Handsets

ALLEN TELECOM INC. Allen Telecom Inc.’s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history. …

NEW YORK-A wide and growing array of handset choices has caused some carriers to evaluate whether to winnow down the number of makes and models sold at their own retail …

Two developers of handset-based prepaid technology are headed to court over alleged patent and trademark infringement. Telemac Corp. has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif., against …

NEW YORK-The dominant impression today of Centennial Cellular Corp., New Canaan, Conn., is connected more to its late 1996 wireless debut in Puerto Rico than to its longstanding analog role …

Canada’s mobile phone market rebounded somewhat at the end of 1997 from lagging subscriber additions that plagued carriers throughout the year, but the results showed a slow expansion of the …

United States Cellular Corp. appointed Paul Henri Denuit to a special committee of the board of directors that will consider how the company should respond to a proposal from its …

Coverage is king, says Iridium North America, which is aiming to help cellular and personal communications services operators offer wireless coverage anywhere in the world. Iridium L.L.C. is a Motorola …

NEW YORK-Like Sam Ginn, its chairman and chief executive officer, AirTouch Communications Inc. is on a roll, aided by those two key components of success-good luck and good timing. Ginn …

NEW YORK-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Cincinnati Bell Wireless plan to team up to provide personal communications services in two urban Ohio markets, according to a joint venture between their …

NEW YORK-It was a glowing quarter for Brightpoint Inc., Indianapolis, which reported significant increases in net sales, income and income per share. The company, a worldwide distributor of wireless handsets …

SINGAPORE-At the initial launch of dual-band services in the Asia-Pacific, Singapore and Taiwan reached the starting line simultaneously. Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte. Ltd. on Jan. 20 launched dual-band service between …

Iridium L.L.C.-the Motorola Inc.-led consortium expected to offer global voice, paging and fax services via a constellation of 66 low-earth-orbit satellites by September-announced it has secured the U.S. Department of …

While the personal communications services industry is characterized as up and running, a host of PCS carriers have yet to launch service, raising questions about whether they will survive in …

SINGAPORE-The main effects of the Asia-Pacific currency crisis on wireless carriers will be to make both foreign-manufactured equipment and foreign-debt servicing more expensive, said Jonathan Tarlin, senior vice president-international for …

Samsung is not a household name in the United States, but the consumer electronics giant is hoping its $10 million brand promotion campaign introduced in the fourth quarter and its …

Clarence Friend, a wireless industry veteran, founded Newport Beach, Calif.-based Cellular Development Systems L.P. to provide real-time call rating and billing services to the rental car industry. Now, about four …

LAS VEGAS-Manufacturers at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have been hinting at things to come with a handful of launches and plenty of promises of phones …

WASHINGTON-NextWave Telecom Inc. is poised to begin a technical trial in Las Vegas of what it describes as the first F-block personal communications services network built to date. The company …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has entered into an agreement to perform value-added logistics services like receiving, kit preparation and packaging for Conxus Communications Inc., Greenville, S.C. Conxus is building a …

Many companies that provide anti-cloning products to analog cellular network operators are gearing up for the takeover of digital-based service in the coming years and are waiting to capitalize on …

NEW YORK-The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration made several specific recommendations for future actions regarding highway safety in its recent report. Today, only the states of Minnesota and Oklahoma …

NEW YORK-Noting there is inadequate data available about the impact of cellular phone use on car crashes, a federal agency nevertheless said cell phone use does play a role in …

Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices. “The third quarter was a weak quarter in terms …

Pathnet Inc. signed an agreement with Northeast Missouri Electric Power Cooperative to help upgrade the utility company’s existing internal communications network. Under the agreement, Pathnet plans to begin preliminary construction …