ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-The Cellular Infrastructure Group of Motorola Inc. said it successfully completed hand-over tests between Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz and 1800 MHz dual-band cellular systems currently being trialed in China's Hunan Province.The dual-band hand-over tests were made among five GSM...
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...
PERUComsat International said it received a license to provide voice, data and multimedia wireless communications services for businesses operating in Lima, Peru. Using both fiber-optic cable and microwave technologies, Comsat Peru plans to build a local digital network in Lima, where 80 percent of...
Ericsson forms office mobility unitATLANTA-Ericsson Inc. announced the formation of the Wireless Services unit in response to the increasing need for wireless communications in the workplace.Ericsson said the new unit will provide a wireless office solution based on the Interim Standard-136 Time Division Multiple...
ATLANTA-The Universal Wireless Communications Consortium, a group made up of Time Division Multiple Access technology supporters including AT&T Wireless Services Inc., announced a migratable solution to IMT-2000 technology called UWC-136. UWCC said the solution meets the high-speed data application requirements the International Telecommunications Union,...
ATHENS-According to sources at OTE, the Greek telephone company's subsidiary Cosmote will begin activating personal communications services customers this week as scheduled, becoming the country's third mobile phone operator.OTE, which was awarded the third license in 1996, owns the majority stake in Cosmote, the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson's Global System for Mobile communications-based cordless telephone system now allows subscribers to use their GSM mobile phones on the fixed public network, the company announced.CTS offers two types of service. The Personal Phone service allows subscribers to be reached on a...
ATLANTA-PrairieComm Inc. last week introduced itself to the wireless industry with a big splash by announcing agreements with two industry heavyweights-Qualcomm Inc. and Motorola Inc.The three-year-old company, which has chosen to remain relatively quiet until now, provides systems design components, including digital signal processing...
NEW YORK-Omnipoint Corp., Bethesda, Md., reported year-end results that showed increased subscribers, revenues and losses.In related developments, Bradley Sparks, chief financial officer, said during a Feb. 26 teleconference that the company had secured additional borrowing capabilities totaling $1.45 billion, more than enough for its...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Digifone has built a substantial market share since it launched Ireland's second Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) phone service last March. Global Wireless spoke to Marketing Director Derek Handley to find out about the company's market strategy for growth.Ireland has a...
OXFORD, England-The European Commission has threatened five European countries with legal action over their failure to award DCS 1800 licenses. Belgium, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain all missed the commission's 1 January 1998 deadline for issuing at least one DCS 1800 digital cellular...
DENVER, United States-Determined to penetrate Europe with the Interim Standard-95 (IS-95) protocol, U.S.-based Qualcomm Inc. announced in February its United Kingdom trial of a cdmaOne/GSM hybrid network was a success.The announcement occurred just prior to the CDMA Development Group's early March statement that the...
The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission asking the agency to move forward with a rulemaking on calling party pays service. While CPP service has been implemented with great success throughout much of the rest of the...
Possio InternationalWireless fax machinePossio International, based in Sweden, introduced the PM80, a wireless, briefcase-portable terminal for transmitting and receiving fax messages. The device connects to a mobile phone with either infrared light or a PC card. The portable fax machine will be upgradable to...
DALLAS, United States-U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp.'s cellular infrastructure division, Celcore, has begun work with TELE Greenland A/S to test and evaluate a DSC Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) system in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.Greenland, located far northwest of the European continent, is...
The new GSM licensee in Israel, Partner Communications Co., signed a letter of intent with L.M. Ericsson for the supply of equipment for the operator, a joint venture between Hutchison Telecommunications, Matav Cable Systems Media and Elbit, reported The Financial Times. The newspaper quoted...
Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) now accounts for 31 percent of the world's wireless market, and the GSM industry is well on course for the `"early achievement" of 100 million customers during 1998, said Adriana Nugter, chairman of the GSM MoU Association, in...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) location system in February at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The company said Cursor is the first demonstrable system of its kind.Cambridge is demonstrating the system to potential business...
JOHANNESBURG-The International Telecommunication Union's (ITU's) formal approval of Motorola Inc.'s FLEX paging protocol as an international standard will give the green light to expand FLEX operations in Africa. This will be particularly so in South Africa, the hub of the paging industry.One operator in...
JOHANNESBURG-South African companies are poised to play a major role in telecommunications as the privatization and deregulation process, which began in the early 1990s in Africa, moves rapidly ahead.But the march is not likely to be an easy one as top international companies are...
1998 may be the year for introductions of next-generation wireless office systems that allow for seamless handoffs between the office system and a carrier's macrocellular system.Hughes Network Systems Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced a strategic marketing agreement last week calling for AT&T...
In the summer of 1989, one of my favorite bands, the B-52s, released an album with the big hit-tune "Roam," in which singer Kate Pierson encouraged listeners to "roam around the world." Well, it took me nine years, Kate, but I finally took you...
MexicoGrupo Iusacell inaugurated its new Code Division Multiple Access network with a phone call by the company's president, Fulvio del Valle, from its headquarters in Mexico City to a nearby community. The launch marks the first phase of Iusacell's $200-million network modernization plan to...
Tom Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, will have spent two weeks on the road before he returns home to Washington, D.C. Wheeler was scheduled to spend the first week in Cannes, France, at the GSM MOU conference and this week hosting...
