GERMANTOWN, M.D.-Hughes Network Systems Inc. announced it has been selected by the Ho Chi Minh City Telephone Co. to build a wireless network in Vietnam.The $22 million contract, which went into effect in late November, calls for HNS to provide switching, digital microwave and...
The number of mobile phone subscribers is rising quickly in Europe, but an increasing proportion of low-volume users and competition among operators could wrench profits over the next decade, forecasts CIT Research Ltd."For the first time in 12 years, we are sounding a real...
Motorola Inc.'s Paging Products Group signed a licensing agreement with Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute to manufacture and sell Motorola FLEX chip sets. Motorola said it plans to license key semiconductor houses worldwide to manufacture and distribute FLEX chip sets. ITRI is the first...
At least one quarter of U.K. wireless telecom operator Orange plc will be floated next month through a global offering of common shares, announced Dewe Rogerson, which manages Orange's account.Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. currently owns about 68.5 percent of Orange, while British Aerospace...
WASHINGTON-The location problems inherent to enhanced 911 calls made by wireless users could be solved within the next five years if the Federal Communications Commission adopts a new plan forwarded by the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and several public-safety concerns."Eighteen million times a year,...
This year will bring competition to Argentina's interior cellular market, now served only by Compania de Telefonos del Interior under a two-year exclusive license.Owned by GTE Corp., AT&T Corp. and local partners, CTI rapidly built out an Advanced Mobile Phone Service-based system after winning...
Having grown weary of competing in the increasingly commoditized market for analog cellular telephones, Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems Inc. is retrenching and restructuring its phone division in hopes of making a comeback with digital.The Richardson, Texas-based company will wind down the production of its...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Three American companies are working through the U.S. Embassy in Ireland to determine how an Irish long-distance company won the country's second cellular wireless telephone license last fall.Motorola Inc., AT&T Wireless Services and Southwestern Bell Corp. want the Irish government to explain why...
Taiwan's new telecommunications law will give wireless companies the chance to break into that country's communications market, but a 20 percent ownership limit may disappoint some businesses.Taiwan is making liberalization strides in hopes of becoming an Asia-Pacific regional operations center, as well as fulfilling...
Eight parties responded to Luxembourg's call for interest in operating a second cellular network. The Ministry of Communications, which plans to license an operator later this year, did not comment on interested companies.Separately, AirTouch Communications Inc. and the partners in Belgian cellular operator Mobistar,...
BRUSSELS-Telecom liberalization in Europe was pushed ahead last week when the European Commission adopted a policy requiring member states to begin to abolish phone monopolies and open mobile phone licensing.The deadline set by the European Union for full liberalization is Jan. 1, 1998. The...
The cellular industry has taken numerous steps to package cellular for the mass consumer retail market, but a small gap remains between the industry's effort and the complicated process to activate a phone."Mass merchants are a substantial opportunity for everyone to make this business...
Motorola Inc. has introduced a lightweight, flip-top cellular phone that can be worn on a belt holster or armband. Weighing 3.1 ounces, the StarTac operates on two miniaturized batteries. When one battery's power is depleted, the other battery automatically provides power without interrupting a...
L.M. Ericsson and Telia Mobitel have signed a two-year general purchasing agreement covering delivery and installation of Global System for Mobile communications systems to expand the capacity and radio coverage of Telia Mobitel's digital mobile network in Sweden, Ericsson announced. The agreement includes deliveries...
This may be the year that Code Division Multiple Access technology becomes a commercial reality for cellular operators, with one system already running in Hong Kong and four nearing completion in the United States.Systems launched today are deployed with an 8-kilobit vocoder chips for...
TAMPA, Fla.-Nokia Corp. has announced a new version of its Nokia 232 cellular phone that enables the phone to operate on a Narrowband Advanced Mobile Phone Service network.The company also said Sears will distribute Nokia phones in its Brand Central departments throughout the United...
NEW YORK-Industry analysts remain confident in the outlook for Nokia Corp., despite the mid-December drubbing its American Depository Receipts took after the Finnish electronics manufacturer announced poor profit performance in its sales of mobile phones in the United States and televisions in Europe.By the...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it has signed an order for a Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone System cellular network with Compania de Telecommunicaciones Moviles Chile S.A., one of two operators in Chile.Ericsson said the system will enable CTCC to offer a full range...
Ameritech Corp. announced it has formed a consortium with Singapore Telecom and Tele Danmark to pursue a partnership with Belgacom S.A., the national telecommunications operator in Belgium. The Belgian government this summer selected Ameritech as a final bidder for the consolidation of Belgacom. The...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s Pan American Wireless Infrastructure Division will expand Comunicaciones Celulares' cellular phone system in Guatemala City and surrounding areas, Motorola announced.The contract, valued at $20 million, calls for Motorola to add 12 SC 9600 digital base stations that support Advanced Mobile...
The cellular industry's major handset manufacturers reported lower growth figures in third quarter reports, a sign that the wireless phone industry could be slowing down in the United States.Low cellular phone prices were one of the contributing factors that led to the slower growth...
Datum Inc.'s Timing Division announced the release of a small high-performance Global Positioning Satellite system receiver. Datum said the StarTime GPS Clock is designed for applications that require not only high performance but small physical size and low price. The clock consists of an...
Two kinds of private, in-building wireless systems are seeking the attention of today's large business customers-stand-alone systems that provide portable extensions of employee desk phones, and stand-alone systems that provide portable extensions but also can hand off calls to the external, macro wireless network.Both...
Flash Comm Inc. has named former Paging Network Inc. chief executive officer Terry Scott its president and CEO.Flash Comm, headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., offers wireless two-way data communications nationwide. The company's terrestrial system competes with both existing and emerging satellite systems."The potential market for...
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