Handsets

CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp., Carrollton, Texas, announced Nov. 5 it has signed a memorandum of understanding to settle with the State of Wisconsin Investment Board lawsuits filed against the company for …

Motorola Inc. announced a partnership with BMW North America Inc. to create a new telematics cellular phone system expected to be available on all BMW models by late this year. …

AirNet Communications Corp. has struck a chord with smaller personal communications services licensees and is working on grabbing the attention of A- and B-block PCS operators. Melbourne, Fla.-based AirNet, a …

Frustrated by the lack of cooperation in Europe over convergence of third-generation technology, some U.S. cdmaOne operators have vowed to push ahead aggressively with cdma2000 technology. “Negotiations have gone on …

Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. plan to announce this week they are creating a new wireless communications company to focus on the integration of wireless data, information technology and computers. …

What began as an idea 11 years ago is a reality today as Iridium L.L.C. brought its constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites online for commercial service Nov. 1, becoming the …

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam-While other countries in the region continue to liberalize their mobile phone markets, Vietnam will return to a status of near-monopoly by year-end. The merger of …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The trunked-radio industry in Europe is making confident noises about future growth, with much of this optimism based on development of new applications arising from the TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked …

Constant debate migrates in telecom circles as to the best communications solution to serve the needs of large rural markets, such as those that exist in Africa. While there are …

Argentina will adopt calling party pays for cellular as of 1 January. Trunking and paging also are expected to adopt the system in an attempt to develop these markets. The …

ERICSSON Ericsson Inc. introduced a snap-on wireless modem that allows users to browse the Internet and send or receive faxes and e-mail without cable hookups or a phone line. The …

At a rate of nearly 400,000 new subscriber additions each quarter, U.S.-based Nextel Communications Inc. has been attracting a lot of attention, including from traditional wireless carriers that may try …

NEW YORK-Earlier this month, Charles E. Hoffman, president and chief executive officer of Rogers Cantel Inc., temporarily assumed a new identity as a retail sales clerk to gain first-hand understanding …

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-ReadyCom Inc. said it completed development of its two-way wireless voice messaging technology and is lining up carriers and distribution partners to make the service available in first …

Royal Philips Electronics and Lucent Technologies Inc. last week said they will dissolve the consumer communications joint venture they established just more than one year ago. At the time of …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. declared itself the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones, as the company’s mobile phone net sales increased by 94 percent to $2.6 million during the third quarter. …

Nextel Communication Inc.’s third-quarter operating results indicated it reached the financial milestone of achieving domestic positive operating cash flow, but investors clearly focused on other aspects of the financials, as …

Amidst growing pressure from the Clinton administration, Japan’s Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is set to begin studying other third-generation radio transmission technology proposals-namely cdma2000 technology-besides the W-CDMA proposal it …

ORLANDO, Fla.-To paraphrase a Bell Atlantic commercial, “wild things are happening” in dispatch radio, according to speakers at the recent PCS ’98 show. Just outside the spotlight, which is focused …

Sources indicate Ericsson Inc. may be preparing to enter the cdmaOne handset business. Ericsson, the only major vendor that has yet to license Interim Standard-95 technology from Qualcomm Inc., has …

While the debate around third-generation wireless technology to date has focused on which air interface to incorporate into the standard, leading wireless vendors brought up a few other crucial points …

SpectraLink Corp., a Boulder, Colo.-based company that provides wireless telephone systems for the workplace, introduced its Link 3000 Wireless Telephone System. The company’s systems, which can attach to existing private …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Unwired Planet Inc. released its UP.Link Platform Version 3.1 with Wireless Markup Language support at PCS ’98. The platform, which includes the UP.Link Server and UP.Browser, now can deliver …

SONY Sony Electronics’ Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides …

CHS Electronics Inc., an international distributor of microcomputer products, announced an agreement to purchase BrightStar Corp., a start-up wholesale distributor of cellular phones and accessories, the companies said. CHS will …