ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division will expand and upgrade cellular phone service in Thailand under a contract valued at $160 million.Total Access Communications Public Co. Ltd. ordered the expansion to increase overall network capacity and extend geographic coverage in the capital...
As the entrepreneurial block auctions for broadband personal communications services get underway this December, the first broadband PCS services also are scheduled to become reality. But a later rollout schedule is par for the course among major PCS license holders, resulting in part from...
Allen Telecom Group Inc. announced it has reached a purchase agreement with Pacific Bell Mobile Services. The three-year, non-exclusive agreement allows Pac Bell to purchase Allen's omni-directional and panel antennas and accessories in preparation for building its personal communications services infrastructure for its base...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Hutchison Telephone Co. Ltd. launched what it says is the world's first commercial Code Division Multiple Access digital cellular phone system in Hong Kong.Hutchison plans to migrate customers from cellular analog Advanced Mobile Phone Service to CDMA digital throughout 1996 and 1997....
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt directed the wireless telecommunications industry to develop a plan by next week to address interference from European-designed digital pocket telephones to hearing aids.Hundt, according to sources, met last Monday with representatives from the Personal Communications Industry Association, the...
MEMPHIS, Tenn.-Celcore, a developer of advanced wireless switching and networking solutions, announced a contract with Telecel International Ltd. to supply Advanced Mobile Phone Service cellular systems for deployment in Madagascar beginning in the fourth quarter.The contract calls for as many as five systems including...
AT&T Network Systems Inc. installed a digital wireless data communications system on Tele2000's wireless network in Lima, Peru. Tele2000 said it was the first to bring cellular telephone service to Peru. AT&T's Cellular Digital Packet Data system allows subscribers on the network to send...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Switch manufacturer Summa Four Inc. is collaborating with software designer Engineering and Business Systems Inc. to create and market a mini mobile switching center for the personal communications services market.The miniMSC will use Summa Four's Virtual Central Office open, programmable switch and EBS'...
ORA Electronics introduced Travel Talk, a hands-free speaker phone for portable cellular phones. The unit can be transferred from one vehicle to another providing hands-free conversations without compromising the convenience of a portable cellular phone, said ORA. Travel Talk also serves as a power...
Succeeding plans for a two-year network expansion project, Mercury One 2 One intends to launch a multimillion dollar marketing and advertising campaign today aimed at new customers, with three flagship calling packages the company said deliver "the lowest running costs of any mobile phone...
On a recent trip across Europe to visit some of the major operators and manufacturers of the blossoming cellular industry there, I was asked to describe the state of the industry in the United States. Of course I spoke of the great advancements we...
Riding the "third wave" of the cellular industry, Memphis, Tenn.-based Cellcore is gaining ground as a wireless supplier, focusing on three key areas: cellular and personal communications services networks, microcellular networks and integrated communications offerings.Distributed network architecture distinguishes Celcore's cellular system design from traditional cellular...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Pilipino Telephone Corp. awarded Motorola Inc.'s International Cellular Infrastructure Division a $270 million contract to expand and enhance its Mobiline cellular phone system, said Motorola.The initial phase of the multi-year contract will replace metropolitan Manila's current Advanced Mobile Phone System and U.S....
U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia's cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche Telekom AG has made in competitor Satelindo.Telkomsel turned on the country's second nationwide Global...
WASHINGTON-The government of Taiwan has licensed nine groups to operate CT2, second-generation cordless telephone service in the nation's three telecommunications regions.Observers say it may give the operators a chance to prove themselves before other telecom services are privatized in the future. All cellular service...
Yet another wireless technology is knocking on the door of the U.S. personal communications services marketplace, with the promise of wireline quality voice service.Actually, the low-power, microcellular PACS Edge system is making a few distinctive claims. It doesn't claim to offer full-blown PCS or...
STOCKHOLM-Telecom Australia has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson valued at $42 million for Advanced Mobile Phone Service infrastructure equipment.The equipment will enable Telecom Australia to expand its network, which presently claims more than 2 million subscribers. The existing network already covers major cities,...
Allen Telecom Group hopes that four new applications for its SmartCell will allow the company to attract business in areas that other manufacturers have ignored."I'm not sure the cellular carriers have adopted the microcell idea as they are looking for ways to improve capacity,"...
STOCKHOLM-Malaysian cellular operator Mobikom Sdn Bhd has placed an order with L.M. Ericsson, valued at $60 million, to expand its Mobifon 800 Time Division Multiple Access/Advanced Mobile Phone Service network, according to Ericsson.The order includes base stations and switching capacity that will increase the...
In concert with the European Union's directive to liberalize the telecommunications market in Europe, Austria plans to permit a second, privately owned mobile phone license by the end of the year.Austria's Ministry for Public Economy and Transport recently issued a tender for a Global...
The Intercarrier Service Bureau of GTE Telecommunications Services Inc. and Radio Shack have teamed up to offer consumers out-of-market cellular network activation, GTE announced. Retail stores previously have only activated cellular phones for customers living within the store's market area. Radio Shack customers buying...
SEOUL, South Korea-Under a contract valued at $540 million, AT&T Corp. said it plans to supply Korea Mobile Telecom with wireless infrastructure equipment for KMT's nationwide cellular network.Terms of the multiyear agreement call for AT&T Network Systems to install its Autoplex wireless communications infrastructure...
Six consortia met the August deadline to apply for Ireland's second mobile phone license, which could be awarded by the Irish Department of Transport, Energy and Communications by the end of the year.Scattered among the groups hoping to capture the 15-year license to operate...
Launching personal communications services with a multitude of standards may be the way for industry to sort out the benefits of each technology, but it could set consumers up for chaos and confusion, said longtime wireless architect Jesse Russell.The AT&T Bell Laboratories engineer is...
