MILPITAS, Calif.-LSI Logic Corp. announced the availability of what it calls the industry's first programmable single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution.The GSM baseband processor architecture contains the baseband processing logic required for GSM 900 mobile terminal and related Digital Cellular System 1800...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has completed a six-month field trial with Vodafone Ltd. demonstrating the compatibility of a Code Division Multiple Access base station in an existing Global System for Mobile communications network.The trial proved the technical feasibility through integrating an unmodified GSM...
NEW YORK-Despite a positive outlook for wireless telecommunications over the next eight years, "our concern is about getting from here to there," said Timothy E. Caffrey, director of corporate ratings for Standard & Poor's."The industry has continued to surprise us. It keeps growing faster...
NEW YORK-Some interesting twists are ahead on the road to roaming for personal communications services carriers as they seek to emulate their cellular counterparts, which reap between 15 percent and 20 percent of their gross revenues from long-distance wireless calls.Last year, subscribers of all...
NEW YORK-AU-System Mobile AB, a wholly owned division of Stockholm-based software provider AU-System, is making a foray into the U.S. subscriber identity module market, but with a twist.AU-System Mobile offers open software platforms that permit Global System for Mobile communications network operators to integrate...
WASHINGTON-Wireline telecommunications carriers are gearing up to offer two phases of number portability this year, after successfully winning a time extension from the Federal Communications Commission. Some in the wireless industry would like the same to happen.Wireless number portability is scheduled to begin June...
NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, plans to go public.With Merrill Lynch & Co., New York, as lead underwriter, the company has registered with the Securities and Exchange...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. introduced two dual-band phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Global System for Mobile communications phone and a Time Division Multiple Access phone, as well as custom leather cases for its analog StarTAC wearable phones.The cd160, Motorola's new...
The Institute for Wireless Education, a nonprofit corporation that has been training wireless engineers and technicians for about a year, recently added a segment dedicated to Code Division Multiple Access technology to its two-week course, "Basic Wireless Telephony.""We cut our teeth on Time Division...
MOORESTOWN, N.J.-Axiom Inc., a billing data management solution provider, announced the opening of its first European customer support center.The new customer support center will be jointly operated by Axiom and Steria as part of an alliance to provide open billing data collection solutions to...
NEW YORK-Promotional activity revved into high gear during the critical December holiday season, which accounts for about 40 percent of carriers' yearly gross customer additions, according to an informal but intensive survey by the wireless research consulting staff at The Yankee Group, Boston.Based on...
The Asia-Pacific market will by far be the world's largest regional wireless telephony market by 2002, said a new study released by The Strategis Group in Washington, D.C.The firm predicts, based on examinations of 23 Asia-Pacific countries, that the Asia-Pacific market subscriber base will...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute cast a preliminary vote last week in Madrid, Spain, in favor of a Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access third-generation technology proposal backed by Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson.The W-CDMA proposal allows for migration from Global System for Mobile communications networks...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Siemens Wireless Terminals began delivery of its first digital handset, the g1050, which features a high-resolution graphic display, noise-canceling microphone and voice memo for recording brief messages.The Global System for Mobile communications-based phone initially will be available through personal communications services operators Omnipoint...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced what it said is the world's first Global System for Mobile communications triple-band base station system that will allow wireless operation in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 1900 MHz frequency bands from a common physical infrastructure.The system will be...
Bell Atlantic Corp. announced it sold its 33-percent ownership stake in the Italian telephone carrier Infostrada to its partner in that venture, Olivetti spa, which already holds the remaining 67 percent.Bell Atlantic unloaded its Infostrada share for $43 million and additional power in its...
Players in the crowded Hong Kong market may finally get a little elbow room, as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Hongkong Telecom CSL, plans to acquire full ownership of Pacific Link Communications Ltd.Hongkong Telecom signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding...
WICHITA,Kan.-Western Wireless Corp. said it launched VoiceStream personal communications services in Wichita.The VoiceStream Wireless network uses equipment supplied by Northern Telecom Inc. and operates on the Global System for Mobile communications 1900 MHz technology."Nortel's GSM 1900 digital wireless technology is proven in extensive service...
ESPOO,Finland-Nokia Corp. signed agreements to expand Global System for Mobile communications networks for two carriers in China.An agreement with Jiangxi Post and Telecommunications Administration China calls for Nokia to complete the third expansion of the Jiangxi GSM 900 MHz network, which will bring network...
PARIS-As a leading cellular service provider in France, with a 55-percent market share, France Telecom Mobile is hoping to have 3 million Itineris Global System for Mobile communications customers by the end of the year.With 2.4 million Itineris GSM customers today, France Telecom said...
While PCS carriers aren't slashing airtime rates for the holidays, handset prices are dropping to ranges that may persuade the reluctant customer to make a purchase.Omnipoint Communications Services in New York is pushing Ericsson Inc.'s 388 Global System for Mobile communications handset for $50,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. introduced the OneC Global System for Mobile communications platform, a customizable, single-chip baseband silicon solution.The OneC chip enables manufacturers to customize semiconductors for GSM mobile phones or related applications such as mobile computing, personal digital assistants and global positioning...
As the Global System for Mobile communications community celebrates the inroads the technology has made throughout the world, the GSM MoU Association said it will continue to promote the technology worldwide and make sure third-generation technology incorporates a GSM platform and open interface.As of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed a framework agreement, estimated at $24 million, with the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network.The agreement, won in competition with other major suppliers, will cover radio base stations and AXE switching, and it...
