SAN FRANCISCO-The national Global System for Mobile communications network grew from 100,000 subscribers to 300,000 subscribers in the last five months, according to GSM North America.Six companies have launched GSM service in the United States since personal communications services were initially launched in 1995....
The mobility service BellSouth Mobility Inc. intends to launch in its new D- and E-block markets not only fills in coverage gaps in the carrier's existing cellular footprint, but boosts BellSouth's total pops by 11 million.BellSouth is the nation's third largest cellular operator, reporting...
NEW YORK-As unlikely as it may seem at first glance today, an affinity marketing company and an airline reservation system offer a glimpse into the future landscape of the wireless telecommunications industry.Working Assets, a cause-related marketer, is a successful example and role model for...
NEW YORK-RAM Mobile Data USA L.P. is gearing up for a national rollout, starting in the New York City metropolitan area, of an interactive, two-way messaging service designed to compete head-on with SkyTel Corp.-brand paging.At a news conference March 11, RAM Mobile Data officials...
SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. introduced a small, integrated wireless pay phone for Global System for Mobile communications networks in the United States.The Nokia pay phone allows public pay phone installation in new applications like taxis and limousines and offers flexibility in temporary fixed...
After a year of sweeping talented executives away from competing companies and setting the stage for strongly anticipated success, Philips Consumer Communications doesn't blink when it says it expects to be one of the top three handset providers by 2000.The Netherlands-based electronics giant was...
SAN FRANCISCO- In two weeks, Japanese cellular customers will gain the ability to roam internationally for the first time, using their own phone.GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. of Tampa, Fla., and Tokyo-based NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc., known as NTT DoCoMo, last week signed formal...
SAN FRANCISCO-Saying the timing is right to pursue the Code Division Multiple Access technology-based handset market, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. announced it plans to build phones for the CDMA market.Nokia said it has designed its own chipset to be used in its handsets, the...
Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with Beijing Telecommunications Administration to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in Beijing. Nokia values the agreement at $50 million. Nokia said it will provide its DX 200 mobile switching centers, base station controllers, base stations and...
Portugal's telecommunications authority, Instituto das Comunicacoes de Portugal, is expected to issue a mobile phone license at 1800 MHz, for service to begin next year.A Digital Cellular Services 1800 operator will be selected based on technical and financial abilities and the public interest, said...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Synopsys Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc.'s microelectronics group have agreed to jointly develop hardware and software design tools and services for Global System for Mobile communications cellular telephone manufacturers. Synopsys will provide consulting services and the COSSAP electronic system design automation tools,...
The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is close to officially introducing Code Division Multiple Access technology as a pocket telephone standard.The indication comes after the Japanese standardization body, the Association of Radio Industries and Businesses, adopted and modified Interim Standard 95 for the...
Celcore Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications system, designed specifically for emerging markets around the world-at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The system is built around a compact GlobalSwitch, which integrates the functions of the mobile switching center, base station...
SAN FRANCISCO-Ortel Corp. has introduced a Code Division Multiple Access repeater, the first to meet the industry standard for CDMA, said the company.Ortel also announced its MirrorCell Select 4-Channel and MirrorCell Max 2-Channel High Power Repeater for Global System for Mobile communications networks.The CDMA...
PAOLI, Pa.-Orga Card Systems Inc. announced it will debut several products supporting Global System for Mobile communications networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association's Wireless '97 show this week in San Francisco.The company will be displaying its new Unix-based over-the-air Subscriber Identity Module data...
NEW YORK-The global market for cellular and personal communications services infrastructure is growing, according to research conducted by Northern Business Information Inc.Results of the study show the growth is driven by opportunities in developing markets and major PCS buildouts in the United States, the...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Northern Telecom Inc. will incorporate Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Modular Voice Processing system into its Global System for Mobile communications' wireless portfolio, announced Glenayre. The two companies have signed a master purchase agreement.The MVP system will enable Nortel's GSM customers to use applications such...
German wireless phone operators continue to drop prices and restructure calling plans following the award of a fourth mobile phone license and growth in the consumer market.Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH, which operates the D2 Global System for Mobile communications 900 network, and E-Plus Mobilfunk, the...
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. has introduced two models of its S2000 family of micro base transceiver stations.The models, introduced at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, offer Global System for Mobile communication digital wireless network operators up to a 50 percent reduction in cell...
If demand for dual-band handsets can be measured by vendor contracts, carriers must only now be finalizing plans for multi-frequency roaming.The industry's most prolific terminal manufacturers have yet to announce volume contracts for these expensive new phones, although some expect to have agreements in...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. and Wavecom S.A. said Swiss manufacturer Ascom is the first manufacturer to launch a handset based on the VLSI/Wavecom Global System for Mobile communications GTI2000 concept.GTI2000 integrates VLSI's silicon GSM baseband chipset with Wavecom's first generation GSM system design,...
CORK, Ireland-Motorola Inc.'s GSM Products Division will hire 300 software engineers at its Global System for Mobile communications facility in Cork, Ireland. The expansion project is billed at more than $30 million, the company said.Earlier this month, the division announced 300 new jobs at...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Group will expand the Global System for Mobile communications network in the United Arab Emirates for Etisalat.The expansion, which is scheduled to be completed by year end, includes Motorola's M-Cell GSM base stations and technical support for...
CANNES, France-Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group introduced what it claims is the smallest and lightest digital microcellular base transceiver station at the GSM World Congress.The M-Cellcity weighs 66 pounds. It is 28 inches high, 20 inches wide and less than eight inches deep, the...
