If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation's three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great deal of the country.In the future, that is, because illustrations of coverage footprints are...
NEW YORK-With just 0.04 mobile telephones per 100 people today, Russia is fertile ground for an expanding wireless industry, said Alexander Nyago, general director of AO North-West GSM, a St. Petersburg cellular carrier.Of the 200,000 wireless subscribers in the country at the end of...
A Minnesota cryptographer said the cellular industry knows the cryptographic algorithms used in U.S. cellular digital systems are inadequate and were watered down by U.S. military pressure-and the industry is trying to hide that information.Bruce Schneier, president of Counterpane Systems, and several colleagues last...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson formed an alliance with Compaq to develop portable personal computers that will allow mobile users to access the Internet and corporate intranets, send faxes and e-mail, and exchange documents via Global System for Mobile communications networks.The companies first product offering will...
RIGA, Latvia-Baltel Ltd., the second national mobile operator in Latvia, launched its Global System for Mobile communications network with switching, radio, transmission and microwave equipment provided by Northern Telecom Ltd.The network serves Latvia's capital city of Riga and its suburbs. Baltel will expand the...
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...
