STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Japanese service provider Yozan has selected L.M. Ericsson's wireless LAN solution for deployment in its trial of a hybrid pager/PHS/WLAN integrated mobile Internet service."The system targets consumers equipped with PDAs and laptops, which incorporate PHS or WLAN access in a PC card format,"...
ATLANTA—RF Solutions Inc. said it has developed a chipset technology that converges cellular networks with wireless LAN, including 802.11a,b and g.The announcement of the multiband, multistandard solution covers GSM, GPRS and wideband CDMA for high-speed data communications."There is a major market shift emerging in...
DENVER, United States—European wireless giant Mm02 announced a series of major deals that further the carrier's strategy to offer a range of unique products and services in the European market during the next several months.First, the carrier announced an agreement with Handspring to sell...
Texas Instruments Inc. said it has developed a hardware and software chipset solution for GPRS class 12 wireless handsets.HiddenMind Technology Inc. announced it merged with AnyDevice Inc., a move the companies said will allow them to offer an integrated mobile and voice software platform...
NEW YORK-Amid a widespread retrenchment in venture-capital outlays last quarter, investments in the telecommunications and wireless sector fell to $3.7 billion, a $2.2 billion drop that marked the largest quarter-to-quarter dollar decline recorded in this area.The 37-percent decline was 3 percentage points less than...
GENEVA-Hewlett-Packard Co. announced at Telecom '99 a new company initiative focused on the mobile electronic services industry that combines products, a subscription- and transaction-based payment model, and centers for product development and testing. The company is targeting wireless carriers with the initiative.HP said its...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Nigeria has the potential of more than 5 million wireless subscribers and shows all the signs of becoming another wireless phenomenon in Africa.Looking at hard facts, this does not seem feasible. With a population of 100 million people, the country has only...
LONDON-London Underground Ltd. selected the CityLink Telecommunications consortium to replace and manage its communications network in a private finance initiative project valued at more than $6 million during 20 years."Project Connect" calls for London Underground to receive radio services delivered through a Trans-European Trunked...
IBM Corp. and Geotek Communications Inc. announced they will join forces to provide integrated mobile communications services, equipment and software to business customers in the United States and some international markets.The agreement will see the two companies working together in two areas: technology, and marketing...
MONTVALE, N.J.-Geotek Communications Inc. and RWE Telliance AG formed a partnership to merge their RegioNet and RWE Terrafon Bundelfunk analog networks in Germany.The companies each will hold a 50 percent equity position in the operation, which will provide integrated mobile voice and data communication...
DALLAS-MicroCell 1-2-1 Inc. of Montreal selected Northern Telecom to supply more than $90 million of personal communications services network equipment and services over the next three years.MicroCell said it plans to deploy a national network in Canada based on the Global System for Mobile...
