Mobile Phones

ATLANTA-A new technological concept, branding campaign and line of products kicked off Sony Electronics Wireless Telecommunications Co.’s vision called D-WAVE for Digital Wireless Audio Visual Entertainment, at the Wireless ’98 …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The challenges faced by radio-access network providers have been underlined by the experiences of Ionica, a company established in June 1996 to provide a new wireless telephone service to …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Esat Digifone has built a substantial market share since it launched Ireland’s second Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) phone service last March. Global Wireless spoke to Marketing Director …

TOKYO-The Japanese government has begun development work for a 40-billion-yen (US$317 million) futuristic mobile communications system using a geostationary satellite. If the technology is adopted by cellular carriers, handheld satellite …

SINGAPORE-Lost accounts, lost jobs, lost profits, lost confidence: These words have been used to describe Indonesia’s wireless industry, but they may not necessarily be true. Although it is undeniable that …

DALLAS, United States-U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp.’s cellular infrastructure division, Celcore, has begun work with TELE Greenland A/S to test and evaluate a DSC Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) system …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) location system in February at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company said Cursor …

BEIJING-“Please come in, sir, and have a look. The cheapest prices and the best choice.” No, we have not discovered Beijing’s red-light district, and the time is not midnight. We …

Moffet, Larson & Johnson Moffet, Larson & Johnson Inc. announced the integration of Comarco Wireless Technologies’ Network Evaluation System tool NES-250 with the PathPro drive-test post-processing module, PathView. The integration …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Election Commission earlier this month gave Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) the go-ahead to use campaign funds to sue Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) for allegedly leaking politically sensitive contents …

Cambridge Positioning Systems, a Cambridge, United Kingdom-based company, last week introduced its Cursor Global System for Mobile communications location system at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company …

Bulgaria’s Post and Telecommunications Committee announced that the buyer of state-owned Bulgarian Telecommunications Co. will receive a Global System for Mobile communications license. The agency said it hopes to begin …

WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission member Susan Ness said last week’s ruling on the marketing of customer information by paging, cellular and telephone companies will benefit Baby Bells and their subsidiaries more …

COLUMBIA, Md.-Tecore Inc. announced plans to introduce its multiprotocol platform designed for smaller and rural networks at the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Wireless ’98 convention in Atlanta this week. The …

Metawave Communications Corp. has introduced SpotLight 2000, a dual-mode spectrum management system for Code Division Multiple Access, Advanced Mobile Phone service, and Narrowband AMPS networks. The SpotLight 2000 system uses …

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NEW YORK-James Bond and his high-tech Nokia mobile phone may be Hollywood’s idea of the real McCoy. But truth, as journalists well know, often is stranger and scarier than fiction. …

The Strategis Group predicts despite the industry’s hardships to date, the commercial mobile data business can expect a rash of subscribers and revenues in the immediate years to come. In …

SigmaOne Communications Corp. is one of many companies hoping to capitalize on the Federal Communications Commission’s Phase II E911 mandate requiring wireless carriers by 2001 to be able to provide …

ALLEN TELECOM INC. Allen Telecom Inc.’s Antenna Specialists Division introduced a springless option to its line of Mosaic LMR vehicular antennas. Allen said the springless option is designed for applications …

BRUSSELS, Belgium-Amidst complaints from European Union member states about high interconnection tariffs applied between fixed and mobile phone operators, the European Commission announced it has opened an inquiry into the …

NEW YORK-Bolstered by strong results in its wireless handset and telecommunications infrastructure businesses, Nokia Corp., Helsinki, reported the highest net sales, profits and earnings per share in its 132-year history. …

WASHINGTON-With technologies converging, telecom giants merging and entrenched networks discouraging new competition, there is growing debate over the role of antitrust law in the Digital Age. In one camp are …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson built the first phase of Cable & Wireless Panama’s digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service network infrastructure as part of a projected five-year investment in that company, said …

ITALY Business customers of Omnitel Pronto Italia now can call from Italy to Europe, the United States and Canada for the same price as local calls, announced Omnitel. “Italian telecommunications …