NEW ORLEANS-Nokia Corp. last week announced an infrastructure package that should reduce costs and increase efficiency for Global System for Mobile communications carriers, now will be available in the United States. The package components already are in use in Europe, said company officials.The services,...
A Finnish Internet service provider will test the European Commission's claim it has not shut competing mobile phone technologies out of Europe.Clari Net Oy, wholly owned by Finnish ISP Saunalahden Serveri Oy, has applied for a license to operate a third-generation mobile phone network...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-The North American GSM Alliance announced Omnipoint Communications Inc. will supply a temporary Global System for Mobile communications digital network to serve GSM customers attending the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '99 convention in New Orleans.Omnipoint has installed equipment at three primary...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-RangeStar International announced it received its second round financing, totaling $5.5 million, from GSM Capital L.P. and other leading venture capital firms, including RWI III. The financing will accelerate deployment of RangeStar's C-Planar antenna technology and wireless device manufacturers worldwide.
ChinaMetawave Communications Corp. announced it entered into an agreement with Shanghai Post & Telecommunications Administration and Shanghai New Globe Co. to develop and test a Metawave smart-antenna system for Global System for Mobile communication networks, and for the trial of the system in Shanghai...
BEIJING-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group and China's Ministry of Information Industry held a seminar last week at the Beijing Shangri-La Hotel to discuss Global System for Mobile communication handset technology solutions. More than 100 people from China's government, universities, research institutes and telecommunications companies...
LOS ANGELES-The CDMA Development Group announced it has posted a report on the Web, authored by the International Telecommunications Standards User Group, on "Global System for Mobile communications Intellectual Property Rights and Licensing Issues."The ITSUG report indicates IPR is an issue associated with entrants...
February 8-10Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. MorialConvention Center, New Orleans.(202) 785-2842.Post-CTIA '99February 10-12Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (210) 344-6660.Radio-frequency SiteSafety Awareness SeminarFebruary 9Radiofrequency Safety International Corp. Kent State University. Kent, Ohio. (316) 825-4600.Expo Comm Mexico '99February 9-12E.J....
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed a contract with German operator Deutsche Telekom MobilNet to implement General Packet Radio Service into T-Mobil's Global System for Mobile communications network.The technology will allow T-Mobil to offer wireless Internet and other Internet Protocol-based services at speeds up to...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telstra MobileNet in Australia said strong December growth and increased migration of subscribers from analog to digital service increased its customer base to approximately 2.2 million Global System for Mobile communications customers and about 1 million analog customers.Telstra estimates MobileNet controls approximately 49...
VIENNA, Austria-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector will provide Global System for Mobile communications equipment to expand Mobilkom's "A1" GSM network in Austria. Plans call for the program to be finished in 2001. Motorola will supply equipment at 1800 MHz to provide a dual-band 900...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced its new T 28 dual-band mobile phone based on Global System for Mobile communications technology.The phone's functions include voice control, automatic world clock and new batteries that use lithium polymer technology. The phone also includes a feature called Profiles that...
The third-generation technology debate is beginning to have a negative impact on the valuation of the world's largest wireless carrier, Japan's NTT Mobile Communications, which plans to become the first carrier in the world to deploy wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology.Dresdner Kleinwort Benson...
Paging Latin AmericaFebruary 2-3IBC UK Conferences Ltd. Loews Miami Beach Hotel, Miami. (+44) 171-453-5495.CTIA Wireless '99February 8-10Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842.Post-CTIA '99February 10-12Wireless Institute of Technology. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (210) 344-6660.Radiofrequency SafetyInternational...
AfricaTelecel said it has selected Nortel Networks to supply Global System for Mobile communication systems for its emerging markets in Zambia, the Central African Republic, Burundi and a fourth country to be announced later this year. The $24 million agreement calls for delivery of...
ZetronZetron Inc. launched the Model Z907 PCS Fault Finder, which provides fast notification of power amplifier and antenna problems at personal communications services sites. The PCS Fault Finder monitors forward radio-frequency power and antenna return loss in the 1.8 GHz to 2.0 GHz frequency...
NEW YORK-L.M. Ericsson announced several endeavors that will provide handsets with increasing degrees of global utility.The Swedish-based manufacturer said it is forming a "groundbreaking initiative" with four companies to create the "geostationary mobile satellite standard," or GMSS.Participating with Ericsson in developing GMSS are United...
LONDON-The GSM Association said it believes the number of Global System for Mobile communications subscribers worldwide for 1998 will number 135 million."We believe that around 65 million customers signed up for GSM services in 1998, almost doubling the previous year's total, taking GSM to...
The union of AirTouch Communications Inc. and Vodafone plc could be a pinnacle event in the third-generation technology debate, industry experts say.The new company's economic decisions could weigh heavily on a sensitive and political debate over wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology. The two...
Motorola Inc. said it expects to meet Wall Street's earnings expectations for the first quarter, though it remains cautious in light of last week's currency devaluation in Brazil and the semiconductor industry's recovery.Analysts say Motorola is cutting operating costs more than expected, while its...
A group of cdmaOne operators are making another push to harmonize third-generation technology and avoid a potential deadlock within the International Telecommunication Union over intellectual property rights.The CDMA Development Group last week released a proposal based on technical work done within U.S. standards group...
The reauction of C-block personal communications services spectrum is expected to be a dismal affair in March, and most small entrepreneurial businesses-which the auction was designed for-are likely to forgo bidding altogether.The Federal Communications Commission plans to reauction 134 15-megahertz and 208 30-megahertz C-block...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commissioner Susan Ness last week added her voice to the growing drumbeat of U.S. opposition to European Union moves that could block the import of third-generation mobile phone technologies and limit harmonization of similar standards."A major concern I share with other U.S....
Qualcomm Inc. may be ready to sell off its handset division as competition in the cdmaOne handset business intensifies and costs increase.Sources say Qualcomm is in discussions with Siemens Wireless Terminals concerning the sale of Qualcomm's cdmaOne handset division. Qualcomm and Siemens declined to...
