Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the first vendor exclusively dedicated to providing network operators with enhanced services platforms to join WAP. WAP is a non-profit organization,...
WASHINGTON-As U.S. and European wireless firms accuse each other of gaming the standards-setting process for third-generation wireless technology, it turns out the high-powered Qualcomm Inc. lobbyist playing the trade card here represented Sweden's L.M. Ericsson in a separate standards fight two years ago.In the...
Comsat Corp. announced it completed the sale of Comsat RSI Inc. to a subsidiary of TBG Industries Inc. for $116.5 million. CRSI designs, manufactures and integrates earth stations and wireless and advanced antenna systems. Comsat will use proceeds for the sale to repay its...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have changed over time, but the predicted boom has always been present, always just about...
Northern Telecom Ltd. introduced the Nortel CDMA Minicell at June's CDMA World Congress in Singapore. Nortel said the base station allows wireless service operators to tailor their networks to meet the demands of network expansion.Bosch Telecom Inc. unveiled the World 718 phone, calling it...
"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...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-The debate of issuing a third or fourth cellular license in South Africa is gaining momentum, with the industry pressuring the government to speed up the tendering process before the existing operators become so powerful they would eliminate any other competitor."We recommend...
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...
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...
AirTouch Cellular customers in Wyoming now can receive Caller ID service. Users of narrowband Advance Mobile Phone Service phones with Caller ID capability can see who is calling when their phone rings. AirTouch said it is offering free Caller ID service to customers on...
KSI Inc. announced it will demonstrate TeleSentinel, its prototype enhanced 911 system for locating and tracking wireless calls, at the National Emergency Number Association's conference this week at the Cincinnati Convention Center. "TeleSentinel is based on our patented Angle of Arrival technology, which is...
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....
It's one thing to have lofty ambitions within the safe confines of executive boardrooms, but it's quite another to let the world in on them.That's what Philips Consumer Communications, a joint venture of Philips Electronics N.V. and Lucent Technologies Inc., did when it said...
Competition among companies that supply digital signal processors to the wireless industry is beginning to heat up with new alliances and investments changing the competitive landscape.IBM Corp.'s Microelectronics division last week announced it will pump $100 million into several new initiatives designed to expand...
WASHINGTON-A seemingly parochial fight between a small San Diego firm and two European manufacturing giants over next-generation wireless technology could foreshadow a larger confrontation between the United States and the European Union and offer a glimpse into a future where transnational companies dominate the...
NEW YORK-Electric Fuel Corp. completed a prototype zinc-air disposable battery it said is lighter and delivers more talk and standby time than comparable rechargeable batteries.Developed by the company's Consumer Battery Division, the new disposable has demonstrated in laboratory tests the ability to provide more...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-VLSI Technology Inc. joined the team of computer and telecommunications companies supporting Bluetooth, a technology that would allow a variety of mobile devices to be connected wirelessly.The Bluetooth Special Interest Group includes Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Toshiba Corp., Nokia Corp. and L.M....
Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have formed an alliance to jointly develop next-generation digital signal processing technology, a move that is expected to jump-start third-generation mobile phone technology.Motorola's semiconductor segment and Lucent's Microelectronics Group next quarter plan to create a joint design center,...
WASHINGTON-CTIA last week at its fourth annual Cellular Telephone Industry Association Foundation Achievement Awards Dinner paid tribute to Dennis F. Strigl, Newt Gingrich and the 50 winners of its Vita wireless samaritan awards who all used wireless phones to help people in danger or...
Wideband cdmaOne will play a small part in the proposal Japan's standards body will submit to the International Telecommunications Union as a third-generation technology choice.The Association of Radio Businesses and Industries, ARIB, has been trying to converge wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology, based...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia introduced a small, dual-band phone for 900 and 1800 MHz Global System for Mobile communications networks, the Nokia 6150.The phone, based on true 3-volt technology, weighs a little more than one-quarter pound at 4.97 ounces and offers up to 4.5 hours of...
WASHINGTON-While lawmakers and industry executives toiled last week through the minutia of competing third-generation wireless technologies, Qualcomm Inc. was laying the foundation to parlay an esoteric standards dispute into a major trade debate that would pit the United States against Europe in the not-too-distant...
WASHINGTON-The House Science subcommittee on technology will hold a hearing this Thursday to address third-generation wireless technology, an issue that appears to be mushrooming into a major trade dispute between the United States and Europe.The witnesses who will testify before the panel, headed by...
The Western European cellular service market will grow from $31 billion in 1997 at an annual growth rate of 7.6 percent to become a $52 billion industry by 2002, according to a new forecast from International Data Corp."The cellular market in Europe is maturing...
