JV Digital Cellular Communications of Ukraine Ltd. placed an order, valued at $30 million, for L.M. Ericsson's fixed Digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service/AMPS cellular network. Under the contract, Ericsson will install the network in Kiev, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Charkiv, Odessa and the peninsular Krim. The...
SAN FRANCISCO-Pacific Bell is testing PACS technology for possible use as a wireless local loop product.A Personal Access Communications System was deployed as a test in San Francisco using the AIReach technology of Hughes Network Systems Inc. Hughes radio ports were connected to a...
MORRISTOWN, N.J.-Bellcore said its board of directors has not yet approved the sale of the company, although a California defense contractor is believed to be close to making the buy.Bell Communications Research Inc. was created in 1984 by the regional Bell operating companies following...
Ericsson Inc. is prepared to go head-to-head with a strong U.S. alliance in hopes of striking an early position in the U.S. low-tier equipment market.Ericsson's new product, the SuperCordless phone, is based on the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telephone standard of Europe, DECT. The phone...
It has been about seven years since the disintegration of the Soviet empire. During that time, some former Eastern bloc countries have built a thriving telecommunications business despite obstacles.Cellular and wireless local loop services are being implemented as quick, economical alternatives to post-communist wireline...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. and Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced they completed a switch conversion in 15 BellSouth cities and many other smaller markets in the Southeast.BellSouth deployed the GMH 2000tm network, which currently services the analog cellular system and is digital-ready for Time Division...
WASHINGTON-Wireless Technology Research, L.L.P., the entity created with funding from the wireless telecommunications industry three years ago after a highly publicized lawsuit claimed pocket phones cause brain cancer, is losing the support of some manufacturers and members of the scientific community amid charges that...
Sales of wireless network equipment in the United States grew more than 72 percent in 1995 to $5.44 billion, up from $3.16 billion the previous year, according to a new report from Northern Business Information.In U.S. Wireless Network Equipment Markets: 1995 Edition, NBI said that...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet Inc., Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Pacific Communications Sciences Inc. completed field trials using circuit-switched Cellular Digital Packet Data technology. CS-CDPD allows CDPD users to transmit packet data over existing circuit-switched networks and gain nationwide wireless data coverage.GTE said it expects to...
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced they have reached an agreement allowing Hughes to extend Geotek a two-year, $25 million line of credit for Geotek to acquire additional 900 MHz spectrum in the United States.Geotek and Hughes Network recently formed...
ATLANTA-GTE Mobilnet said it achieved precommercial interoperability between its Hughes Network Systems Inc. and Northern Telecom Ltd. cellular digital packet data networks.The achievement will allow GTE to provide seamless CDPD services to customers in all of its markets and develop a nationwide seamless CDPD...
Reflection Technology Inc. has opened two new sales offices in San Jose, Calif., and Sciota, Pa., to accommodate the increasing demand for FaxView personal fax readers, the company said. The offices will position the company for national market distribution of FaxView, a small, portable...
Unitech Industries Inc. said it has agreed to manufacture private label cellular phone accessories for Caudwell Communication & Technology, a European distributor of cellular products. Unitech will manufacture batteries, power supplies, vehicle adapters, desk-top chargers and hands-free kits under the Dextra name, Caudwell's private...
Wireless operators continue to line up behind one of the seven technologies that will be used for personal communications services, solidifying the formation of PCS technology camps and leading to several arms-length partnerships.The most recent protocol announcement came from Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems Inc.,...
RIDGELAND, Miss.-MobileComm said it completed the conversion of its Mississippi system to the company's new 900 MHz nationwide network, which uses direct satellite control and Motorola Inc.'s FLEX technology.The concept was developed by MobileComm engineers with equipment from multiple manufacturers, including Glenayre Electronics Inc.,...
TORONTO-Bell Mobility said Hughes Network Systems Inc. agreed to provide equipment for a test of Personal Access Communications technology in Toronto and Montreal.The Canadian operator is testing three proposed personal communications services technologies to prepare for the release of new spectrum at 2 GHz...
