Handsets

Sales and marketing practices in the wireless communications industry are substandard and could cause carriers worldwide to lose as much as a third of their revenues to new competitors over …

L.M. Ericsson has signed a three-year contract with JT Mobiles Ltd. to supply digital cellular Global System for Mobile communications systems in India. Ericsson said it will supply and install …

Lone personal communications services provider Pacific Bell Mobile Systems, regional cellular carriers, paging providers and rental companies will try to leave no stone unturned when it comes to providing wireless …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. reported disappointing second-quarter earnings July 9. The industry giant cited competition’s effect on cellular handset and semiconductor prices, which offset increases in cellular infrastructure and paging revenues. …

If a 911 Public Safety Answering Point agrees to receive 911 calls from phones that have never been activated on a cellular network, wireless operators are obligated to pass the …

Qualcomm Personal Electronics has won significant handset contracts from Sprint Spectrum L.P. and PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P., with a combined value of $850 million. The Sprint Spectrum agreement requires that …

Just when every conceivable type of transmission site on earth and in orbit seems to have been recruited for wireless telecommunications, the industry now is taking to the stratosphere with …

WASHINGTON-If the Securities and Exchange Commission approves S-1 paperwork it filed June 12, NextWave Telecom Inc. could move forward with a planned stock and senior discounted notes sale in the …

CHICAGO-A group of wireless industry analysts and reporters got a chance to watch Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola Inc. atone for past enhanced specialized mobile radio infrastructure sins by introducing its second-generation …

CHICAGO-After an inauspicious debut that sent it back to rehearsals, the latest wireless extravaganza from Motorola Inc. is ready to return to prime time. The Schaumburg, Ill., telecommunications equipment giant …

NEC Corp. of Tokyo has launched its new GSM phone in Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, with plans to expand sales and sell a million units during the first …

SHANNON, Ireland-GTE Airfone Inc. is supplying JetPhone, a provider of airline passenger telephony services, with cabin equipment and handsets to be used on Air France flights, announced JetPhone of Shannon, …

Netherlands-based electronics giant Philips Electronics NV is mounting a new campaign to become one of the top three vendors to the global cellular handset market. Philips Mobile Phones launched a …

NEW YORK-Pasifik Satelit Nusantara, the first non-governmental Indonesian satellite company, went public June 11 with the sale of 3.65 million American Depository Shares representing 10.95 million shares of common stock. …

Dear Editor: Once again it is necessary to correct the misinformation which you are giving your readers regarding the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s efforts relative to Wireless Telecommunications Research L.L.C. …

WASHINGTON-Raising capital for the extensive buildout of NextWave Telecom Inc.’s 56 markets appears to be less of a problem for the C-block personal communications services auction winner than it will …

ATLANTA- BellSouth Mobility DCS (a subsidiary of BellSouth Corp.), Lucent Technologies Inc. and the Swiss PTT worked together to provide Global System for Mobile communications coverage at the 34th GSM …

Launching new technology into a market involves more than just technological know-how. The expectations of all parties must be managed in order to control the risks, analysts say. System operators …

CHICAGO-Cellular One of Chicago is introducing FreedomPlus one-number service to its cellular customers. Cellular One of Chicago, a subsidiary of Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, said the phone acts as a …

Eastern European countries and those of the former Soviet republics launched cellular services in the early 1990s using the Nordic Mobile Telephone-450 standard, an analog technology developed to operate at …

WASHINGTON-At a time when Wireless Technology Research L.L.C. is scraping for cash to determine whether pocket telephones pose a potential public health risk, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association is pumping …

Geotek Communications Inc. is a new kid on the block, not tied to any traditional distribution system and not bound by “this is the way we’ve always done it” thinking. …

There is enough room in today’s marketplace of specialized products for both traditional paging and the handset messaging offered by new 1800 MHz wireless operators and digital cellular operators, analysts …

NEW YORK-Mentor Graphics Corp. plans this summer to begin selling a new generation of electronic design automation software, developed with Nokia Corp., that officials of both companies say will dramatically …

NEW YORK-Mentor Graphics Corp. plans this summer to begin selling a new generation of electronic design automation software, developed with Nokia Corp., that officials of both companies say will dramatically …