SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides up to 2.3 hours of talk time or up to 45 hours standby time in...
ORLANDO, Fla.-In an effort to move from a provider of mere product to that of end-to-end solutions, Glenayre Technologies Inc. announced at PCS '98 an enhanced services platform designed to help paging carriers offer higher-cost services to customers.Lee Ellison, vice president of worldwide sales...
The ability to access information anytime, anywhere quickly is becoming the most-touted benefit of wireless communications devices, a characteristic that could continue into the next century as long as application providers continue to develop cross-platform, internetworking technologies.In yet another example of this goal, Fujitsu...
Iridium L.L.C. announced it will delay its initial Sept. 23 service launch date to Nov. 1, citing the need to "improve operational stability of the network," according to Ed Staiano, the company's vice chairman and chief executive officer.In a briefing with reporters last week,...
PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. was chosen by Iowa Wireless Services L.P. to be the exclusive provider of Global System for Mobile communications smart cards for its personal communications services launch this fall.Orga plans to supply its most advanced 16K dual-mode subscriber identity module...
JAPANNTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. filed applications with Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications seeking approval for an international call service based on a service agreement between NTT DoCoMo and AT&T Corp. NTT DoCoMo has established a network directly connecting its gateway switch to...
Arch Communications Group Inc. lowered its cash interest expenses by $4.55 million a year following a series of interest rate swaps in connection with a $100 million 14-percent senior notes offering. The company lowered the interest rate on the senior notes from 14 percent...
Paging Network Inc.'s Internet gateway experienced sporadic outages over a space of 30 hours late last month, during which customers nationwide were unable to receive text messages sent from an e-mail address. The Internet gateway went down on a Wednesday evening and was up...
The government of Puerto Rico last week elected to stay with a bid made by a GTE Corp.-led consortium for Puerto Rico Telephone Co., after receiving a competing bid from Spain's Telefonica Internacional S.A.A spokeswoman for GTE confirmed the government's decision.GTE in May signed...
Applied Cellular Technology Inc. formed an executive search committee to fill the position of president and chief executive officer. The committee, made up of several outside board members and Richard Sullivan, chairman and CEO of Applied Cellular, will work with an independent top-tier executive...
CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. received a $600,000 order for satellite gateway amplifiers, with the possibility of the customer ordering up to an additional $1.2 million within 30 days."This order represents a new business relationship and AML's second major order from an customer serving...
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. reported second-quarter financial results of little surprise to anyone, fulfilling all expectations.Net loss for the quarter was $244.7 million, or $1.74 per class 1 interest. Its six-month net loss totaled $448.3 million, or $3.19 per class 1 interest.Costs incurred and capitalized for...
AustraliaThe Australian Communications Authority said it prepared a recommendation to the Minister for Communications, the Information Economy and the Arts, for a nationwide reallocation of spectrum in the 3.410 GHz to 3.6 GHz band. The intent of the proposal is to support the government's...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.- Evolving Systems Inc., a software product development and systems integration firm, last week debuted its MetOSS-GEM software platform that automates and streamlines information to be shared by service providers.Jeffrey Finn, senior vice president and general manager of product development and distribution at...
The highly competitive wireless market in the Republic of the Philippines-with five carriers serving some 70 million people-is perhaps the most ripe for consolidation compared with all Southeast Asian countries.With cellular companies burdened with the devaluation of the Philippine peso against the dollar, mandatory...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-High on the agenda of issues raised by African ministers at Africa Telecom '98 held here in May was using satellite technology for boosting African economies and low telephone-penetration rates.Africa presents an ideal candidate for Mobile Satellite Services (MSS). The continent is...
WASHINGTON-Iridium L.L.C. announced it has signed distribution agreements with 209 regional wireless service providers and roaming partners across the globe.The distribution agreements bring Iridium access to 72 million wireless subscribers, a population of 3.4 billion people, representing 60 percent of the world's population and...
Multifrequency paging launched in ChinaMotorola Inc. announced a FLEX multifrequency paging network was launched in the Guangxi Zhuang province of China-the first of seven provincial Motorola networks planned to go into operation this year.Since the launch of China Telecom's nationwide paging network in 1997,...
With paging systems and devices moving evermore toward FLEX-based equipment, a debate is heating up about the future of second-hand POCSAG-based gear.The nation's top 10 paging carriers are migrating their networks and customers primarily to FLEX equipment, devices and enhanced services. Their one-way numeric...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. will provide global logistics services for 10 of Iridium L.L.C.'s Gateway Partners, according to an agreement the two signed.Under the agreement, Brightpoint will provide inventory management, order fulfillment, product distribution and information services to Iridium's Gateway Partners in North America, Italy, Central...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Iridium L.L.C.'s satellite communications system using digital wireless technology developed by Motorola Inc. was demonstrated with phone calls placed on the system last Wednesday night, following the completion of the satellite-launching phase of the network earlier in the week.Nearly 150 service providers and...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson was awarded a $78 million contract by the Wuhan Posts & Telecommunications Bureau to provide a complete Global System for Mobile communications network in Wuhan, China, the capital city of the Hubei province.The contract marks the company's first mobile communications venture...
NEW YORK-"A lot of what you're hearing about voice over the Internet, about having actual, real-time conversations, is hype," said Ralph Tomeoni, president and chief executive officer of TekNow, Phoenix."The Internet is a great big packet switching network, and it should be used for...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. launched paging service through its Global Messaging Gateway, a newly installed satellite uplink facility located in Stockton, Calif.Metrocall now handles about 250 million pages per month, and plans to transmit two-thirds of the messages via the GMG uplink by the end...
