ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Networks, the infrastructure arm of Nokia Corp., and Cisco Systems Inc. announced a nonexclusive agreement to enhance connectivity between mobile and Internet Protocol backbone networks.The agreement calls for Nokia to market and sell fully interoperable system solutions consisting of the company's IP...
Having been ruled a monopoly and found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws to maintain that status, Microsoft now faces an uncertain future as federal courts determine how best to provide relief to competitors harmed by its actions, as well as deal with a...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. extended its infrastructure supply relationship with Orange in the United Kingdom by $316.2 million.The additional equipment to be delivered includes Global System for Mobile communications base station equipment, triple-mode Nokia UltraSite and MetroSite mobile multimedia solutions, and supply services covering network...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Globe Telecom, a Philippine telecommunications company, singed an agreement to expand Globe Telecom's Handyphone service, the company's Global System for Mobile communications-based Cellular Mobile Telephone System.Under the agreement, Nokia will supply mobile switching centers, home location registers, short messaging centers,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. signed a multi-year supply agreement that will enable VoiceStream to expand its Global System for Mobile communications 1900 network and services, and bring Wireless Application Protocol-based mobile Internet services to consumers.The system delivery includes the entire range...
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration last week accused nine countries of violating global telecom trade agreements, with Japan and Mexico cited as the worst offenders.The U.S. trade representative's report follows by a week the White House's charge that Japan has not lowered interconnection rates, which telecom...
NEW YORK-"The $1 trillion that came out of Nasdaq in the last five days will be looking for places to invest when things get better," Thomas M. Galvin, chief investment officer and equity strategist for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp., said April 6.The...
ChinaMotorola Inc.'s Network Solutions Sector was awarded a $14.5 million contract to install a Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network in China. The contract, signed with Shangdong Mobile Communications Corp., calls for Motorola to deploy the new network in four cities in Shangdong...
Led by an executive team that includes a lawyer, a doctor, an analyst and an engineer, GroupServe Inc. offers software applications that allow business customers the ability to organize, collaborate and communicate in an electronic group environment.Based in Washington, D.C., GroupServe introduced its GroupVine...
A growing number of operators, vendors and analysts are not convinced EDGE technology will make significant inroads in Europe."In Europe, I'm not expecting a major deployment of EDGE," said Lothar Pauly, head of Siemens AG's global wireless business.EDGE, or Enhanced Data rates for GSM...
WASHINGTON-The United States will enter the World Radiocommunication Conference in Istanbul next month without global or even regional support for its multiband proposal on third-generation mobile-phone service.The situation is embarrassing for the Clinton administration because it could lead to the United States being isolated...
Spyglass Inc. has agreed to merge with OpenTV, a worldwide provider of interactive TV software that plans to buy all of Spyglass' outstanding stock in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion.By acquiring Spyglass, OpenTV hopes to expand its interactive digital TV services...
NEW YORK-With an estimated 5 million American customers today, prepaid wireless services have yet to fulfill their promise, but that potential is getting closer to realization.Within the next several years, analysts from The Yankee Group, the Strategis Group and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Securities...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-fusionOne Inc., a developer of next-generation Internet synchronization technology, together with Nokia Corp., AdForce Inc. and SF Interactive, announced plans to collectively explore and develop strategies and creative approaches for delivering advertising on wireless devices to fusionOne subscribers.The companies intend to share...
The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show.PCIA said it is repositioning and renaming its annual conference and trade show PCIA GlobalXChange to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it approved a dividend of 77 cents per share for 1999 with a record date of March 27 to be paid April 4.The company also approved a proposal authorizing the board to issue new shares, to repurchase shares and to...
The Personal Communications Industry Association stands at a huge crossroads, once again trying to reinvent itself. Though it may have had its best fiscal year in history in 1999, PCIA has structural problems. It's a painful time for the association, which recently eliminated 10...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. will deliver a Global System for Mobile communications 900 MHz network expansion and Wireless Application Protocol solution to Hainan Mobile Communications in China.The contract with Hainan, valued at more than $30 million, includes replacing and expanding the operator's existing GSM 900...
Nokia threw its support behind Motorola Inc.'s 1X Plus proposal last week and said it is evaluating making cdmaOne-based infrastructure equipment.Motorola announced earlier this month plans to challenge Qualcomm Inc.'s proprietary High Data Rate technology, introducing its own 1XRTT enhancement for cdmaOne carriers to...
Telematics services, despite their slow start, are on the cusp of becoming standard features on millions of cars, but the kinds of services that will emerge as the most beneficial and applicable to consumers still remains to be seen."I think the big challenge for...
Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business solutions for enterprise customers.The core of the computing giant's strategy is to give its...
SAN FRANCISCO-Some of the biggest names in the telecommunications industry announced the formation of the OFDM Forum at the Broadband Wireless Forum in San Francisco.Principal members of the forum, including L.M. Ericsson, Nokia Corp., Phillips Semiconductors, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Wi-LAN and CalTrans, were supported by...
PROVO, Utah-Big Planet Inc. unveiled a private-label, voice-and Web-enabled wireless phone offering called Big Planet Wireless, to be available in major U.S. markets via Sprint PCS' nationwide digital network."Big Planet representatives will be paid a commission on the airtime usage of each individual customer,...
FinlandL.M. Ericsson will supply a fully integrated solution for a third-generation Global System for Mobile communications system, including the company's General Packet Radio Service system, to Finish operator Alands Mobiltelefon Ab. The contract includes a mobile network solution integrating GSM and 3G with Ericsson...
