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...
INDIANAPOLIS-Isla Communications Co. Inc., a network carrier in the Philippines, has selected Brightpoint Inc. to install and manage its prepaid cellular service.Brightpoint said it also will provide phone kits, airtime cards, product testing, customized packaging, fulfillment, retail development, distribution, merchandising and end-user customer 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...
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.-U S West International said the number of customers served through its wireless joint ventures in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia has grown from fewer than half a million to more than 1 million in the last nine months.U S West...
SAN FRANCISCO-Personal communications services carriers using Global System for Mobile communications technology in the United States and Canada now have more than 1 million customers."Thirteen PCS companies provide commercial GSM service across the U.S. and Canada and are adding new customers at a rate...
The Dutch government most likely will auction two mobile phone licenses in the spring, rather than the end of this year, because the European Commission blocked the government's plan to charge existing mobile phone operators for their licenses.The Ministry of Public Works and Transportation...
DALLAS-DSC Communications Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding stock of Celcore Inc., a Memphis, Tenn.-based manufacturer of Global System for Mobile communications and Advanced Mobile Phone Service mobile switches."The acquisition of Celcore represents a strategic addition to the DSC...
LONDON-Code Division Multiple Access technology is playing a key role in several leading technology contenders for third-generation wireless networks in Europe, but back-to-back industry shows held here last week underlined just how convoluted and contentious Europe's standards process has become.And while CDMA technology seems...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service assigned a low-tier speculative grade rating of Caa1 to Telesystem International Wireless Inc.'s planned issue of $167 million in 10-year senior discount notes paying 10.5 percent interest.Proceeds will be used to fund current operations and project development and for potential...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group announced it signed a $115 million contract with China Eastern Communications Co. Ltd. and Zhejiang Technical Import and Export Co. Ltd. to manufacture and supply digital cellular infrastructure equipment in China.The contract marks the third such agreement...
NEW YORK-The Wireless Alliance L.L.C. is testing a dual-mode service that would allow callers to dial one phone number to reach customers on either their cellular or personal communications services handsets.Under the plan, incoming calls will "group ring" both phones. If neither is answered,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced it has signed a framework agreement with Telenor Mobile AS of Norway to expand its Global System for Mobile communications 1800 MHz network, valued at about $30 million for the first three years.The agreement is an expansion of Ericsson's existing...
Ameritech Corp. announced it will invest $3.2 billion to become a strategic partner in Tele Danmark, helping the company speed up its domestic and international growth.Through a two-step transaction, Ameritech said it will acquire more than 40 percent of Tele Danmark stock and will...
PAOLI, Pa.-Conestoga Wireless selected Orga Card Systems, a supplier of Global System for Mobile communications subscriber identity module cards, to provide smart cards for use with its personal communications services.The arrangement is part of Orga's GSM North America program designed to provide turnkey solutions...
ENCINITAS, Calif.-CommQuest Technologies Inc. said it signed a product development agreement with Niigata Seimitsu, a telecom manufacturing company in Japan.Under the agreement, Niigata will use CommQuest's Global System for Mobile communications-based chipset to build handsets to distribute in southeast Asia and China by the...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced plans to work with Siemens AG and other Global System for Mobile communications equipment manufacturers to develop a next-generation wireless standard that combines elements of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access technologies.Motorola said it joins Alcatel,...
LUXEMBOURG-Millicom International Cellular S.A. announced it was awarded an integrated Global System for Mobile communications 900/Digital Cellular System 1800 license in Luxembourg, becoming the country's second mobile operator.Millicom will share Luxembourg's 416,000 population with the current, state-owned telephone company operator, P&T Luxembourg. Millicom said...
MANILA, Philippines-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it deployed a Global System for Mobile communications network at 1800 MHz in the Philippines.The network, which is expected to cover areas of Makati and Quezon City, was built to demonstrate to potential GSM operators Lucent's GSM 1800 technology...
WASHINGTON-Swisscom, formerly Swiss Telecom, announced it will implement a new mobile telephone network in the 1800 MHz frequency range using Global System for Mobile communications technology.The company is expecting to provide service to as many as 1 million people by the end of the...
Beating other U.S. personal communications services carriers to the punch, Western Wireless Corp. announced Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd.'s intention to invest about $248 million in its Global System for Mobile communications PCS business.HTL, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. that holds a 49-percent...
