BEIJING-Motorola Inc. Chairman Gary Tooker called China "our second home" as he inaugurated a new 18-story office building in Beijing 19 June. P.Y. Lai, president of Motorola (China) Electronics, added that the completion of the North Asia Center "unveils a new chapter for Motorola...
Nettech Systems introduced a communications solution called Smart IP that enables Internet and intranet applications to run over wireless networks without the challenges associated with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) connections. The TCP/IP protocol was designed for high-speed wired networks and assumes they are...
"If we delivered the same quality as in the U.K. or Germany, we would have zero subscribers in two weeks," said Hakan Uzan, chief executive officer of Turkey's second GSM network operator, Telsim.Speaking in Istanbul at the recent announcement of a US$500 million infrastructure...
DENVER, United States-U.S.-based Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. announced in June they will become partners in the development and deployment of Teledesic's global broadband "Internet-in-the-Sky" satellite communications system. The Boeing Co., a leading aerospace company, and satellite manufacturer Matra Marconi Space, also will be...
DUBLIN, Ireland-As mobile phone technology continues to develop rapidly, users continually are encouraged by operators and manufacturers to upgrade their phones to the latest models to take advantage of advanced network services. This, however, leaves the question of what should be done with old...
Alcatel Telecom will acquire U.S.-based DSC Communications Corp. in a stock-for-stock transaction, according to a definitive agreement announced by the companies.The deal is thought to give Paris-based Alcatel a much-desired expanded presence in North America that will allow it to better compete with Northern...
BotswanaMascom launched the first phase of its GSM 900 network with equipment provided by L.M. Ericsson. The total value of the Ericsson contract is about US$10 million and includes complete GSM infrastructure and value-added services equipment such as voice mail and short message service....
DENVER, United States-L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp. and United Kingdom-based Psion Computers plc conditionally have agreed to form a joint venture called Symbian, and Motorola Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding to join, said Ericsson.Symbian aims to drive the convergence of mobile computing and...
BOSTON-Cellular and personal communications services have entered the mainstream U.S. market in earnest, with a presence in 35 percent of all households in the nation, according to the Yankee Group's recently released "Mobile User Survey." The wireless penetration rate is up 8 percentage points...
WASHINGTON-U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky rejected China's latest proposal to open its telecommunications service market, further complicating China's bid to become a member of the World Trade Organization.It appears unlikely there will be any breakthroughs on U.S.-Sino telecom trade before President Clinton ends his...
Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group introduced its next-generation interactive two-way messaging device, called the AccessLink II.Based on Motorola Inc.'s ReFLEX two-way paging protocol, the AccessLink II is an evolution from the original AccessLink-the first two-way interactive device on the market. In particular, it...
After more than seven years of investigation and litigation, Frequency Electronics Inc. has settled all outstanding criminal and civil cases brought against it by the U.S. government with a guilty plea to one count of filing a false statement and payments totaling $8 million.Going...
WASHINGTON-The State Department, amid a flurry of high-level lobbying and an unsuccessful last-minute move to withdraw U.S. support for the European-based mobile phone technology used by carriers here and abroad, will forward four standards for third-generation wireless technology to the International Telecommunication Union this...
CTIA FOUNDATIONThe Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association Foundation for Wireless Telecommunications announced Stan Hamm, group president of mobile systems for BellSouth Personal Communications, is the new chairman of its board of directors. Other new board officers include Vice Chairman Matthew J. Desch, president of wireless...
CDMA Development GroupSINGAPORE-The CDMA Development Group said cdmaOne networks today serve more than 12 million subscribers worldwide, putting the technology on track to reach 18 million subscribers by December.The CDG's progress report shows more than 64 cdmaOne licensees, 11 handset vendors and 96 operators...
SINGAPORE-The International Telecommunication Union has some difficult work ahead of it to harmonize the various third-generation proposals standards bodies around the world will submit by tomorrow.While most of the world's standards bodies and individual groups of companies diligently tried to hammer out the differences...
WASHINGTON-As House Telecommunications Subcommittee Chairman Billy Tauzin (R-La.) and Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) negotiate funding federal cancer research with revenue from E911 legislation, a major effort is underway in Europe to address the health question head on.The European Commission issued a series of proposed...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Metasys Inc. announced it was awarded a contract from Motorola Inc.'s Paging Systems Group to incorporate its software and services in PSG's paging infrastructure products.Metasys' software includes Oracle Corp.'s ERP application and Syntra's import/export management software. Motorola will use Metasys to automate its...
WASHINGTON-In an unexpected development that could further complicate President Clinton's China visit this week and hurt him when he returns home, U.S. officials last week disclosed security concerns prompting them to temporarily block export approval of a $750 million satellite built by Hughes Electronics...
Wireless companies heavily involved in the Asia-Pacific region have renewed confidence that China will not succumb to devaluing its currency.As the Japanese yen dropped last week to an eight-year low against the dollar, Chinese officials warned if Japan's currency continued to fall, China may...
Paging Network Inc. announced a strategic agreement with Computer Associates Inc. to jointly develop and market a monitoring product that integrates PageNet's wireless information delivery abilities with CA's Unicenter TNG enterprise management system.The service will allow TNG server management system customers to be notified...
Enhanced specialized mobile radio operator Nextel Communications Inc. is offering landline long-distance service to its existing customers in several markets.The nationwide carrier, which targets work groups because of its product's instant-conferencing feature, has been calling Nextel customers to convince them to use long-distance service...
NEW YORK-Like comets flashing across the sky, one vendor that topped the 1996 revenue charts dropped significantly on the 1997 charts, while another that was absent from the major players for 1996 zoomed into second place.Between 1995 and 1996, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd....
Sprint PCS said it expects to spend up to $700 million during the next three years with Lucent Technologies Inc., which will supply equipment and services for the next phase of Sprint PCS' nationwide wireless network expansion.The new contract allows Sprint PCS to expand...
