DUBLIN, Ireland-The number of new phone manufacturers and the introduction of GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) handset design packages have lead to a proliferation of new handsets. However, there already have been casualties, and it seems inevitable that other manufacturers will be forced...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The long-awaited launch of cellular service in Botswana is expected to have a huge impact on the country's communications and business sector.Botswana's small population of 1.47 million people was seen as a main reason for the delay. Proposals for cellular can be...
Bell Atlantic Mobile is expected to announce next month rate plans competitive with AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital One Rate plan-a move that could trigger price wars for valuable high-end users.Sources indicate BAM's airtime plans will eliminate roaming and long-distance charges like AT&T's plans,...
WASHINGTON-The third-generation wireless debate took a dramatic turn last week as a key Clinton administration official questioned whether the United States should follow Europe's lead in allocating massive 3G spectrum, and an industry schism erupted that could have Motorola Inc. going its own way.Motorola,...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced plans to buy the national Global System for Mobile communications network in New Zealand for about $369.1 million.Vodafone Europe Holdings BV reached an agreement to buy the network and related assets operated by BellSouth New Zealand Ltd. as well as...
U.S. factory sales of telecommunications equipment during the first half of the year rose by 13.1 percent compared with last year, to more than $36.6 billion, said the Telecommunications Industry Association. TIA's figures were based on statistics compiled by the Electronic Industries Alliance Market...
The CDMA Development Group formed an interest group within the CDG that will focus on Latin America. The CDG said the interest group builds on the success of similar organizations within the CDG. Other interest groups focus on the Asia Pacific region and wireless...
WASHINGTON-In perhaps the strongest signal to date of congressional concern about U.S. global competitiveness in the future third-generation mobile phone market, Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) pressed the Clinton administration to outline the steps it is taking to ensure American technology is not snubbed by...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-The Danish telecommunications services group Tele Danmark A/S said it sold some of its stake in Hungarian cellular operator Pannon GSM Tavkozlesi Rt.Tele Danmark sold 70 percent of its 23.2-percent interest in the Hungarian carrier for about $160 million.The Pannon shares were acquired...
The industry's first cellular phone manufacturer has become another casualty of the highly competitive handset business. Oki Telecom Inc. has ceased manufacturing, sales and marketing all mobile phones in the United States.Suwanee, Ga.-based Oki was a pioneer in the cellular handset industry. Involved with...
EuroTel Praha awarded Nokia Corp. a three-year frame agreement valued at almost $200 million to continue as the sole supplier to expand its 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network. Nokia said it will supply base stations, base station controllers and high-capacity mobile...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it was selected to continue as the sole equipment supplier for the expansion of North-West GSM's 900 MHz Global System for Mobile communications network in St. Petersburg, Russia, which was built by Nokia and launched in 1995.Nokia plans to deliver...
Belgacom S.A. and Tele Danmark announced they have expanded their BruCop B.V. joint venture to build a Global System for Mobile communications network at 1800 MHz in the Netherlands.The company paid $300 million for six licenses totaling 16.6 megahertz. The licenses are effective for...
To the Editor: Amidst an escalating industry-wide debate about competing wireless technologies, we want to ensure that the "GSM-CDMA Economic Study," prepared by Andersen Consulting with two other consulting firms, is not misinterpreted. Consequently, we at Andersen Consulting want to clarify certain aspects of the...
NEW YORK-"One of the humbling things about this business is that, for three out of four years, we are unapproachable and obnoxious, but in the fourth year we have to raise money so we grovel."That is how Ronald White, a partner in Argo Global...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration, encouraged but apparently not swayed by assurances in Brussels that Europe will be open to multiple third-generation wireless standards, is growing increasingly worried that American mobile phone technology will be locked out of the 15-nation European Union in the next century."We...
Mobile phone sales during the second quarter gave Nokia Corp. a boost when it released its second-quarter earnings July 24, while its Swedish rival L.M. Ericsson suffered a plunge in its stock prices and several ratings downgrades on news its mobile phone sales were...
ATLANTA-LHS Group Inc. announced its billing and customer care system was chosen as Telecom Italia Mobile's international telecom billing solution.As a member of the Telecom Italia Group, TIM is a dominant Global System for Mobile communications telephone operator in Europe and Latin America, said...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Microelectronics Group said its new Global System for Mobile communications handset design cuts development time by about 60 percent.Taiwan-based GVC Corp., Lucent's first GSM Reference Design customer, plans to begin shipping its initial line of handsets-featuring up to 200 hours...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Four companies have entered a joint venture to supply value-added data services such as location-related services and e-commerce banking and ticketing services.Omnipoint Communications Inc., Microcell Capital Inc., Northern Telecom Inc. and GSM Capital L.P. formed the venture, which plans to begin market...
NEW YORK-For consumers, the important news out of a Motorola Inc. press conference July 21 is the broad suite of new wireless telecommunications devices the industry heavyweight debuted.For other manufacturers, the big news from the event is the industry giant will seek to partner...
Some U.S. GSM and TDMA operators are irked at Qualcomm Inc. and its lobbying efforts within the U.S. government to frame the third-generation issue as a trade issue with Europe.They say that while Qualcomm is urging the State Department to take action against Europe...
Signing one of its largest ever pacts, CommQuest Technologies Inc. said it will supply its GSM-XL chipset to Audiovox Communications Corp. for a new Global System for Mobile communications handset.Terms of the agreement call for CommQuest, a recent IBM Corp. acquisition, to supply its...
NEW YORK-Orange Communications SA said it awarded a contract, valued at $460 million, to a partnership of Nokia Corp. and Ascom AG to deliver a Global System for Mobile Communications 1800 cellular network in Switzerland.In May, the Swiss Federal Communications Commission awarded Orange a...
