WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration will brief the Senate Finance Committee this week on mobile phone trade and standards policy, a meeting prompted by intensified lobbying by Global System for Mobile communications advocates and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute in response to Congress and the White...
The mere idea it may one day be possible to connect computers, mobile phones and other electronic devices to share voice and data transmissions without the need for cables has brought together some of the industry's heaviest hitters under the umbrella of the Bluetooth...
WASHINGTON-Key lawmakers, amid stepped-up negotiations last week on third-generation mobile phone technology, are laying the groundwork to move legislation in 1999 if they conclude in crucial coming months that U.S. wireless interests in Europe and elsewhere have been compromised unfairly.3G was a major topic...
LOS ANGELES-As expected, AirTouch Cellular signed a letter of intent with Nortel Networks to purchase network switches, base stations and controllers.RCR reported last week AirTouch was close to awarding Nortel the contract.Under terms of the letter of intent, AirTouch will purchase analog and cdmaOne...
Frustrated by the lack of cooperation in Europe over convergence of third-generation technology, some U.S. cdmaOne operators have vowed to push ahead aggressively with cdma2000 technology."Negotiations have gone on long enough," said Keith Paglusch, senior vice president of technical services and network operations with...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Synacom Technology Inc. said it successfully tested its CloneSafe wireless cloning fraud system as part of Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Cooperative Innovations program.The CloneSafe system facilitates authentication by generating A-keys programmed into mobile phones, which allows mobile service provider networks to determine whether...
LONDON-The GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) market in Egypt took a positive turn at the beginning of the year with an invitation for bids to build and operate a second mobile network. Now as the year is ending, cellular competition is set to...
The International Telecommunication Union has yet to decide on the air interface for third-generation mobile phone technology, but many vendors are pushing ahead anyway with GSM-based wideband CDMA technology.The Geneva-based international standards body is mulling through 15 different proposals, the majority based on CDMA...
The various pieces necessary for the unified messaging market to reach its explosive potential have fallen into place, according to a report recently released by the Pelorus Group, "Unified & Integrated Messaging.""Worldwide UM revenues will increase from $49.9 million in 1997 to $970.7 million...
DALLAS-PrimeCo Personal Communications L.P. said Lucent Technologies Inc. now is its exclusive network infrastructure supplier after replacement of eight switches and more than 1,200 base stations during the past six months.PrimeCo said it replaced the mobile switching centers and base stations in Wisconsin; Austin/San...
Royal Philips Electronics and Lucent Technologies Inc. last week said they will dissolve the consumer communications joint venture they established just more than one year ago.At the time of its formation Oct. 1, 1997, Philips Consumer Communications had high hopes it would be a...
Nortel Networks Inc. announced it entered an alliance with Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. to collaborate on wideband Code Division Multiple Access market development, including experimental network systems, services and terminals. The two plan to implement experimental access networks, conducting trials in North America,...
A trial early next year could decide whether L.M. Ericsson owns key patents to Interim Standard-95 technology.Ericsson and Qualcomm Inc. are set to go to trial in February over eight patents Ericsson claims to own to cdmaOne technology. A hearing at the end of...
Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co. introduced three SmartDigital U.S.A. rate plans offering wireless calls for 20 cents to 25 cents per minute without roaming fees in more than 7,000 cities across the country. The monthly plans include 350 minutes of airtime for $60, 700...
Philips Electronics NV could announce this week plans to scrap its consumer communications joint venture with Lucent Technologies Inc. A decision about the fate of Philips Consumer Communications is expected Thursday, when Philips Electronics is scheduled to release its third-quarter earnings.The company Sept. 21...
WASHINGTON-Frustrated with failing to make progress after months of negotiations with European officials, Qualcomm Inc. last week declared war by formally invoking intellectual property rights to five third-generation wireless standards pending before the International Telecommunication Union.Qualcomm said its action, taken in an Oct. 12...
The 15th Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union kicks off today in Minneapolis, a meeting whose focus on internal governance and strategic planning could be overshadowed by an item likely not to appear on the official agenda: third-generation wireless technology. The meeting lasts from...
WASHINGTON(AP)-Federal antitrust regulators want information about Cisco Systems Inc. meetings with two other high-tech companies as they investigate whether Cisco illegally tried to divide the lucrative market for Internet hardware.Cisco, an $8.5 billion company that makes high-end networking equipment, acknowledged last Monday receiving a...
Fledgling software company 3D Cellular offers products designed to provide a more efficient method for wireless carriers with Autoplex wireless systems from Lucent Technologies Inc. to manage database information and troubleshoot network defects.The Roam Translation Tool, Digit Translation Tool and Antenna Face Tool are...
WASHINGTON-Pekka Tarjanne, outgoing secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union, predicted last week a family of third-generation wireless standards will emerge by year's end and that family will include a standard "pretty close" to the Global System for Mobile communications-based technology dominated by Sweden's...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Unwired Planet Inc. released its UP.Link Platform Version 3.1 with Wireless Markup Language support at PCS '98.The platform, which includes the UP.Link Server and UP.Browser, now can deliver WML content from industry-standard Web servers to wireless handsets and is Wireless Application Protocol compliant.The...
Electronic Data Systems said it signed a five-year systems management agreement with Motorola Inc., under which EDS will manage the technology infrastructure for Motorola's Systems Solutions Group and Satellite Communications Group. EDS said it will provide Motorola a full spectrum of Information Technology customer...
INTERDIGITALGerard Pepenella was hired by InterDigital Communications Corp. as vice president and general manager of broadband Code Division Multiple Access technology. He will collaborate with Gary Lomp, chief technology officer, on growth and enhancement of the company's technology and products. Pepenella joined InterDigital with...
ORLANDO-Economic problems elsewhere in the world have hit home in Mexico's new personal communications services market. Two of the PCS license winners there-Midicel and the SPC consortium-have announced they are worried about being able to make final payments for their licenses, due Sept. 30,...
