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AT&T MAKING ACQUISITION PLANS FOR PHILIPS ELECTRONICS’ NETWORK

AT&T Network Systems Inc. said it intends to buy some of Philips Electronics' assets in a deal that would grant AT&T access to Global System for Mobile communications-based cellular equipment, and therefore provide the company a gateway to European and other markets.Specifically, the two...

BRITE OFFERS VOICE DIALING TO HONG KONG OPERATOR

HONG KONG-Brite Voice Systems Inc. said it now provides cellular voice dialing in Hong Kong for Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. The system, valued at more than $1 million, is running on Hutchison's Global System for Mobile communications network.Hutchison hopes the value-added service will strengthen...

TWO SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANIES SEPARATELY INTRODUCE NEW DSPS

Texas Instruments Inc. and AT&T Microelectronics have launched a semiconductor marketing race, each introducing single-chip digital signal processors they say complete more instructions per second using less power.Texas InstrumentsDallas-based TI offers two DSP solutions; the 541 DSP for digital cellular telephones and personal digital...

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Northern Telecom Ltd. said it signed a contract with Hebei Posts and Telecommunications Administration to supply a complete global System for Mobile communications network, which teh companies anticipate will support 700,000 subscribers by 2000. The network will provide service in 11 cities across teh...

MOTOROLA TAKES EQUITY POSITIONS IN THREE ASIAN WIRELESS MARKETS

Although Motorola Inc. has been actively refining its worldwide focus to be solely an equipment manufacturer, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company holds ownership interests in cellular operating companies in three blooming Asian markets-Pakistan, Thailand and Hong Kong."Our objective in opportunities worldwide is to be an...

FCC SETTLES DISPUTE OVER HEARING AID INTERFERENCE AND GSM-BASED SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt said the agency will not halt the licensing of personal communications services systems that use the Global System for Mobile communications standard because "we don't believe there is a serious risk of interference to hearing aids" from the...

AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO ISSUE SECOND CELLULAR LICENSE

Competition is expected to be fierce for the second cellular license for a Global System for Mobile communications network in Austria. The three cellular systems now serving the nation of 8 million people are operated by the government-owned Austrian Post, Telephone and Telegraph.Austria became...

ERICSSON AND SWEDISH OPERATOR JOINTLY TESTING DUAL-MODE PHONE

With plans to target the corporate market, Swedish telecommunications operator Telia and Ericsson Inc. are testing a new dual-mode telephone that will allow users to seamlessly switch from private wireless networks to the public cellular network.Telia and Ericsson said they are jointly testing a...

JAPAN LEADS ASIA-PACIFIC REGION IN CELLULAR AND PAGING REVENUES

More than 50 million people in the Asia-Pacific region will be subscribing to cellular services by the year 2004, and as many as 66 million will be carrying pagers, according to a new report from London-based CIT Research Ltd.In "Mobile Communications in Asia &...

MANUFACTURING FACTORY TO BE OPERATED IN BEIJING AS PART OF NOKIA VENTUE

BEIJING-Nokia Corp., the giant Finnish mobile telephone company, plans to form its sixth manufacturing joint venture in China under a contract, initially valued at $10 million, with the Chinese Posts and Telecommunications Industrial Corp.The partnership, Beijing Nokia Mobile Telecommunications Ltd., will produce Global System...

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Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group has been awarded a contract for more than $10 million to expand the narrowband advanced mobile phone service in the Dominican Republic. The contract with the private telephone company, Tricom Inc., will expand that company's cell sites to a...

BULGARIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MOVES PAST 1929 WIRED SYSTEM

An international cellular operator and a U.S. paging equipment provider have cellular and paging service up and running in Bulgaria, despite the former Eastern bloc government's sluggish efforts to privatize business.A Bulgarian joint venture led by Cable & Wireless plc purchased a cellular license...

TWO COMPANIES HOOK UP TO TEST GSM PCS STANDARD IN COLORADO

BOULDER, Colo.-Engineers have completed a month-long test of the Global System for Mobile communications standard at 1.8 GHz as part of an assessment for the U.S. wireless industry entering the personal communications services market.Field tests took place at U S West Inc.'s Boulder Industry...

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Alcatel has received approval from Satelindo PT. Satellite Palapa Indonesia to implement the second phase of its Global System for Mobile communications digital cellular infrastructure deployment plan, which will cover 18 major cities in Indonesia and offer a capacity of 130,000 mobile subscribers. The...

ANALOG CELLULAR REMAINS A FORCE AS DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY MATURES

Cellular carriers and manufacturers need to appreciate the value of analog technology well into the future if they want to succeed, said industry consultants at an annual strategic cellular and wireless radio seminar.For the first time in the seven-year history of the seminar, presented...