Although it has been months since AT&T Wireless Services Inc. dropped all plans for services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol, some talk remained about pACT Vendor Forum members seeking other customers for the technology they invested so much in.But it...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-DSP Communications Inc. said it delivered Code Division Multiple Access baseband processor samples to original equipment manufacturer customers for use in subscriber handsets.At the same time, DSPC and NEC America Inc. announced joint development efforts for Interim Standard 136A-based Time Division Multiple Access...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced two projects with Telebahia, the A-band cellular operator in Bahia, Brazil.Qualcomm announced a pioneering project with Nec Do Brasil S.A. and Telebahia to deploy a Code Division Multiple Access 800 MHz overlay system in Bahia. The system will use Qualcomm's...
Rank Company Name 1996 Revenues (000)1 Matsushita Electric Inds. Co. Ltd. $63,192,0002 NEC Corp. $41,174,0003 Motorola Inc. $27,973,0004 Lucent Technologies Inc. $23,286,0005 Ericsson...
Rank Company Name 1996 Net Income (000)1 Motorola Inc. $1,154,0002 Lucent Technologies Inc. $1,054,0003 Ericsson (L.M.) Telephone $1,034,1524 NEC Corp. $718,0005 Nokia...
Editor's note: On the previous page are five charts ranking major telecommunications vendors according to revenues, net income, percentage change in revenues from 1995 to 1996, percentage change in income from 1995 to 1996 and two-year total return on investment.Nordby International Inc. of Boulder, Colo.,...
RANK/COMPANY NAME TOTAL RETURN1 Brightpoint Inc. 259.88%2 Tellabs Inc. 169.96%3 Specialty Teleconstructors 150.00%4 ADC Telecommunications Inc. 149.00%5 WinStar Communications, Inc. 132.53%6 ...
Originally aimed at the on-the-go businessman, the paging industry is now aiming its product toward a new set of users-the on-the-go teen-ager.Studies show that the young adult market is the fastest-growing user group in the industry. According to a study conducted by Motorola Inc.,...
Telemac appointed Peter McCracken chief executive officer, with responsibility for overseeing the development of innovative software technology and formulating strategic alliances with wireless industry leaders. Previously, McCracken was president and CEO of VentureLine Database Corp., an Internet/intranet database company he founded.Dr. Ronald C. Maehl...
Noise/Com Inc. introduced its BS-800 Dual Interference Signal Generators to aid in interference testing of Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access base stations. The products include two synthesized CW signal generators and all necessary radio-frequency components including attenuators and switches, to...
CLARKSBURG, Md.-Ericsson Ltd. awarded a contract to Comsat Laboratories to develop a high penetration notification subsystem for ICO Global Communications Ltd., which is developing a handheld satellite phone service. Comsat values the contract at $14.4 million.The subsystems will be located at each of ICO's...
NEW YORK-Frontier Corp. of Rochester, N.Y., sold May 21 a $300 million debt issue of notes due 2004 priced at 99.996 percent of par, or face, value to yield 7.257 percent.Salomon Brothers Inc., New York, was lead underwriter for the debt offering, for which...
DENVER-Winners of the recently completed Wireless Communications Services auction may be likely to choose Personal Access Communications Systems as their technology of choice, said Paul Carroll, vice president of marketing for Siemens Stromberg-Carlson.Because the licensees paid so little for their spectrum, they have a...
WASHINGTON-An Illinois judge last week ruled that personal injury claims in product liability lawsuits against cellular telephone manufacturers can proceed, but dismissed conspiracy charges against the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, former CTIA spokesman Ron Nessen and Wireless Technology Research L.L.C.The ruling involves four cases...
NEW YORK-Moody's Investors Service, New York, has assigned an investment grade rating of A3 to a $2 billion medium-term note program by NEC Corp. in Tokyo and NEC Industries plc in London."In spite of expectations for continuation of a severe competitive environment, Moody's believes...
NEC Corp. won contracts for two transmission projects in Costa Rica in conjunction with Intituto Costarricense de Electricidad. One project calls for NEC to supply a 2 GHz/8 Mbps digital microwave radio system for rural districts of Costa Rica. The other calls for NEC...
Company Technology Wquipment Provider21st Century Telesis Inc. PACS/DCTU Siemens AG NEC Corp.Hughes Electronics Corp. BellcoreACC-PCS Inc. N/A N/AAer Force Communications L.P. N/A N/AAmerican Portable Telecommunications Inc. ...
Nationwide Network Services has teamed with MTV Network and Motorola Inc. to create a nationwide paging initiative aimed at teenagers and young adults.The promotion follows the likes of a program created nearly a year ago by MobileComm, Motorola and Pepsi Co. called the Mountain...
WASHINGTON-A key hearing in Illinois state court early next month could determine whether a major case proceeds in which consumers claim cellular pocket phones cause brain cancer and accuse pocket phone companies of conspiring with the industry-funded bioeffects research group to cover up alleged...
If you look at maps of the United States that depict the 1900 MHz coverage for the nation's three primary digital standards, it appears each standard will cover a great deal of the country.In the future, that is, because illustrations of coverage footprints are...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. reversed course in narrowband personal communications services, resolving not to deploy services using the personal Air Communications Technology advanced paging protocol.AT&T Wireless said it still supports the technology development of pACT, but the turnabout could affect pACT vendors and the...
Metromedia International Group Inc. announced its subsidiary, Metromedia Asia Corp., has acquired Asian American Telecommunications Corp., a company engaged in the development and construction of telecommunications systems in China, by an exchange offer for all of AAT's common shares of stock. Following the acquisition,...
