ATLANTA-While it's evident most of the world's standards bodies will adopt some form of Code Division Multiple Access technology for next- generation systems, the CDMA Development Group said it is concerned about the fragmented versions of the technology that could be adopted around the...
DENVER, United States-Competition in the world's cdmaOne handset markets is expected to heat up this year as more countries deploy commercial systems and manufacturers battle it out for market share.Ray Jodoin, senior analyst with InStat in Scottsdale, Arizona, expects some 8.9 million cdmaOne cellular...
KANSAS CITY, United States-Sprint Spectrum L.P., Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group, Northern Telecom Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. announced plans to jointly develop third-generation wireless systems based on the evolution of code division multiple access (CMDA) technology.The companies' 3G technology goals include...
JOHANNESBURG-Telkom SA, the national telecommunications provider in South Africa, formally has launched the nation's first commercial digital enhanced cordless telecommunications (DECT) system at Sandfontein, a village near Rustenburg in the North West Province. It is the first step in providing 145,000 rural South Africans...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. and AirTouch Communications Inc. announced they will participate in a trial of Code Division Multiple Access data technologies for information services with Lucent Technologies Inc. and 3Com.The companies will test new CDMA data technologies and evaluate CDMA data-capable phones, information...
Like a tsunami we don't see until it's too late, number portability is heading toward the wireless industry, and few companies seem prepared for the impending storm.While phones, technology and communication vehicles have changed dramatically through the years, one constant in the telecommunications industry...
To the Editor: As an African-American and CEO of United Calling Network Inc., a licensed California public utility and a competitive access provider maintaining our own switches provided by Lucent Technologies Inc., I've learned a lot about fairness and integrity in our country. As one...
WASHINGTON-In the FBI's Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement implementation report, submitted Jan. 26 to Rep. Harold Rogers (R-Ky.) for review, the dates for actual CALEA hardware and software rollout remain outside of the October 1998 deadline.Only two solutions providers-Northern Telecom Inc. and Bell Emergis-were...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week proposed to expand the global trade agreement that eliminates tariffs on telecom and information technology products by 2000.With developing countries increasingly turning to wireless technology for mobile and basic communications, the initiative would further improve the ability...
European Telecommunications Standards Institute members last week reached a consensus agreement for a third-generation mobile phone standard, incorporating two major proposals that were on the table. The agreement came after members failed the day before to reach the 71-percent consensus vote required to approve...
SINGAPORE-The Asia-Pacific currency crisis has taken its toll on the Personal Communications Industry Association's first venture into the international trade-show arena. Wireless Showcase Asia, held here last week and touted as the first all-wireless show in the region, drew only limited attendance from outside...
Philips Consumer Communications announced Osmo Hautanen, president of the Americas region, will leave the company March 15.Michael Lang, vice president of marketing for the Americas, immediately will assume operational responsibilities for the North American organization on an interim basis. Lang, who has been with...
MUMBAI, India-Tata Lucent Technologies Ltd., a joint venture between Lucent Technologies International Inc. and the Tata Group of India, announced it has been awarded a $325 million contract to supply advanced telecommunications infrastructure equipment to Tata Teleservices Ltd. of India.Installation of the system will...
CAMARILLO, Calif.-AML Communications Inc. announced it received two separate orders for its amplifiers, totaling about $470,000, from Lucent Technologies Inc. and an original equipment manufacturer serving the South American market. The new contracts bring AML's total backlog for orders of to $3.5 million, the...
WARREN, N.J.-Dobson Communications plans to launch more than a dozen digital networks in its Arizona, California and Texas markets, using some $80 million in Lucent Technologies Inc.'s infrastructure equipment, the companies announced.With Lucent's wireless systems, Dobson can use the same network architecture to support...
A Nov. 24 article in RCR that profiled Cactus Integration Group incorrectly stated the company's relationship with Lucent Technologies Inc. and erroneously characterized Lucent's wireless services strategy. Lucent's agreement with Cactus is limited to the nonexclusive performance of installation services as a subcontractor for...
Motorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group won a supply agreement from Sweden's Comviq to install a Digital Cellular System at 1800 MHz, which will be used to enhance coverage and capacity on Comviq's Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz network in Sweden. Motorola CIG...
NEW YORK-AG Communication Systems Inc., Phoenix, has introduced a "Triggerless Number Portability" solution, which it said will permit wireless carriers with Signaling System 7 functions in their networks to avoid number portability charges imposed by incumbent local exchange carriers.Marvin Distel, AG applications engineer for...
DETROIT-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its Time Division Multiple Access personal communications services network in Detroit, using infrastructure equipment supplied and installed by Lucent Technologies Inc.The new system has advanced services including caller ID, paging, e-mail, and voice mail messaging, as well as traditional...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J.-Qualcomm Inc. has chosen DC-to-DC power converters from Lucent Technologies Inc. to power its next generation of satellite communications equipment, announced the companies.The Lucent JW060 triple-output series of power modules are being installed in up to 200 of Qualcomm's wireless ground station...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Code Division Multiple Access-based service was a promise a year ago, but it has begun to deliver in a big way today, speakers at the 1997 CDMA North American Regional Congress said last week.As 1997 draws to a close, the CDMA Development Group,...
LOS ANGELES-Sprint Spectrum L.P. announced the launch of its personal communications services wireless network in Los Angeles, using Lucent Technologies Inc.' Code Division Multiple Access network infrastructure equipment.Sprint PCS is offering its customers three rate plans. The Diamond Plan offers 750 "anytime" minutes for...
WARREN, N.J.-AirTouch Cellular plans to replace its wireless network infrastructure in seven U.S. markets with Lucent Technologies Inc.'s digital wireless platform, announced the companies.AirTouch said it will install Lucent's Code Division Multiple Access technology in Albuquerque, N.M.; Des Moines, Iowa; Spokane, Wash.; Duluth, Minn.;...
Global industry trends regarding future sales of wireless communications equipment are going to include enough opportunity for everyone with something to offer, according to the "U.S. Industry and Trade Outlook 1998."U.S. wireless industry growth projections "are expected to be as good or even better"...
