Advanced Fox WirelessAdvanced Fox Wireless introduced the OEM Style Mini Twin Charger for Nokia Corp. 5100 Series and Nextel Communications Inc. i1000 handsets. The device will charge the battery on the phone while charging a second battery. It is compatible with Nickel Cadmium, Nickel...
WASHINGTON-With the Clinton administration's failure to close a deal on Chinese World Trade Organization membership, U.S. firms and congressional moderates have become angry and concerned about China backing off commitments to open wireless equipment and services markets.In coming months, business executives plan to lobby...
Analysts last week hoped Motorola Inc. would shed some light in its earnings conference call on whether it will need to raise more money or take additional charges to cover its Iridium L.L.C. debt exposure, but the company avoided any specific questions on the...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it will hold a press conference April 19 at the Comdex show in Chicago to unveil what it called a major alliance of paging industry leaders.Although PageMart will not discuss the nature of the alliance, industry insiders speculate it will...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission was given some advice on FCC reform last week as Michael Kennedy of Motorola Inc. suggested the FCC create a spectrum management board comprised of bureau chiefs to examine the "impact of domestic and international spectrum allocation issues."The suggestion of...
Motorola Inc.'s Worldwide Information Network Services group confirmed the Defense Information Systems Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense awarded it a three-year contract valued at up to $219 million for the purchase of Iridium phones, pagers and airtime.Under the contract, Motorola will provide...
Some Telecommunications Industry Association members and U.S. carriers were angered last week by comments attributed to a TIA senior executive by the French Press Agency. The incident illustrates the continuing technology holy wars and brings to surface concerns a few large members have about...
WASHINGTON-The United States and China, submitting to a hostile political atmosphere that will delay any decision on Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization until year's end, still managed last week to reach major agreements to open wireless telecom equipment and service markets in...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil-Motorola Inc. signed a $188 million contract with Brazil's Telefonica Celular to provide its StarTAC ST7760 and MultiTAC SC3160 Code Division Multiple Access dual-mode 800 MHz phones.Telefonica Celular provides A-band services in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Bahia...
JapanConductus Inc. announced it shipped a 16-pole ClearSite wireless subsystem to a major Japanese cellular operator for performance testing. The system will be used for testing within Japanese frequency bands for potential field deployment.SENEGALSENTELgsm launched Global System for Mobile communications 900 service in the...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Motorola Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector announced a $5 million grant to establish the Motorola DigitalDNA Laboratory at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Mass.The DigitalDNA Laboratory will focus on linking smart products, such as set-top TV boxes, automobiles, household appliances, personal digital assistants...
SWINDON, U.K.-France Telecom said Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector this summer will set up a General Packet Radio Service field trial on France Telecom's Itineris Global System for Mobile communications network in the Lille area of northern France."The future of mobile communications lies in...
WASHINGTON-Nextel Communications Inc., already up against strong opposition from the Justice Department and dispatch radio operators, faces a heavy legal burden in convincing a federal judge here to vacate a 1995 antitrust consent decree designed to protect competition in the specialized mobile radio market.U.S....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission will hold a spectrum management en banc hearing tomorrow to hear the pros and cons of spectrum policies from users and policy makers.FCC Commissioner Susan Ness proposed the hearing last year as a way to address some of the concerns...
GUANGZHOU, China-Motorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector announced it won two contracts valued at a total of $100 million to expand the digital Global System for Mobile communications 900 and 1800 cellular networks for China's Hunan Posts and Telecommunications Administration. China Unicom also awarded Motorola...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with Tess S.A. of Brazil to distribute mobile phone prepaid cards.The company also announced its Brazilian logistics services distribution subsidiary, Brightpoint do Brasil Ltda., completed the acquisition of all the common shares of Cellular Services...
Metrocall Inc. may have gained a bit of a lead in the information services race last week, announcing the launch of OnTheGoInfo, a customizable suite of services using the i Kno! information architecture platform developed by Motorola Inc.OnTheGoInfo offers three levels of service, which...
WASHINGTON-Despite China's agreement to open its doors to Code Division Multiple Access technology, differences over telecom foreign investment and other matters make it doubtful a deal will be struck on Chinese entry into the World Trade Organization during Premier Zhu Rongji's visit here later...
Conxus Communications Inc. confirmed it had conducted a series of layoffs last week as part of a "strategic refocus" that will affect employees at its headquarters in Greenville, S.C., and satellite offices across the country.The company would not comment on exactly how many workers...
It was an unprecedented event. Qualcomm Inc., the biggest defender of CDMA technology, and L.M.
Ericsson, the largest naysayer of the technology, embraced last week, ending more than 10 years of open hostilities
between the two.
"It's wonderful to be together," said Dr. Irwin Jacobs, chairman and...
CdmaOne vendors in China anxiously are awaiting official government word on whether China Unicom is allowed to deploy Interim Standard-95 technology."It appears China Unicom has been told that they can proceed with their plans to deploy a CDMA network using the spectrum they already...
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of a hamburger and French fries? Probably McDonalds.Think of a pair of tennis shoes, and you probably picture the Nike swoosh. Or a pair of jeans, and you probably think of Levi's....
Early cellular carriers did it. Early paging carriers did it. Mobile data carriers are doing it now, and according to analyst Tim O'Neil of SoundView Technology Group Inc., Iridium L.L.C. should do it as well.That is-subsidize handsets to promote network usage. It's a standard...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Iridium Brasil reports it has 1,000 subscribers and that next month it will reduce the cost of its Motorola satellite handset to make the service more attractive to potential subscribers, said Pedro Schvinger, sales manager for Iridium's Brazilian operation, at the Telexpo...
