MEXICO CITY-Northern Telecom Inc. has been chosen to supply the equipment and services for a Code Division Multiple Access fixed wireless access network in Mexico for freshman telecom provider Unefon.Unefon's subsidiary, Sistemas Profesionales de Comunicacion S.A. de C.V., signed a commitment letter with Nortel...
Mobile & Fixed Wireless Networks and Services SeminarJuly 6-7Alexander Resources. Marriott Courtyard Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (800) 948-8225 or (972) 818-8225.Signalling System 7 and Intelligent NetworksJuly 6-8IBC UK Conferences Ltd. The Rutherford Conference Centre, London.(+44) 171-453-2700.Cellular and PCS RadioJuly 7-10The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department...
Now that the nation's top wireless carrier and its second-largest cable TV company have announced plans to merge, industry watchers are speculating about how the companies might converge their networks.Dan Youmans, a spokesman for AT&T Wireless Services Inc., said it is too soon to...
L.M. EricssonBelgium. With KPN-Orange Belgium N.V. for a DCS 1800 network.Value: US$269 millionBrazil. With ATL-Algar Telecom Leste S.A. for a TDMA network.Value: up to US$350 millionEcuador. Five-year contract with BellSouth Ecuador to upgrade its AMPS network to TDMA IS-136.Value: more than US$250 millionEgypt. Contract from Misrfone to...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December.The CDG's progress report shows more than 64 cdmaOne licensees, 11 handset vendors and 96 operators...
Exploiting CostAllocation Strategies In TelecommunicationsJune 22-23Institute for International Research. Westin Horton Plaza, San Diego. (888) 670-8200 or (941) 365-2914.Wireless Local LoopJune 22-24IBC USA Conferences Inc. The Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Texas. (508) 481-6400.TDMA Technology Latin America '98June 22-24AIC Conferences. Hyatt Regency, Coral Gables, Fla....
WASHINGTON-In an action that provides insight into the complex policy issues simmering beneath the surface of the fiery debate on local competition, the Federal Communications Commission quietly has rejected a bureau-level proposal to pre-empt states from heavily regulating fixed wireless local loop service provided...
SkyTel Corp. said its six-year airtime provision agreement with Enron Energy Services Inc. is still on track as planned, despite media reports that the utility company is backing off its marketing plan in deregulated states.The agreement between SkyTel and Enron, a subsidiary of Enron...
Becker/Jani Inc.A log periodic dipole antenna, the Celwave Maximizer model APL 926513, was introduced for Global System for Mobile communications and Total Access Communications systems. The antenna offers a 45 dB minimum front-to-back ratio. The Maximizer operates at 870 to 960 MHz, has a...
NEW YORK-Recent developments in fixed wireless telecommunications have "led to outstanding investment opportunities," said Albert E. Paladino, general partner of Advanced Technology Ventures, Waltham, Mass., during "The 1998 Private Equity Markets Summit," sponsored by the Institute for International Research, New York.As a result of...
UNION CITY, Calif.-Diva Communications Inc. announced it signed a contract with South Park Telephone Co. to supply its Diva-2000 wireless local loop system that will provide basic telephone service to residential subscribers outside Hartsel, Colo.Pending Federal Communications Commission approval, deployment will begin this month....
The auction of personal communications services licenses in Mexico's nine bidding regions was completed May 8, officially liberalizing the much sought-after wireless market there and raking in $1.06 billion after 128 rounds.Mexico's PCS auction was modeled after the spectrum-auction process in the United States....
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Tele-communications and Computer Sciences Corp. formed an alliance to offer value-added services to Nokia's infrastructure clients, including mobile and fixed wireless carriers, announced Nokia.The companies intend to provide carriers a one-stop shop for value-added services and equipment. Nokia said the sophistication of...
PAIGNTON, United Kingdom-Northern Telecom Inc. said it successfully demonstrated Integrated Services Digital Network capability via fixed wireless access.The company said it plans to begin field tests and customer implementation of ISDN on Nortel Proximity fixed wireless access systems later this year."An operator using Proximity...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Netro Corp. introduced AirStar LM, an advanced fixed wireless broadband solution designed to provide competitive local exchange carriers and telecommunication service providers with last-mile access, said Netro.AirStar's point-to-multipoint asynchronous transfer mode architecture provides high-speed access over local multipoint distribution service networks serving...
NEW YORK-Although his company recently completed field trials with Qualcomm Inc., Vodafone Group plc Chief Executive Officer Chris Gent believes next-generation wireless technology, rather than Code Division Multiple Access technology, is the solution to network capacity expansion in areas where high customer use warrants...
World Communication Group Inc. and ioWave Inc. last week signed an agreement to distribute ioLink 1.5 wireless, high-speed, fixed communications T1/E1 platforms in the People's Republic of China.The agreement is valued at more than $1.4 million during the next 12 months."The ioWave product is...
NEW YORK-The Telecommunications Executive Leadership Council, a group of 18 executives, is working with Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. and The Economist to analyze factors critical to success in the next century.The council has met twice, most recently in February, to identify key issues for...
In the early 1990s, many industry observers enthusiastically predicted that wireless local loop (WLL) deployments would spread fast and furiously throughout the international telecommunications arena. Given emerging economies' pent-up demand for basic phone service, the introduction of local-exchange competition within industrialized nations and major...
VERNON HILLS, Ill.-Telular Corp. signed an agreement to supply Qualcomm Inc. with its patented interface card for Qualcomm's fixed wireless terminals.Telular's Borscht Daughter Card will enable Qualcomm's fixed wireless users to access 800 MHz and 1900 MHz Code Division Multiple Access networks from a...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced a Global System for Mobile communications base station for in-building networks, the smallest and lightest base transceiver station to date for GSM microcellular applications, said the company.Motorola's M-Cell access base station uses distributed architecture to provide a...
Two wireless infrastructure manufacturers signed agreements last week giving them a foothold in the emerging broadband access market.Lucent Technologies Inc. announced plans to acquire Hewlett-Packard Co.'s local multipoint distribution service wireless business, and Nokia Telecommunications said it signed a cooperation agreement with Diamond Lane...
AirTouch Communications Inc. signed a contract with Ultimate Electronics stores nationwide to make AirTouch the exclusive wireless provider in all Audio King, SoundTrack and Ultimate Electronics stores in AirTouch markets, announced the company. Ultimate Electronics operates 31 stores in nine states nationwide under the...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Main lines in Mexico and Central America will nearly double from a base of 11.5 million at year-end 1997 to 21 million at the end of 2002, at an annual growth rate of 13 percent, according to "Telecoms Markets and Strategies in Mexico/Central...
