JUNE1-5 Supercomm '97, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Susan Krys at (703) 907-7981.2 Wireless Interconnectivity and Standards Issues Seminar, by the Telecommunications Industry Association. New Orleans. Call Stephanie Jones at (703) 907-7735.2-5 Expo Comm Wireless USA 97-including WirelessWorld Expo and BroadBand...
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...
Canada's Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission opened the market for local phone service last week, which has wireless players ecstatic.The CRTC has "issued a strong endorsement of the role wireless carriers will play" in the local market, said Microcell Telecommunications Inc. of Montreal."What you will...
NEW YORK-South Korea's telecommunications marketplace is in the throes of a gradual but deliberate deregulation that is presenting opportunities and challenges for SK Telecom Co. Ltd., the largest wireless carrier."Korea will be almost wide open with free competition, but Korea is different from the...
DENVER-U S West Communications Group awarded a contract it values at $500 million to Lucent Technologies Inc. for Code Division Multiple Access equipment and products for its personal communications services markets. U S West said the multi-year agreement could reach $1 billion as the...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana-Guyana Telephone & Telegraph said it launched the first fixed wireless access network in the Anna Regina area of the Caribbean.The system uses Northern Telecom Ltd.'s Proximity product to supplement a rural analog switch, housed in an Anna Regina exchange, which was incapable...
PAIGNTON, United Kingdom-ScottishTelecom awarded a contract to Northern Telecom Ltd. for Nortel's Proximity fixed wireless access equipment and services designed for use in the 3.4 GHz to 3.5 GHz band. The companies value the contract at $145 million.ScottishTelecom launched commercial service in Edinburgh using...
Marketing may be everything.The technical properties of cellular and personal communications services-some similar, some different-balance out when vying for customers. How carriers decide to exploit technical advantages to win customers is another issue."PCS carriers are making a conscious decision to go after certain types...
If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation's three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great deal of the country.In the future, that is, because illustrations of coverage footprints are...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol.AT&T Wireless said it still supports the technology development of pACT, but the turnabout could affect pACT vendors and the...
HANNOVER, Germany-InterDigital Communications Corp. and its two manufacturing partners say their B-CDMA wireless local loop equipment will be commercially available during the first half of 1998.InterDigital is in an alliance with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Siemens AG to create "the world's first" broadband...
SAN FRANCISCO-More than 230,000 square feet of exhibit space already has been leased for next year's Wireless '98 industry trade show-hosted by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association in Atlanta-almost as much space as was used in this year's event.Wireless '97 attracted 20,000 to 21,000...
What began as a Craig McCaw idea became a definitive project for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. last week when the company announced plans to deploy a proprietary fixed wireless technology that could effectively cut into local home telephone service.The idea of bypassing the Bell...
NEW YORK-Led by technology companies in communications and software, 1996 was a record year for venture capital investments, and it may therefore be a tough act to follow."Venture capital investments exceeded $9.5 billion in 1996, a 25 percent increase over calendar (year) 1995, with...
Bell Atlantic Corp. said it has gained management control of Grupo Iusacell after the Mexican government authorized the transfer from Grupo Iusa, Iusacell's majority owner.Mexico's "markets are opening up for all kinds of telecom services," said Bell Atlantic spokesman Brian Wood. "Iusacell will be...
Teklogix International Inc. received a contract from Samson Transport A/S, a third-party warehouse and transport company with worldwide locations. Under the agreement, Teklogix will provide Samson with a narrowband wireless data communications network with Ethernet TCP/IP connectivity to an IBM AS/400 host platform, the...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla.-"Until a few weeks ago, I was under the impression that the outlook for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) was quite different than it is today," said investment banker Brad Peery at last week's TDMA Global Summit here."Qualcomm (Inc.) has done...
As expected, the partnership of British Telecommunications plc and Viag AG, E2 Mobilfunk, received a license to operate a fourth mobile phone network in Germany.E2 Mobilfunk was the sole applicant for the Digital Cellular System 1800 personal communications network license.Luca Tassan, analyst with Strategis...
Simmonds Capital Ltd. said its wholly owned subsidiary, Midland International Corp., sold an 80 percent controlling interest in its European business to an undisclosed buyer. The transaction includes a license to distribute Midland two-way radio products in Western Europe, Africa, India, the Middle East...
ATLANTA-World Access Inc. reported a 478 percent increase in net income in 1996 compared to 1995 figures.World Access develops, manufactures and markets wireless and wireline switching, transmission and access products.Total sales for 1996 were $51 million compared to $30.1 million in 1995, reflecting an...
WASHINGTON-A settlement is believed near that would have Teledesic Corp. pay to relocate Associated Communications L.L.C. fixed wireless facilities to the 24 GHz band, though it is unclear whether the deal will be voluntary or government-imposed.The two wireless startups have been battling for months...
Odyssey signs ChinaSat asservice providerOdyssey Telecommunications International Inc. signed on its first service provider, China Telecommunications Broadcast Satellite Corp. The Odyssey mobile satellite system, which is scheduled to begin service in 2001, will allow subscribers to use a pocket-sized mobile phone or a fixed...
Aether Technologies L.L.C. announced it will use a Cellular Digital Packet Data network supplied by GTE Corp. to provide information and integration services to the financial and transportation industries. Owings Mills, Md.-based Aether provides turnkey solutions for accessing mission-critical data via handheld wireless devices...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Group said it won a contract to supply a Code Division Multiple Access wireless local loop network to Yemen's Public Telecommunications Corp.The system will be deployed in three phases, with the first phase scheduled to be operational...
