Two weeks after the ouster of L.M. Ericsson's President and Chief Executive Officer Sven-Christer Nilsson, the company revealed in its second quarter earnings report some of the financial factors contributing to Nilsson's dismissal.Meanwhile, competitors Nokia Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. chalked up strong quarters...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop and promote standardization of a technology for locating the point of origin of an emergency wireless phone call.The technique is based on Qualcomm's advancements in Code Division Multiple Access handsets and...
In just more than a month, users of global positioning system applications will face a challenge in many ways similar to the highly publicized millennium bug."It's serious enough to be called a `dress rehearsal' for the Y2K bug-yet few people know about it," said...
NEW YORK-GTE Corp., Intel Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Sprint Corp. are among companies participating in a study, launched in mid-July, to probe successful practices involved in post-merger and acquisition integration.Best Practices L.L.C., Chapel Hill, N.C., is conducting the evaluation, entitled "Post-Merger and Acquisition...
The wireless handset market has proven that a strong brand name doesn't guarantee success.
Sony Electronics Inc. announced last week it is pulling out of the North American handset business and terminating 200 jobs in San Diego. The well-known consumer electronics giant is one of...
HILLSBORO, Ore.-TriQuint Semiconductor Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement relating to the proposed offering of approximately 3.8 million shares of its common stock.Three million shares are to be sold by the company and 863,314 are to be sold by...
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced it acquired Saville Systems plc, a worldwide provider of customer-care and billing software solutions.Under terms of the agreement, each ordinary share of Saville will be exchanged for .358 of an ADC share. At ADC's closing share price of $50.13 on...
WASHINGTON-David Aaron, undersecretary of Commerce for international trade, told wireless executives last week the Clinton administration intends to press the European Union to affirm a carrier compromise on harmonizing competing Code Division Multiple Access standards for third-generation mobile phones.Aaron, according to a participant at...
Microsoft Corp. launched its MSN Mobile service, a wireless extension of its MSN.com Internet portal that allows customers to receive their information services on pagers, cell phones and other wireless devices.To make this possible, Microsoft May 20 acquired OmniBrowse Inc., a wireless data company...
HONG KONG-China United Telecommunications Corp.'s plan to deploy Code Division Multiple Access technology ensures its survival into the next generation and creates momentum for cdmaOne technology throughout the Asia-Pacific region, cdmaOne proponents indicated at the CDMA Development Group's fourth annual CDMA World Congress in...
WASHINGTON-An International Telecommunication Union task group in Beijing last week approved a carrier-crafted plan to harmonize competing U.S. and European Code Division Multiple Access technologies for Internet-friendly third-generation mobile phones, paving the way for the compromise to be translated into a new, global-roaming standard...
PHOENIX-Phoenix-based AG Communications Systems, a Lucent Technologies Inc. subsidiary, announced the general availability of its ROAMEO Time Division Multiple Access wireless office telephone system. The company said U.S. Cellular Corp., Chicago, will market AG's ROAMEO wireless office system to customers in all of the...
MONTE CARLO, France-Nine global wireless communications companies formed a focus group to promote an Internet protocol-based wireless system for third-generation mobile communications technology.The group, called 3G.IP, consists of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., British Telecommunications plc, Rogers Cantel Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc., Nokia...
Throwing its hat into the packet network ring, Motorola Inc. announced a 10-year, $1 billion nonexclusive strategic technology agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc., which Motorola said will allow it to deliver Internet protocol-based network infrastructure.Under terms of the agreement, Motorola's infrastructure groups will buy...
It has been more than 15 months since the first local multipoint distribution service auctions ended and brought broadband wireless access networks to reality. By all accounts, the prospect for broadband wireless access in the United States remains positive.As evidence is the amount of...
China Unicom, which received the go-ahead from the Chinese government earlier this year to deploy cdmaOne technology, will gain control of four experimental Code Division Multiple Access networks operated by China Telecom Great Wall.Great Wall was a source of concern for the Chinese government...
More than a year after receiving a favorable ruling from a Dallas bankruptcy judge, General Wireless Inc. still is crafting its business plan and searching for financing.The company, which changed its name to Metro PCS in March, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1997....
AndrewAndrew Corp. elected Guy Campbell group president of wireless products and distributed communications systems. Campbell joined Andrew from Ericsson Inc., where most recently he was vice president of wireless business systems.Alaska DigiTelAlaska DigiTel selected Kris Perry as general manager. She will supervise all sales,...
LISLE, Ill.-As recently as a year ago, investors feared Tellabs Inc.'s flagship telephone network-management system-long considered the industry Cadillac-was on its way to becoming an Edsel.Instead, Tellabs' flagship Titan line today looks more like a hot rod than a family sedan, driving the Lisle,...
PHOENIX-AG Communication Systems, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc., completed an agreement it signed in August 1997 with Rogers Cantel Inc. to jointly market wireless office telephone systems based on Time Division Multiple Access technology.Marketed in Canada under the Cantel AT&T Wireless Office Service...
NEW YORK-Texas Instruments announced eight of the world's top 10 producers of third-generation wireless base stations said they plan to use TI's latest and fastest digital signal processor in their designs.Texas Instruments would not identify the eight companies, instead supplying Dataquest rankings of the...
WASHINGTON-The cost of complying with law enforcement's demands for implementing the digital wiretap act is substantial, said the wireless industry last week.Responding to revenue estimates from five telecommunications manufacturers, the wireless industry told the Federal Communications Commission the costs of implementing the punch list...
NEW YORK-A class action lawsuit was filed last week by AT&T Wireless Services Inc. subscribers frustrated by dropped calls, busy signals and other indications of possible network unreliability. The case against the company was prompted by a recent service outage serving three area codes...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc., the top American wireless manufacturer, is internally debating whether it can support what appears will be a weak U.S. position on third-generation mobile phone spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference next year.Motorola, according to sources, is distressed over what it regards as...
