Mobile Phones

WASHINGTON-When Congress returns next week, battle lines will begin forming for a highly charged antenna siting debate that is likely to be shaped as much by election-year politics as by …

LAS VEGAS-Manufacturers at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas may have been hinting at things to come with a handful of launches and plenty of promises of phones …

DALLAS-Celcore, a division of DSC Communications Corp., has signed multiple contracts with Millicom International Cellular S.A. and two Russian telecommunications companies to provide its Advanced Mobile Phone Service GlobalSwitch mobile …

NEW YORK-Global TeleSystems Group Inc., an American carrier providing wireless and wireline phone service in the former Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe, plans to go public. With Merrill Lynch & …

Many companies that provide anti-cloning products to analog cellular network operators are gearing up for the takeover of digital-based service in the coming years and are waiting to capitalize on …

The effects of Bell Nino, which jumped on the radar screen in Wichita Falls, Texas, New Year’s Eve, are being felt in the nation’s capital. The Bells and U.S. District …

LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. introduced two dual-band phones at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a Global System for Mobile communications phone and a Time Division Multiple Access phone, as …

TAMPA, Fla.-GTE Telecommunication Services Inc. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. announced they completed installation of gateways to allow interoperability between Advanced Mobile Phone Service and Personal Digital Cellular wireless …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Telecommunications Inc. and New World PCS Ltd. Hong Kong SAR signed a contract calling for Nokia to expand New World’s Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network. The …

Boston Communications Group Inc. expects to report a net loss of $300,000 to $700,000, or 2 to 5 cents per share, for the 1997 fiscal year ended Dec. 31. The …

Italy’s Ministry of Post and Telecommunications granted Telecom Italia permission to operate a Digital European Cordless Telephone wireless network after a year of deliberations. Called Fido, the system allows customers …

Toll Free Cellular has laid off most of its employees and put the company up for sale after AT&T Wireless Services Inc. opted not to proceed with plans to offer …

WASHINGTON-While the World Health Organization has reaffirmed the need for more bioeffects research on mobile phones, lawsuits attempting to link wireless devices to brain cancer in the United States are …

Canadian mobile phone operators are hoping the holiday season will help them rebound from lagging subscriber additions and falling stock prices. “The third quarter was a weak quarter in terms …

LONDON-Racal Telecom announced it has signed an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Distribution Ltd. to provide the corporate market with an integrated package of mobile and managed fixed voice and data …

21st Century Telesis Inc. said it is making a significant step toward becoming the first U.S. wireless carrier to commercially deploy Personal Access Communications System technology. Costa-Mesa, Calif.-based 21st Century, …

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 …

The Asian currency crisis has created hidden opportunities for providers of cellular equipment and for global carriers and vendors to invest in under-capitalized regional carriers and distributors at enticing rates, …

IRVING, Texas-Nokia Mobile Phones has developed a new feature called Acoustic Echo Cancellation designed to eliminate echo in wireless phone calls without sacrificing other voice quality factors like tone and …

WASHINGTON-Although a broadband wireless pricing survey performed by BT Alex. Brown Research came up with no definitive trend-all up, all down or all the same-it did find that high-end subscribers …

PHILADELPHIA-Grupo Iusacell, Bell Atlantic Corp.’s communications venture in Mexico, plans to launch Mexico’s first Code Division Multiple Access network as part of a $200 million upgrade beginning in Mexico City …

Geoworks announced a significant evolution to its GEOS operating system that will allow handset manufacturers to quickly produce a range of low-end to high-end smart phones. Consumer electronics giant Mitsubishi …

WASHINGTON-Kari-Pekka “K-P” Wilska of Nokia Mobile Phones Inc. and Richard Ekstrand of Rural Cellular Corp. have been elected to the board of directors of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association’s Foundation …

WASHINGTON-Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, the politician whose fight to retain local and state oversight of antenna siting and whose small Northeast state is leading the grassroots revolt against federal pre-emption …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-L.M. Ericsson and Synacom signed a letter of intent to distribute cloning fraud prevention systems for digital Advanced Mobile Phone Service networks that provide authentication capability. Synacom’s secure …