving as test beds for a range of digital cellular and personal communications services standards, according to a study from Pyramid Research Inc.The report outlines the astounding cellular growth in Mexico, Central and South America, a trend that...
Comsearch announced it was awarded a contract from MRCB Telecommunications Sdn Bnd to license Comsearch microwave design engineering software. The software, called Interconnect, is being used to support the design, licensing and implementation of the MRCB microwave network for its personal communications network service...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed an agreement with Motorola Inc. giving Ericsson a license to use Motorola's high-speed paging protocol, FLEX. The license includes pagers and infrastructure equipment.Ericsson said it is seeking to support multiple standards in a number of areas, including...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed an order for a Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone System cellular network with Compania de Telecommunicaciones Moviles Chile S.A., one of two operators in Chile.Ericsson said the system will enable CTCC to offer a full range...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Ericsson Inc. announced winning contracts to place its Freeset Business Wireless System at the world's two largest futures exchanges, both located in Chicago.The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange selected Freeset to enhance their Chicago Loop...
Ameritech Corp. announced it has formed a consortium with Singapore Telecom and Tele Danmark to pursue a partnership with Belgacom S.A., the national telecommunications operator in Belgium. The Belgian government this summer selected Ameritech as a final bidder for the consolidation of Belgacom. The...
CellStar Corp. said it formed a distribution relationship with Cellular One Group. The company said the agreement is a nationwide strategic cellular accessory program encompassing original equipment manufacturer products from Motorola Inc., NEC Corp., Nokia Inc., Ericsson Inc. and Oki telecom, as well as...
WASHINGTON-The future is here.Vice President Al Gore, father of the information superhighway, christened the broadband personal communications services industry with a call to Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke Nov. 15 on the Sprint Spectrum system operated by American Personal Communications."I'm proud to speak to you...
The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States.Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that led to the slower growth...
Datum Inc.'s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed for applications that require not only high performance but small physical size and low price. The clock consists of an...
The nation's major cellular handset manufacturers caused a little commotion on Wall Street recently when they noted handset sales hadn't grown at the phenomenal rate that analysts and industry execs are used to seeing.Does this mean the cellular marketplace is finally slowing down? Should...
